Say I wanted to take a composite video and stereo audio signal from a TV tuner and record it onto my Mac Mini. I assume I'd need some sort of USB or Firewire device to capture video? What's a good cheap piece of hardware to do that? I don't need the Mini to act as a DVR; I just want to be able to record video and then do some simple editing.
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Jon B. - Dec 31, 2006 4:27:14 am PST #9964 of 10003
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Tom Scola - Dec 31, 2006 4:37:06 am PST #9965 of 10003
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Not exactly "cheap", but [link]
Jon B. - Dec 31, 2006 5:03:58 am PST #9966 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
That's a nice looking box, Tom. But it seems like the EyeTV Hybrid gives me what I want, plus DVR functionality I don't need, for less money? [link]
Tom Scola - Dec 31, 2006 5:11:22 am PST #9967 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Does that have composite input, or just RF?
Jon B. - Dec 31, 2006 5:38:31 am PST #9968 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
EyeTV Hybrid also comes with a break-out cable for composite video and S-Video, enabling you to connect a set-top box for premium channels, digital cable or satellite.
That'll do what I want, no?
Tom Scola - Dec 31, 2006 5:42:42 am PST #9969 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Do you want to be able to output video?
Jessica - Dec 31, 2006 5:57:23 am PST #9970 of 10003
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I'd go with something like this over the EyeTV thingy, personally. (Looking at the breakout cable here, I only see unbalanced audio and S-video, which is fine, but it's not exactly what they say it is.)
Jon B. - Dec 31, 2006 7:16:59 am PST #9971 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Do you want to be able to output video?
No, except to a TV, which I already do via the DVI monitor output.
I'd go with something like this
Ooh, thanks Jessica. That looks pretty good! And I hadn't seen a close-up of the EyeTV breakout cable; I agree that it's more lame than advertised.
sumi - Jan 01, 2007 9:14:32 am PST #9972 of 10003
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Thanks! That is what I want to do -- I will save as a .wav (once I get the proper converter) and burn and delete.
Ginger - Jan 01, 2007 1:05:39 pm PST #9973 of 10003
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I need electricity advice. I'm wiring in a new ceiling fixture. The fixture has a green ground wire, and the existing box and support has a green ground wire wired to a green grounding screw. I cannot, to save my life, make the fixture's grounding wire stay under the damn green screw. This is mostly due to the laughable statement, "attach grounding wire to grounding screw while holding the fixture in your other hand." Can I just put the two green wires together with a wire nut?