Sage Tuner with VGA or DVI input?

[larryf]

Are there any tuners supported by Sage that have VGA or DVI inputs?

I'm hoping to use the output of a PC running high quality radar software (GRLevel3 or Storm Predator) and watch it on any HDTV using Sage.

PC with Radar Software>> Tuner with DVI or VGA >> Sage Server >> extenders to HDTVs


I know I can use a video card with HDMI, convert it to component and use a Colossus or HD-PVR... That may be overkill (and higher cost) to dedicate one of these devices to a single channel. Ebay has tuners like EZcap with component in, but Sage doesn't appear to support them.

Thanks,

Larry

[stanger89]

Just get a video card with built in HDMI or Component and use the Colossus or HD PVR, either type of card can be had cheap. Or are you saying the HD PVR/Colossus are too expensive. If that's the case your only option is going to be something with S/Video. You need a card with a hardware video encoder and those for HD sources aren't cheap.

[larryf]

Hauppauge has a new device, the USB Live2... component inputs to a USB port. I doubt Sage/Google (Saggle?) will ever provide support for it. Too bad, they are inexpensive compared to an HD-PVR.

As a workaround, I found I could save a sequence of images with GRLevel3 and use the slideshow to play them. I lose the hi resolution, the pause/rewind, but at least it's working.

In the meantime I'll keep looking for something better.

Larry

[Fuzzy]

Originally Posted by larryf

Hauppauge has a new device, the USB Live2... component inputs to a USB port. I doubt Sage/Google (Saggle?) will ever provide support for it. Too bad, they are inexpensive compared to an HD-PVR.

As a workaround, I found I could save a sequence of images with GRLevel3 and use the slideshow to play them. I lose the hi resolution, the pause/rewind, but at least it's working.

In the meantime I'll keep looking for something better.

Larry

The USB Live2 doesn't NOT have component inputs. It is an SD capture device, with S-Video, or composite video input.

[larryf]

Originally Posted by Fuzzy

The USB Live2 doesn't NOT have component inputs. It is an SD capture device, with S-Video, or composite video input.

Yup, you're correct... Dyslexia saw 'composite' and interpreted it as 'component'.

Will probably not be supported by Sage anyway.

Larry

[Fuzzy]

Not true, if it follows vfw standards (likely) it probably WOULD work with sage.. I just see no reason to try, as there are plenty of SD capture devices out there that we KNOW work..