AGP Video Cards

I know this is probably a silly question, but are graphics cards such
as
geForce and Radeon and such also considered video capture cards, or is
this something different. I read an article today that made me think
they were different things when I had been assuming it was the same.
Thanks in advance for anyone who can straighten me out.

Mark

They are two different animals.

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DaveW



"Mark M." <> wrote in message
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> I know this is probably a silly question, but are graphics cards such
> as
> geForce and Radeon and such also considered video capture cards, or is
> this something different. I read an article today that made me think
> they were different things when I had been assuming it was the same.
> Thanks in advance for anyone who can straighten me out.
>
> Mark

"DaveW" <> wrote in message news:<uZVUb.192976$nt4.828990@attbi_s51>...
> They are two different animals.
>
> --
> DaveW



Agreed

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Mark M. wrote:

> I know this is probably a silly question, but are graphics cards such
> as
> geForce and Radeon and such also considered video capture cards, or is
> this something different. I read an article today that made me think
> they were different things when I had been assuming it was the same.
> Thanks in advance for anyone who can straighten me out.
>
> Mark

It's not a silly question if you don't already know the answer.

As the other two posters stated the cards are different 'animals'.

A regular graphics card will typically have one, two, or three connectors on
the slot end of the card. There should always be (at the least) a 15-pin
VGA-style connector for a monitor.

You may also find an RCA-style female connector for composite video output.
With some cards and their drivers you can feed this signal to a VCR or
directly to a TV with an equivalent input.

The other connector you may find is called 'S-Video'.
This should be a four-pin female connector. A card with this connector is
often supplied with an adapter for converting an S-Video cable to an RCA
connector.

S-Video separates the color information (chrominance) from the sync and
luminance signals. The composite video connector carries them on a single
conductor in a format called CVBS (Composite Video Baseband Signal, as I
recall.)

S-Video usually results in a 'sharper' or 'cleaner' video image due to the
separation of the signals.

A video capture card can have an RCA connector for composite video coming
into the system. You might use this if you're recording from an older VCR
or a video camera with such an output.

It may also have an S-Video connector for the incoming signal.

On some cards you may also find a FireWire port (IEEE-1394) or a USB 2.0
port for direct connection to digital video camera.

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Ron n1zhi

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(g00n) wrote in message news:<. com>...
> "DaveW" <> wrote in message news:<uZVUb.192976$nt4.828990@attbi_s51>...
> > They are two different animals.
> >
> > --
> > DaveW
>
>
>
> Agreed

Well thanks for straightening me out on that. Now, can someone give
me an idea of a good site to find a capture card? When I Do searches
all I come up with are graphics cards.