RE: OT- Still captures of Composite Video

["Paul Gale" <groups2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Oh, and another thought - the other very well known company that do
these i=
s Hauppauge:

http://www.hauppauge.co.uk/pages/products/data_usblive.html

=A339.46 inc VAT at Dabs.

Paul.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Paul Gale
> Sent: 10 March 2008 12:35
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] OT- Still captures of Composite Video
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> There are a large number of hardware options - basically, you need a
> video capture card of some sort - some TV cards allow composite input
> and these will also be fairly cheap. Of course you'll also need
> software that can take a still or display software and a screen
capture
> utility that can capture the overlay surface normally used for
> displaying video.
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> One that springs to mind is the Dazzle video creator, combining USB
> capture and edit software (that you SHOULD be able to take stills from
> - but worth checking):
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> http://www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSite/uk/Products/Consumer+Products/Daz
> zle/Dazzle+Video+Archiving/Dazzle+Video+Creator.htm
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> Paul.
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
> Behalf
> > Of Tracey Gardner
> > Sent: 10 March 2008 12:21
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: [ukha_d] OT- Still captures of Composite Video
> >
> > Sorry for it being off topic, but I'm sure that someone on the
list
> > will
> > have the answer to my problem :-)
> >
> > I'd like to be able to capture still screen shots of my spectrum
> > analyser
> > screen without having
> > to resort to using my digital camera, ie be able to feed the
> composite
> > video
> > from my analyser into my
> > PC and be able to save it as stills.
> > There is a composite video monitor output on the rear of the
analyser
> > which
> > I presume could be fed into my PC via a suitable interface to
enable
> me
> > to
> > capture still screen pics.
> >
> > Can anyone suggest some suitable hardware/software?
> >
> > Many thanks
> >
> > Tracey
> >
> >
> >
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