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Windows 7 - Outputting TV signal to PC
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01-19-2012
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Outputting TV signal to PC
I have a Topfield PVR, it has the red, yellow and white connections (I never remember the names for them). It outputs them and my PC has red, yellow and white input connectors at the front. What program would I use to view the live tv?
| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP
OS Windows 7 Ultimate
CPU DualCore Intel Pentium D 930, 3000 MHz (15 x 200)
Motherboard Asus P5LP-LE (Emery)
Memory 3x512MB DDR2
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
Sound Card Realtek ALC882/D/M @ Intel 82801GB ICH7
Monitor(s) Displays Iiyama ProLite E2407HDS
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 70 Hz
Keyboard Hewlett Packard Wireless Ergo
Mouse Logitech USB Wheel Mouse
Hard Drives WDC WD10EARS-00Y5B1 ATA Device
Internet Speed 10mbps Download - 1mbps Upload
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01-19-2012
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Component, I believe... 
I'm not sure you need a PC to view the output on the Toppy as it's already video... ready to feed a monitor... | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom built machine
OS W7 x64
CPU Intel Q9300 2.5Ghz Quad LGA775 (Would like Q9650)
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EP45T-UD3R (F6 Bios)
Memory 4Gb OCZ Gold 1,333Mhz
Graphics Card Palit HD4850 O/C Sonic 512Mb DDR3, Dual DViD's
Sound Card Azalia to twin Samson 50w Studio Monitors
Monitor(s) Displays Twin Dell (E-IPS) U2311H 23.6" Screens
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 @ 60Hz
Keyboard Cherry PS/2 custom model
Mouse Logitech M500 Laser Mouse
PSU OCZ 600w
Case Lian-Li PC8 acoustifoamed' aluminium tower
Cooling Scythe 140mm Zipang
Hard Drives Twin 1Tb Barracuda archivage, Twin TV/PVR 2Tb Samsungs, (80Gb Barracuda for the OS, but SSD envisaged...)
Internet Speed ADSL2+ @14Mbps downstream & Cat6 Gigabit Ethernet
Other Info Silicon Dust HD Homerun Dual FTA (Ethernet) TV Tuner, Billion BiPac 7800N router & ZyXEL 8x Gigabit Switch. Lian-Li CR26 Card Reader, Samsung SCX4300 AiO laser printer/scanner. NOD32 Anti-Virus.
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01-19-2012
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Quote: Originally Posted by Qdos  Component, I believe...
I'm not sure you need a PC to view the output on the Toppy as it's already video... ready to feed a monitor... The Toppy only supports Component and Scart so I couldn't output it directly to my monitor. Copying a file from it via USB is deathly slow, I thought that I could hook it up to my PC and then record files straight to my hard drive via Windows Media Center? | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP
OS Windows 7 Ultimate
CPU DualCore Intel Pentium D 930, 3000 MHz (15 x 200)
Motherboard Asus P5LP-LE (Emery)
Memory 3x512MB DDR2
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
Sound Card Realtek ALC882/D/M @ Intel 82801GB ICH7
Monitor(s) Displays Iiyama ProLite E2407HDS
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 70 Hz
Keyboard Hewlett Packard Wireless Ergo
Mouse Logitech USB Wheel Mouse
Hard Drives WDC WD10EARS-00Y5B1 ATA Device
Internet Speed 10mbps Download - 1mbps Upload
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01-19-2012
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It's not possible to couple it with Media Centre.
Reason being it doesn't output a tuner signal, but a video feed
You need a monitor with Component inputs, or a component to VGA adapter, say... | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom built machine
OS W7 x64
CPU Intel Q9300 2.5Ghz Quad LGA775 (Would like Q9650)
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EP45T-UD3R (F6 Bios)
Memory 4Gb OCZ Gold 1,333Mhz
Graphics Card Palit HD4850 O/C Sonic 512Mb DDR3, Dual DViD's
Sound Card Azalia to twin Samson 50w Studio Monitors
Monitor(s) Displays Twin Dell (E-IPS) U2311H 23.6" Screens
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 @ 60Hz
Keyboard Cherry PS/2 custom model
Mouse Logitech M500 Laser Mouse
PSU OCZ 600w
Case Lian-Li PC8 acoustifoamed' aluminium tower
Cooling Scythe 140mm Zipang
Hard Drives Twin 1Tb Barracuda archivage, Twin TV/PVR 2Tb Samsungs, (80Gb Barracuda for the OS, but SSD envisaged...)
Internet Speed ADSL2+ @14Mbps downstream & Cat6 Gigabit Ethernet
Other Info Silicon Dust HD Homerun Dual FTA (Ethernet) TV Tuner, Billion BiPac 7800N router & ZyXEL 8x Gigabit Switch. Lian-Li CR26 Card Reader, Samsung SCX4300 AiO laser printer/scanner. NOD32 Anti-Virus.
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01-19-2012
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Quote: Originally Posted by Qdos It's not possible to couple it with Media Centre.
Reason being it doesn't output a tuner signal, but a video feed
You need a monitor with Component inputs, or a component to VGA adapter, say... So there's absolutely no way to record/watch TV directly to my PC?  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP
OS Windows 7 Ultimate
CPU DualCore Intel Pentium D 930, 3000 MHz (15 x 200)
Motherboard Asus P5LP-LE (Emery)
Memory 3x512MB DDR2
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
Sound Card Realtek ALC882/D/M @ Intel 82801GB ICH7
Monitor(s) Displays Iiyama ProLite E2407HDS
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 70 Hz
Keyboard Hewlett Packard Wireless Ergo
Mouse Logitech USB Wheel Mouse
Hard Drives WDC WD10EARS-00Y5B1 ATA Device
Internet Speed 10mbps Download - 1mbps Upload
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01-19-2012
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I've had no problems in taking signal with scart to composite cable from DVR to PC's TV card composite input and record with WMC. Our smaller DVR has only 160 GB HDD so I'm moving films quite often.
Kari | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP ENVY 17-1150eg
OS Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
CPU 1.6 GHz Intel Core i7-720QM Processor
Memory 6 GB
Graphics Card ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 Graphics
Sound Card Beats sound system with integrated subwoofer
Monitor(s) Displays 17" laptop display, 22" LCD and 32" Full HD TV through HDMI
Screen Resolution 1600*900, 1680*1050 and 1920*1080
Keyboard Logitech diNovo Media Desktop Laser (bluetooth)
Mouse Logitech MX1000 Laser (Bluetooth)
Hard Drives Internal: 2 x 500 GB SATA Hard Disk Drive 7200 rpm
External: 2TB for backups, 3TB USB3 network drive for media
Internet Speed 50/10 Mbps VDSL
Other Info Windows 7 Ultimate Retail Full in English, additional Guest-user accounts in Finnish, German and Swedish (Working languages English & Swedish, Family language German, my own language, mother tongue, Finnish. I really need Ultimate to get to use Language Packs!)
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01-19-2012
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Topfields aren't outputting a signal though. It's not a tuner feed, the box send out a video feed.
Both Toppy's and Humax boxes are crap on USB speeds.
There are hacks you can do to them though...
I used to run a Humax PVR box direct to a Dell 2005 IPS monitor, and audio to separate speakers... | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom built machine
OS W7 x64
CPU Intel Q9300 2.5Ghz Quad LGA775 (Would like Q9650)
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EP45T-UD3R (F6 Bios)
Memory 4Gb OCZ Gold 1,333Mhz
Graphics Card Palit HD4850 O/C Sonic 512Mb DDR3, Dual DViD's
Sound Card Azalia to twin Samson 50w Studio Monitors
Monitor(s) Displays Twin Dell (E-IPS) U2311H 23.6" Screens
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 @ 60Hz
Keyboard Cherry PS/2 custom model
Mouse Logitech M500 Laser Mouse
PSU OCZ 600w
Case Lian-Li PC8 acoustifoamed' aluminium tower
Cooling Scythe 140mm Zipang
Hard Drives Twin 1Tb Barracuda archivage, Twin TV/PVR 2Tb Samsungs, (80Gb Barracuda for the OS, but SSD envisaged...)
Internet Speed ADSL2+ @14Mbps downstream & Cat6 Gigabit Ethernet
Other Info Silicon Dust HD Homerun Dual FTA (Ethernet) TV Tuner, Billion BiPac 7800N router & ZyXEL 8x Gigabit Switch. Lian-Li CR26 Card Reader, Samsung SCX4300 AiO laser printer/scanner. NOD32 Anti-Virus.
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01-19-2012
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What could I do with this? | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP
OS Windows 7 Ultimate
CPU DualCore Intel Pentium D 930, 3000 MHz (15 x 200)
Motherboard Asus P5LP-LE (Emery)
Memory 3x512MB DDR2
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
Sound Card Realtek ALC882/D/M @ Intel 82801GB ICH7
Monitor(s) Displays Iiyama ProLite E2407HDS
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 70 Hz
Keyboard Hewlett Packard Wireless Ergo
Mouse Logitech USB Wheel Mouse
Hard Drives WDC WD10EARS-00Y5B1 ATA Device
Internet Speed 10mbps Download - 1mbps Upload
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01-19-2012
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That's not much use for your Toppy, it's a standalone PCi tuner card... apparently with pass through co-ax and S-video, and what looks like digital and composite outputs... | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom built machine
OS W7 x64
CPU Intel Q9300 2.5Ghz Quad LGA775 (Would like Q9650)
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EP45T-UD3R (F6 Bios)
Memory 4Gb OCZ Gold 1,333Mhz
Graphics Card Palit HD4850 O/C Sonic 512Mb DDR3, Dual DViD's
Sound Card Azalia to twin Samson 50w Studio Monitors
Monitor(s) Displays Twin Dell (E-IPS) U2311H 23.6" Screens
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 @ 60Hz
Keyboard Cherry PS/2 custom model
Mouse Logitech M500 Laser Mouse
PSU OCZ 600w
Case Lian-Li PC8 acoustifoamed' aluminium tower
Cooling Scythe 140mm Zipang
Hard Drives Twin 1Tb Barracuda archivage, Twin TV/PVR 2Tb Samsungs, (80Gb Barracuda for the OS, but SSD envisaged...)
Internet Speed ADSL2+ @14Mbps downstream & Cat6 Gigabit Ethernet
Other Info Silicon Dust HD Homerun Dual FTA (Ethernet) TV Tuner, Billion BiPac 7800N router & ZyXEL 8x Gigabit Switch. Lian-Li CR26 Card Reader, Samsung SCX4300 AiO laser printer/scanner. NOD32 Anti-Virus.
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01-19-2012
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I've just decided to hook up my TV tuner and record stuff via Windows Media Center. The quality isn't half bad either. Thanks for all of your help  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP
OS Windows 7 Ultimate
CPU DualCore Intel Pentium D 930, 3000 MHz (15 x 200)
Motherboard Asus P5LP-LE (Emery)
Memory 3x512MB DDR2
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
Sound Card Realtek ALC882/D/M @ Intel 82801GB ICH7
Monitor(s) Displays Iiyama ProLite E2407HDS
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 70 Hz
Keyboard Hewlett Packard Wireless Ergo
Mouse Logitech USB Wheel Mouse
Hard Drives WDC WD10EARS-00Y5B1 ATA Device
Internet Speed 10mbps Download - 1mbps Upload
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