Question / Help Capture card - what to buy

Jack0r said:
HDMI or DVI actually make no big difference in general. Only downside of DVI is that you cannot send sound. But please dont make it too complicated, you linked a picture for a 3-PC setup.
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That is an example for a simple 2-PC setup. Either a HDMI or DVI cable goes from PC1 to the recording PC2 and its capture card. HDMI to DVI or DVI to HDMI cables can be used if necessary.
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So I need to take a DVI cable , connect it to the monitor and video card in my Gaming PC , then I need to take another DVI cable , connect it to the same video card on Gaming PC, and the other end connected to the capture card Micomsoft SC-512N1-L/DVI on my Streaming PC. Without the splitter? I understood correctly ?
 
Yep, if you have two DVI outputs, or you get a HDMI to DVI cable and use a HDMI out of your graphics card, or DP to DVI.

For HDMI you can get a cheap splitter, but on a 2-PC Setup you can use the clone/duplicate options of Windows or your GPU and safe that money unless you need all the outputs of your GPU.
 
Jack0r said:
Yep, if you have two DVI outputs, or you get a HDMI to DVI cable and use a HDMI out of your graphics card, or DP to DVI.

For HDMI you can get a cheap splitter, but on a 2-PC Setup you can use the clone/duplicate options of Windows or your GPU and safe that money unless you need all the outputs of your GPU.
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Yeah, i use HDMI-DVI Converter

Big thx Jack0r, and sorry for my idiocy.
 
HellYeahPlay said:
Big thx, guys!

But i think i'm stupid =) Because I'm a little confused =) ) ) )

With HDMI capture card I could understand how all is connected , but a DVI capture card , I'm confused . Someone could write me a schematic , since I really dumb , which is now all be connected and how , if I do not want to duplicate the monitor.
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HDMI and DVI are essentially the same thing, at this point. It's just a different plug on the end. You can get a $7 pin-to-pin passive adapter if you don't have one lying around, and boom, DVI becomes HDMI.

inthenameofDT said:
If I may ask something unique to my situation... I may very well only want a capture card for Wii and Wii U. I also have my Wii hooked up with component cables. Quite frankly, the Micomsoft is well more expensive than I'd be able to budget. Is there a cheaper PCI interface card that would do the simple capturing I would need? Even if a card only has an HDMI in, there'd surely be a converter to get that from component I'd assume.
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Ouch. That $200 Yuan SC512 I linked above was in-stock earlier today. Sabre seems to get regular shipments of them, if waiting a bit is possible. Component to HDMI converters exist, but good-quality ones aren't cheap. I'd really, really recommend waiting if you can.

Jack0r said:
HDMI or DVI actually make no big difference in general. Only downside of DVI is that you cannot send sound.
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DVI absolutely DOES carry sound. It's a misconception that it doesn't as many DVI monitors simply don't make a provision for getting the sound out (such as built-in speakers or a headphone jack), but the standard 100% supports embedded audio over DVI.
 
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