[access-uk] Re: Skart Socket enquiry
- From: "G. McFarlane" <gmcf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 02:30:48 +0100
Hi Andy
If you only wish to record the audio feed from your digi box then you could
take audio from the scart and put it into the line in of your sound card. If
on the other hand you wish to record both the audio and video then you will
need an analog capture card (PCI) or a USB2 one (to save opening up the
machine). For value I quite like the Hauppauge HVR90 (I think that's the
number). It''s USB2 and has built into the small fob a digital and an analog
tuner. You connect the rf feed from your digi box to this usb2 device and
set up the channels - the digital tuner gets all the freeview channels and
the analog side gets channels 1-5 on a normal tv and of course because your
feed comes from the digi box the 6th channel containing the sky programs.
Yes, you do have to make sure the channel you wish to record is the one
you've selected in your digi box but it will record audio described channels
if you've set the box to narrative. The only thing you'll have to check is
that you have 2 rf outputs otherwise you'll have no picture to send to the
TV. Of course if you've only got one rf out you could connect this to the
computer (see above) and use the scart socket to send the picture to the tv.
Hauppauge's website can help you further (check I've got the number right
for the usb2 version - if you don't wish the hybrid card you could buy an
analog one alone). There is a new one from Pinnacle too which is hybrid
(digital and analog) which records onto the memory stick it comes on. I
don't know how accessible the software is - certainly the Hauppauge one is
reasonably accessible with the jaws cursor and does have keyboard shortcuts.
Hopefully this isn't too much info, but with hauppauge you also get the
option to sign up free for a month or so to
www.tvtv.co.uk
This is a totally accessible site of listings which you can select for
recording on your computer. You choose the programme you wish to record, the
website sends the info to your computer with the hvr90, the details are
logged and your hvr90 records the programme at the specified time. If you're
using the digital tuner it will also switch the channels. The site can be
accessed by any computer, even mobile phone with web access and assuming
your computer with the tuner is on it will send the details to it for
recording. I find it works pretty well.
Regards.
Gordon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Logue" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 10:07 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Skart Socket enquiry
> Hi Gordon.
>
> I thought that it would be an easy thing to have another TV attached to my
> Digibox and that would be fine, but what I'd really like is to attach my
> computer to the digibox, in order to record audio described movies.
>
> You said that many Digbox's have two RF outputs, and that I could take a
> single cable from this to my computer.
>
> To do this would I need another card fitted, or could I have something
> like
> the SoundBlaster External card?
>
> I'd rather not put my computer into the shop Gordon, but if there was
> such
> a thing as an external Video Grabber card that you could recommend, that
> would be easier and more transferable to another computer.
>
> Best wishes.
>
> Andy
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "G. McFarlane" <gmcf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 5:11 AM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Skart Socket enquiry
>
>
>> Hi Andy
>> I don't see any problem with you using the second scart plug to take the
>> signal to another TV with a scart input. (I hope I'm understanding what
>> you're looking for.)
>> You could also attach it to a computer with aline in video capture card -
>> the three phonos would supply the picture and sound.
>> However for the last scenario, some Sky boxes come with 2 rf outputs -
>> you
>> could send one as normal to the TV and use the other to attach to the rf
>> input of a standard TV tuner card. With this scenario you would then be
>> able
>> to set 1 channel for Sky and record what you choose on your sky box. An
>> example card or usb2 tuner device would by the Hauppauge HVR series -
>> it's
>> fairly accessible and allows hybrid recordings, e.g. there are 2 tuners
>> in
>> the one card or usb2 fob - one for digital TV and one for analog TV - you
>> would use the analog side for Sky recording. I do this very successfully.
>> Regards.
>> Gordon McFarlane
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Andy Logue" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 8:31 PM
>> Subject: [access-uk] Skart Socket enquiry
>>
>>
>>> Hi all.
>>>
>>> I have a Sky Digibox with 2 Skart sockets on it. One leads to the TV
>>> and
>>> the other is not used at the moment.
>>>
>>> Can anyone advise me if I attached a Skart Adaptor to this and attached
>>> the
>>> 2 Audio Phono Plugs and the 1 Video Plug, then ran these cables to
>>> another
>>> Skart Adaptor plugged into a TV, some 4 meters away, would I be able to
>>> watch Sky on this second TV?
>>>
>>> Also, is there a way that rather than use a second TV, I could use my
>>> computer instead. I can plug the 2 audio phono sockets into a minijack
>>> adapter and plug this into my computer for the audio, but how would I go
>>> about getting the video?
>>>
>>> Any advise would be very welcomed.
>>>
>>> Best wishes.
>>>
>>> Andy
>>>
>>>
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