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Using Camera and TV Tuner at the same time?
By: BillT
Rank: New Member
Topics: 10
From: USA
Added: 05/03/2006 - 02:10 AM

Product is fantastic. Working great for months. I see there is support for a TV Tuner. Just taking time today to see what its about. I have a Tuner on this PC (Media Center). See there is a selection for the tuner but only after I disable the Orbit Camera.

Still want the Camera for looking at yard from my work location. Question is there a way to setup the TV Tuner to operate as well?

Watch some TV or for that matter radio from the tuner and still have Camera access?
By: sse
Rank: Forum Addict
Topics: 73
From: n/a
Added: 05/03/2006 - 05:16 AM

Hello Bill
for now you can only use one video capture device: the Orbit or the TV tuner.
Multiple capture devices will be supported some time in the future.

Depending on the drivers for your tuner, you might be able to use the tuners radio capabilities while using the Orbit for video.
By: MiguelB
Rank: Newbie
Topics: 0
From: n/a
Added: 04/21/2009 - 02:54 AM

Hi
I connect my camera (Bosch CCTV Cam W/3-8 mm Varifocal Lenses) via a Phillips TV Tuner I got imterested on the comment above ´Cause it would be great to see the cam along with the TV. but I guess it´s more of a TV Tuner cuestion Isn´t?
By: MelvinG
Rank: Magna Cum Laude
Topics: 661
From: Los Angeles, USA
Added: 04/21/2009 - 10:18 AM

Chances are good that the Tuner Card hardware can not do what you want. I am not familiar with your exact Tuner Card. But all the ones I have seen use an input selector feeding into ONE video encoding chip. Simply put, the video encoder can only do one signal at a time. So you have to choose TV OR Analog Video OR S-Video... there is no AND option.