Full Guide To Capturting Your Games Console.

I said I would write this guide but I never got round to doing it. :P

• What do I need?

You'll need a capture card, I've only ever used a Dazzle but that's all I can recommend, it does have drivers for Vista, if you do have Vista you will need to download drives off of Pinnacle's website. :P

1 Capture Card - http://www.amazon.com/EASYCAP-Audio-...4785651&sr=8-4
3 Splitters - http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...g/Picture3.jpg (My ones I can't find a picture of any decent splitters on Google)
Double Ended RC AV Cables - http://satelliteav.com/mmatv/Images/RCAMM.JPG

• What capture cards are out there?

Easy Cap - HC00RH00LIH00P (I think his forum name is that) owns one of them, he has broadcasted live with it and made YouTube videos so I suppose it's pretty good.

Dazzle DVC 170 (Plantium) - Very good, I use it and I'm on Vista, I have trouble broadcasting and no one around justin.tv forums can seem to help me, it's good for making basic montages and stuff but if you want to broadcast I don't think it's the capture card for you because the drivers are kind of messed up I think. :P

Theres some well explained videos that explain how to capture and such, good luck.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ftDb4E...eature=related

Not very well writen, I was in a rush just so you people could see it, I'll try PM a mod and add onto it later on today and make it far more detailed.

Good guide, but ur out of order

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Originally Posted by Chuck Norris

Good guide, but ur out of order

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We'll finish this on MSN ;)

Whats the difference between easycap, and dazzle?

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Originally Posted by Pazza

Whats the difference between easycap, and dazzle?

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I think there are quiet a lot of differences :P

Can you show us videos/montages of both dazzle (yours) and Easy Cap (the other guys), so I can note which is best quality. :P
Thanks +rep.

www.youtube.com/MahaliProductions
www.youtube.com/Shankfied

They're both of my accounts add &fmt=18 at the end of the links for high quality for the fullest quality Dazzle can get :P

Good guide babe.

:o im included :) well heres footage of my easycap (i cant seem to get sound right on it now) http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=JWBE7z0KP6w

dazzle looks better out of the two u posted

one question i want to know is can you play in HD and record in SD or do u have to go through the 3 cables?

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Originally Posted by kk.

dazzle looks better out of the two u posted

one question i want to know is can you play in HD and record in SD or do u have to go through the 3 cables?

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I don't think Dazzle allow HD so if you wanna record for that period you need to set it to SD.

ah right ok. but you can have both the HDMI cable plugged in and the SD cables plugged in and just change the channelt o each and both will be working? does that make sense?

I think I know where you're getting at :P Back of my Xbox I just have the HDTV switch off but I guess if you're on a actual HD tv you'll just swap to a SD channel.

ah right, ps3 for me lol. My TV has an AV channel thing and it has the following

TV
AV1
AV2
S-Video2
AV3
AV4
Component
RGB
HDMI

hdmi is the one i use atm for my ps3 and AV1 for my freeview

I'm not sure as I don't use PS3 but loads of people broadcast their PS3 on justin.tv :P

You'll need like 6 AV splitters, 2 AV to AV cables if you wanna record in SD while playing in HD plus an extra TV to record off, like a crappy 6'' one.

oh rihgt, so the AV cables (or whatever they were) that came with the ps3, if i plug them in my console and hook up to my TV, i can use two channels for my PS3. If then i decide to record, i use the AV channel (or whatever channel its on) and it will still be playing where i left off?

You need a Dazzle Platinum, You put 1 AV splitter in each, that creates 2 branches for each port, you put another 1 in each port thus making each port have 3 branches or inputs.
You put The AV cables of your PS3/Xbox into 1 and then you get 2 AV to AV cables and put them into the others and connect 1 of those AV cables to your required slots on HD TV and the other to your crap TV.

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Originally Posted by PaulMacC

You need a Dazzle Platinum, You put 1 AV splitter in each, that creates 2 branches for each port, you put another 1 in each port thus making each port have 3 branches or inputs.
You put The AV cables of your PS3/Xbox into 1 and then you get 2 AV to AV cables and put them into the others and connect 1 of those AV cables to your required slots on HD TV and the other to your crap TV.

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Lol sounds confusing but ill figure it out when i get it. Cheers for the help u 2 +rep.

It does but once you get the stuff you'll know what to do.