Internal TV Tuner Card Doubt..!!!

PC Hardware & Gaming PC Building
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Hi,

I have some doubt regarding Internal TV Tuner Card. I am purchasing one from my friend.

The config of my PC is. PIII 1Ghz, 64SD RAM . I wanted to make sure that
Internal TV Tuner Card will work properly on my PC without any glitches. I also want to record with its help..!!

I am not sure abt the model..but is of Proview…

Because somewhere i heard that Internal TV Tuner Card Need min of 128 SD RAM to work. Is it so ?

So any ideas , suggestions..??

BTW do anybody have idea abt this Proview TV Tuner Card. I mean its performance and all…
Regards,
Dipen

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never heard tht TV tuner card needs 128mb ram to work..:S

The card shuld work perfectly…

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The TV Card shud work but the problem could arise at the time of realtime recording in mpeg2/dvd pal formats..the best possible way out is to try low(est)-fi recording quality (though not sure tht will work or not..)or the more expensive way out is to get a memory upgrade :wink:

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Atleast there won’t be any problem viewing ?? rite..!!!

Pls correct me if someone hav idea abt min specs..for Internal TV Tuner…

Coz i wanna make sure these things b4 purchasing…!!

Anyways… Thanx..

Regards,
Dipen

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viewing may be the problem thats ok.

but your system may be slower while you are watching tv as it will take resources.

with 64 mb i think you will have to forget about recording even with low quality as it will create jitters.

you should get more memory if you want smooth performaance.

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I have a ADcom TV tuner card which i brought like 3 yrs back when i had windows 2000. I have XP now and couldnt use the card at all as the application crashes when i try to switch to TV mode. My card driver are properly installed and its detected by XP without any issues.
Anyone aware where i can get hold of a application which works on XP?

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Damn…ill be needing more memory at any cost.. :frowning:

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@remcy007
you can try chris tv as a tv tuner application its free ware google it

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hey…

BTW any way by which i can record the recordings directly…in Divx Format… I know my RAM is too less for recordin..still was anxious…

I hope atleast Viewin is absouletely fine on this RAM…Still any suggestions on improving it without upgrading RAM..

Regards,
Dipen

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It depends on the TV APP…and your card quality…though in most cases you cannot record in DivX format directly from your TV card. :no:

And yeah, be prepared for ram upgrade as it is inadequate for viewing also. Also which OS are you using now?

I have a compro videomate TV FM card and the system requirements for it are as follows..

(from the compro website):

Minimum Product Requirements

* 400 MHz CPU for TV viewing

  866 NHz CPU for recording and timeshifting

  1.7 GHz CPU for DVD-quality recording

* 96 MB memory for Windows Me or 98SE

* 128 MB for Windows XP or 2000

* 10 MB free disk space, plus approximately 2.5 GBytes per hour of video recorded at S-Video quality

* Sound card with Line-In connector

* Open PCI slot

* CD-ROM drive for software installation

So, even the requirements for your card shud be more or less the same..

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Dipen,

I have the COmpro VideoMate Gold 2 plus tv tuner but had a sad sys…p3 866mhz with 128mb…
I cant record anything above 384x288 res in any format…mpg/mpg2/divx/xvid as many frames get skipped in the recorded video.
I can get the best rec. at 384x288 res in mpg1 format.

So i’d suggest u to add atleast 128mb of mem before u buy the tv tuner. Also u’ll be limited to just mpg1 recording.

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yes..guys… I know i will be needing RAM..but the problem i am facing..is…this SD RAM is way too costly… i just enquired yesterday..and for 128 MB the cost is 1300/- and for 256 its 2100/-…

So i am hesitating to purchase it rite now..!!