hooking up tv to computer????

[dirtylarry]

Hello everyone, I have windows 7 64 with a hauppauge 1800 tv card, and I am trying to hook it to my computer, In the room I have a digital converter box running to my tv, and I have split the signal to run to the computer, the problem I have is the signal goes to the computer, but after setup, I dont get a pictur in media center.....do I have to have another cable box in this room to get this to work?.....and ideas are greatly appreciated......Dirty

 

[Zahl]

Are you splitting the coax cable that goes to the cable box? If so it probably wont work as the digital cable signal is copy protected. The only way I can think of is to run it to the cable box and then use the component, composite, or hdmi outputs from the box to your pc.

Edit- I think I misread your post and that was not what you were asking. sorry

 

[dirtylarry]

ty...I have it split after the digital converter, one to the tv(which works fine), and the other to computer...no work....

 

[Desslok]

Sounds liek you need a video capture card, not tuner.

 

[dirtylarry]

no...the card works fine, I have used it with xp forever, the problem lies with the conversion box I believe....i just wanted to see if anyone can confirm this....ty for your reply though....Dirty

 

[jimbo45]

Hi there
there SHOULDN't be any problems - I'm using a Video Sender to send a TV signal from a SKY satellite box to a receiver and then use the COMPOSITE signal as input to the Hauppage card.

The Video sender "strips off" any macrovision DRM crud too - although I don't think SKY TV's signal has any protection when routed through a Video sender.

The problem is with WMC is that there's no COMPOSITE INPUT channel facility unless you have some sort of remote -- the Hauppage WIN TV software will have a composite input channel.

I'm using a SCART ==> composite converter at the back of the sky box as input to the TV video sender. Pic enc.


Cheers
jimbo