MSI TV@nywhere
Card: MSI TV@nywhere
Chipset: Conexant CX23881 (10-bit)
Connectors: S-Video, composite, audio passthrough (crappy), 125 channel TV tuner
Cost: $50 USD
Source: NTSC Digital Cable (Canada)
Video connection: S-Video
Audio connection: Y-splitter direct to SBlive Value
Capture program: iuVCR
Capture video format: 720x480, HuffYUV
Resulting average capture bitrate: approx. 750mb/minute!!!
Audio format: 48000Hz PCM stereo
Card calibration: sharpness 2, the rest defaults
Sync issues: none (iuVCR master stream audio, short audio samples)
Sample
Size: 2.0mb
Interlaced: no, 23.976fps (IVTC via Decomb.dll)
Filtering: none
Resizer: Lanczos (480,480)
Encoder: CCE 2.66.1.07
Quality: Easy (on slider)
Bitrate: 2530 CBR
http://members.shaw.ca/cjv99/sample_msi_2.0mb.mpg
Comments:
Great quality from this card...if you can get it to work right. Lots of people are unhappy with this card because it does not have all the features that are advertised, the drivers are relatively immature, and it does not work with Virtualdub for capping. On the other hand, the CX23881 provides unmatched quality IF you have a decent source without a lot of noise. With a noisy source, the card captures _every_ detail and will end up taking up over 1gig/minute Huffy. Developers have made this card work with the latest Dscaler alpha (no tuner sound as of 12-05-2002) and although support is lacking right now, many are hoping for a bright future.
cjv