Need some computer advice

[dwilli]

How is a picture captured from the television and then posted on the internet? What software/equipment is needed?

[damnlimey]

TV in/out video card and do a screen capture

[Paul Atreides]

Hmmmm....I know there are some special cards you can get to put inside your computer, that allow for screen captures. I use a place, called Computer Discount Warehouse, that is pretty good about carrying a lot of stuff. Now, my new graphics card I installed, came from Wal Mart, and it has a place for a cable to be run from it to the telly. I am interested in the same thing, but I just cannot afford the stuff, right now.

[Paul Atreides]

http://www.cdw.com/shop/search/results.asp?Grp=MMV

[hole_n_one]

Hauppauge.com

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Check out the ATI Radeon 8500 DV All In Wonder card.

need a good powered machine though, and probably the latest windows. You can build your own TIVO system with the hardware and software!

[Sungirl]

Hole...is this what you use when you capture images and post them on FR? I thought you used that little video camera that can sit on top of your computer?

[hole_n_one]

It is.

[Tree of Liberty]

I also recommend a recent ATI All-in-Wonder card. I don't have one myself, but have seen them in action and they seem to work well.

You'll also need server space to upload the captured images to in order to make them visible on the internet. You'll likely need to pay for the service since most, if not all, free webspace providers (like Geocities) prohibit graphics on their servers from being used on a foreign site.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Not sure I would mess with it, since you are geared up to work with Mac. Depends on what you enjoy and your time equation! New stuff is so cheap, and getting cheaper, at least on the PC side. Get a copy of the latest Computer Shopper , it is astounding what you can get for under $500.

[McGruff]

I use an ATI TV Wonder VE card but I don't think I'd recommend it to anybody. It crashes my system every once in a while. The software with it could be better. The resolution could be better to.

Once you captured the frame you want to post you have to save it to your hard drive as a JPG file.

Then you have to upload it to a website that allows image hotlinking. Lots don’t. Recently I've been using my free Yahoo Photos account and that works.

Once you do all these steps you have to get the image URL address and include it in your post.