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Wrong. In order to record video you need a video capture card. The
4200Ti does not have this feature.

--
DaveW



"John Bartley K7AAY telcom admin, Portland OR" <johnbartley@email.com
wrote in message news:43027b5c.336129656@coronis.nyed.circ2.dcn...
Help needed: Recording fails, from nVidea GeForce4 Ti4200 card S-Video
port to
Panasonic consumer VCR

Have nVidia GeForce4 Ti4200 AGP8X cards in several PCs, and they all do
the same
thing. I've configured them to 'clone' the video out to both the VGA and
the
S-Video port.

When I connect by S-video cable to a Panasonic VCR, the VCR's monitor
(and also
a video projector) show the signal from the PC when idle or recording.
However,
when a recording from the video card is played back, the VCR blanks, with
nothing seen or heard. Doesn't matter what I'm recording; even a static
Windows
desktop does the same thing.

Stepping down from 1024x768 to 800-x600 and 640x480 does not fix the
problem.
The video card, BTW, is set to 60Hz, and provides both DVI-I and VGA as
well as
S-Video outputs. The DVI-I is not connected, and disconnecting the VGA
does not
solve the problem.

I believe the sync of the video signal from the nVidia card is not quite
good
enough for our consumer VCRs. Is there a program which adjusts the sync
or
otherwises fixzes the signal so a consumer grade VCR can record it?

This is intended to record an IE-delivered WebEx <www.webex.com> net
videoconference feed Thursday AM from DC. I have not been able to find a
streaming video recorder I could use to capture the content, but that
would be a
good alternative, if such a thing exists for a 2.4GHz Windows 2000 PC.

So:

1. Can I fix up the video card with software so it delivers video good
enough to
record and play back without blanking? Yes, it won't be as sharp as a PC
monitor, but we can live with that.

2. Is there a streaming video recorder app I can run on Win2k (or XP, if
we have
to) to record the WebEx content, audio and video, to HD? Since WebEx has
their
own (spendy, of course) proprietary recording system which locks you into
their
proprietary player, I sure would like to find a standards-based
alternative.

My deadline to make this all work is Thursday 0930 PT, which does not
give me
much time for finding hardware.

Thank you kindly, all, for your assistance with this last minute burden.


--
John Bartley K7AAY USBC/DO PDX OR USA
"This is a carburetor," Hank tells his son. "Take it apart, put it back
together; repeat until you're normal." - KOTH

Try for more advice, as 'DaveW' has it wrong. A video CAPTURE card has
nothing to do with your task, what you need (as you indicate) is a card with
a standard signal that matches your VCR (NTSC most likely.) If everything
is working, a VCR should record properly with a signal that a modern TV
monitor displays properly.

The S-Video output, IF it is an output, and IF it is configured for the same
standard as your VCR (NTSC for NTSC, PAL for PAL), then the recording should
work.