Sky Digital.... Capturing

Hi, I recently bought a tv card http://www.leadtek.com/multimedia/w..._vc100xp_1.html
& I want to capture sky digital. Now I have tried one of those Scart to S-Video leads & they dont work, (sky digital doent have s-video).

After searching through google... I came across this.... http://www.svideo.com/svideocoax.html

Would this work?... Cause sky box has a RF out & I think this maybe the only way other than taping the TV with VCR. Let me know what you think or any other ideas you may have.
Regards Comet

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Forget about RF. Get a RGB->S-Video converter. I have used those with $KY in the past with no problems. You can also just get a cheap Scart->Composite lead, even though it's slightly lower quality than S-Video, but still infintely better than RF. In fact, there is a pretty good chance your current scart/s-video cable feeds composite through. Try setting the input on the card to composite and see what happens.

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Ok, thanks for the reply. I have ordered one of those RGB-S-Video Converter & it will be here in 1 week. Il let you know if it works. Comet

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Originally posted by President
You can also just get a cheap Scart->Composite lead, even though it's slightly lower quality than S-Video, but still infintely better than RF.

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Originally posted by ComeT
Is that the scart thing you get with a PS2?... tried that & i didnt work, no picture, just a blue screen. Maybe PS2 scarts are different though???

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I couldn't say for sure, as I don't have a PS2 scart, but the scart->composite are quite common, and you can pick them up for around £5 or less. The socket on it is usually an S-Video one, but it still passes composite through it, and can be connected directly to most capture cards. Still, doesn't matter once you have your RGB2S-Video converter box. I will check back and hear how it went. Hopefully it will all go smoothly

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you have gone into the sky box menu and told it what kind of video you want sent out right?

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Can Sky digiboxes output s-video? My ntl box is composite or RGB only, although apparently some of the older boxes were composite/s-video.

Comet how much was your RGB->S-video converter and where did you order it from, out of interest?

The PS2 SCART wouldn't work because the SCART end will be video-in, not video-out. Most generic cables of that type have a in/out selector switch at the SCART end.

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Originally posted by pHo
you have gone into the sky box menu and told it what kind of video you want sent out right?

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