EXT. VIDEO MONITOR- can I use capture card s-video out? Any reports on Pinnacle Studio MovieBox DV as A/D convertor?

fultro wrote on 6/25/2004, 7:53 AM

I have a Pinnacle Studio AV/DV PCI capture card
Does anyone know if I can use its s-video output to a TV monitor, or is Firewire out to a convertor the only option?
I don't have a monitor to check with immediately and I need to exchange this thing if it won't work.

Besides the oft-mentioned Canopus ADVC for this purpose does anyone have any experience with the Pinnacle Studio MovieBox DV which does require Firewire out of the computer to a breakout box (and TV monitor)?
Thanks - Fultro

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Mandk wrote on 6/25/2004, 8:03 AM

If you have not yet installed this beware. I attempted to install one a year ago and had a lot of difficulties. (SONY Vaio 2.9mhz, 1 gig ram, xp home operating system)

In the end I had to take it out of system and restore the operating system. The card and its software were not compatible with XP and somehow corrupted the entire system.

Mine may be an isolated experience but beware.

BillyBoy wrote on 6/25/2004, 8:05 AM

This comes up all the time. I haven't tried a "S-video" hookup for a long time, so if I'm remembering incorrectly somebody jump in.

As I remember the typical break out box or connections from a video card is only going to give you a static picture unless you change to display something like Microsoft's Media player on the TV for example. So other then "seeing" a picture on your TV monitor its all but useless to use to adjust color levels, etc..

However if you use a firewire card via a digital camera that has pass-through or some box like the Cannopus ADVC converter or some similar device you'll get a real time playback of the timeline including whatever filters you apply and see something very close to how your finished DVD for example will look when played back off a TV.

Not using an external TV/Monitor and only attempting to adjust colors/levels etc. off your computer monitor means any adjustment you attempt will be "off" due to the differences between how a TV represents colors and levels verses how a computer monitor does.