nVidia/Gainward TV Tuner Software?

[THX1139]

Hello All,

I have a Gainward GeForce4 Ti4200 Ultra650XP video card. This video product is suppose to support TwinView (i.e. 2 monitors), VIVO, and DVI. When inspecting the Device Manager in XP, I see listed four nVidia entries:

nVidia WDM A/V Crossbar
nVidia WDM TVAudio Crossbar
nVidia WDM TVTuner
nVidia WDM Video Capture (universal)

Well, this card was bought not too long after is was release last Spring, and during the shuffle (from basement office to 2nd floor office) I can neither find OEM CD nor the the documentation that came with this product. I do still have the VIVO/?? cable that came with the product and would assume the yellow RCA is for Composite video input, but I do not have an TV tuner software.

I inspected the Gainward website for this product and they have nothing for download. The only CD I did find handy was the InterVideo WinDVD and WinProducer, neither of which seem to offer a video input for the video card's on-board TV Tuner. And, unlike traditional video cards that include a TV Tuner (a la All in Wonder, etc.) there is no F-connector for traditional video input delivery.

So, anyone have any suggestions for how I might actually use a) the VIVO, and b) the TV Tuner?

 

[crazydave]

I'm also trying to find a cheap way to use the VIVO of my 4200 for TV. Here's what I've found so far:

You can use a VCR as a TV tuner, plug the video out from the VCR to the Video in/out of your video card. You can use software like Cyberlink Power VCR to record TV shows... however, I haven't been able to find an external tv tuner which simply has Coax(cable) in and S-Video out, that would be way better than tying up my VCR (if anyone knows about such a device, please let me know! =)

You can also use any video capture program (Adobe Premiere, Windows Movie Maker, etc) to view what's coming in through the video in. Hope that helps!