Good capture card for PAL analog source

tiosolid · 28th March 2009, 00:52

Hi, I live in Brazil and im planning to buy a TV-Card for my HTPC. My main problem is that all the cards sold on ebay / amazon like the Hauppauge´ ones are NTSC, and I need a PAL-M card.

My question here is: Is there any way to buy a good PAL TV-Card in the US (hauppauge or not)? If not, will the Hauppauge NTSC cards (like the PVR-150) work here in Brazil?

FYI: Im going to use the card with MediaPortal or even MediaCenter

DJ Bobo · 29th March 2009, 15:44

Check european products at www.amazon.co.uk

tiosolid · 29th March 2009, 17:01

I know but here in Brazil we use PAL-M, not PAL-N like in Europe ;/

DJ Bobo · 29th March 2009, 17:07

It doesn't matter, my old TV-card (a Pinnacle PCTV Studio Rave) handles all possible PAL formats, even PAL60 (I know that because you can have a PAL60 signal from the PlayStation 2 if the game supports it). I don't see why "newer" cards wouldn't (I've known of the PVR150 since my early capture days).

2Bdecided · 1st April 2009, 14:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by tiosolid

I know but here in Brazil we use PAL-M, not PAL-N like in Europe ;/

Europe is PAL-BDGIK (which are all basically the same at baseband - the only differences are at RF). PAL-N is rare, as is the different "PAL-N combination".

I wouldn't be 100% confident that everything supports everything. Try asking fellow enthusiasts in a local forum to be sure. Given the potential compatibility problems to be solved, I bet there is a local video forum in your country + language. (You can certainly find many video people discussing and complaining about it in Argentina).

Cheers,
David.

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tiosolid Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Brazil Posts: 2	Good capture card for PAL analog source Hi, I live in Brazil and im planning to buy a TV-Card for my HTPC. My main problem is that all the cards sold on ebay / amazon like the Hauppauge´ ones are NTSC, and I need a PAL-M card. My question here is: Is there any way to buy a good PAL TV-Card in the US (hauppauge or not)? If not, will the Hauppauge NTSC cards (like the PVR-150) work here in Brazil? FYI: Im going to use the card with MediaPortal or even MediaCenter

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DJ Bobo Encoding Dinosaur! Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Europe Posts: 1,668	It doesn't matter, my old TV-card (a Pinnacle PCTV Studio Rave) handles all possible PAL formats, even PAL60 (I know that because you can have a PAL60 signal from the PlayStation 2 if the game supports it). I don't see why "newer" cards wouldn't (I've known of the PVR150 since my early capture days). __________________ AMD Athlon X2 QL-60 (1.9GHz) - 3GB DDR2-667 - ATi Radeon HD 3200 - Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit Encode to Vorbis at ultra high speed using SSE3 multithreaded encoder by Lancer!

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tiosolid Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Brazil Posts: 2	I know but here in Brazil we use PAL-M, not PAL-N like in Europe ;/