A TV tuner card is a kind of television tuner that allows television signals to be received by a computer. Most TV tuners also function as video capture cards, allowing them to record television programs onto a hard disk much like the digital video recorder (DVR) does.

TV TUNER CARDS-: AVerMedia E502 CardBus TV tuner card driver v3.3.22.4.zip 3.3.22.4 STOIK Capturer 1.0 AnyTV 2.40 Mint Online TV 2.2 PitchPerfect Guitar Tuner 1.10 TV Player Classic 5.4.20 Radiodelay build 20061117 SilverTV 3 RevoluTV 2.1 CyberTV 5.0.1. Having TV CARD or other capturing device (VIDEO CARD od USB CAMERA) You can write audio - video data to hard disk. The program supports almost 90 popular TV Tuners. It supports older 16-bit Video drivers for Windows as well as fast, 32-bit WDM. A TV tuner card is a kind of television tuner that allows television signals to be received by a computer. Most TV tuners also function as video capture cards, allowing them to record television programs onto a hard disk much like the digital video recorder (DVR) does.

The interfaces for TV tuner cards are most commonly either PCIbusexpansion card or the newer PCI Express (PCIe) bus for many modern cards, but PCMCIA, ExpressCard, or USB devices also exist. In addition, some video cards double as TV tuners, notably the ATI All-In-Wonder series. The card contains a tuner and an analog-to-digital converter (collectively known as the analog front end) along with demodulation and interface logic. Some lower-end cards lack an onboard processor and, like a Winmodem, rely on the system's CPU for demodulation.

Types[edit]

There are many types of tuner cards.

Analog tuners[edit]

Analog television cards output a raw video stream, suitable for real-time viewing but ideally requiring some sort of video compression if it is to be recorded.

Some cards also have analog input (composite video or S-Video) and many also provide a radio tuner.

An early example was the Aapps Corp.MicroTV for AppleMacintosh II, which debuted in 1989.^[1]

More-advanced TV tuners encode the signal to Motion JPEG or MPEG, relieving the main CPU of this load.

Digital tuners[edit]

Hybrid tuners[edit]

A hybrid tuner has one tuner that can be configured to act as an analog tuner or a digital tuner. Switching between the systems is fairly easy, but cannot be done immediately. The card operates as a digital tuner or an analog tuner until reconfigured.

Combo tuners[edit]

This is similar to a hybrid tuner, except there are two separate tuners on the card. One can watch analog while recording digital, or vice versa. The card operates as an analog tuner and a digital tuner simultaneously. The advantages over two separate cards are cost and utilization of expansion slots in the computer. As many regions around the world convert from analog to digital broadcasts, these tuners are gaining popularity.

Like the analog cards, the Hybrid and Combo tuners can have specialized chips on the tuner card to perform the encoding, or leave this task to the CPU. The tuner cards with this 'hardware encoding' are generally thought of as being higher quality.^{[citation needed]} Small USB tuner sticks have become more popular in 2006 and 2007 and are expected to increase in popularity. These small tuners generally do not have hardware encoding due to size and heat constraints.

While most TV tuners are limited to the radio frequencies and video formats used in the country of sale, many TV tuners used in computers use DSP, so a firmware upgrade is often all that's necessary to change the supported video format. Many newer TV tuners have flash memory big enough to hold the firmware sets for decoding several different video formats, making it possible to use the tuner in many countries without having to flash the firmware. However, while it is generally possible to flash a card from one analog format to another due to the similarities, it is generally not possible to flash a card from one digital format to another due to differences in decode logic necessary.

Radio tuners[edit]

Many TV tuners can function as FM radios; this is because there are similarities between broadcast television and FM radio. The FM radio spectrum is close to (or even inside) that used by VHF terrestrial TV broadcasts. And many broadcast television systems around the world use FM audio. So listening to an FM radio station is simply a case of configuring existing hardware.

Mobile TV adapter[edit]

External TV tuner card attachments are available for mobile phonehandsets like the iPhone, for watching mobile TV, via TV stations on 1seg in Japan (SoftBank), and for soon for the proprietary subscription-based MediaFLO in the U.S. (Qualcomm). There is also a 'converter' for watching DVB-H in Europe and elsewhere via WiFistreaming video (PacketVideo).

Video capture[edit]

Video capture cards are a class of video capture devices designed to plug directly into expansion slots in personal computers and servers. Models from many manufacturers are available; all comply with one of the popular host bus standards including PCI, newer PCI Express (PCIe) or AGP bus interfaces.

These cards typically include one or more software drivers to expose the cards' features, via various operating systems, to software applications that further process the video for specific purposes. As a class, the cards are used to capture baseband analog composite video, S-Video, and, in models equipped with tuners, RF modulated video. Some specialized cards support digital video via digital video delivery standards including Serial Digital Interface (SDI) and, more recently, the emerging HDMI standard. These models often support both standard definition (SD) and high definition (HD) variants.

While most PCI and PCI-Express capture devices are dedicated to that purpose, AGP capture devices are usually included with the graphics adapted on the board as an all-in-one package. Unlike video editing cards, these cards tend to not have dedicated hardware for processing video beyond the analog-to-digital conversion. Most, but not all, video capture cards also support one or more channels of audio. New technologies allow PCI-Express and HD-SDI to be implemented on video capture cards at lower costs than before.

An early example is the Mass MicrosystemsColorspace FX card from 1989.^[2]

Applications[edit]

There are many applications for video capture cards like EasyCap including converting a live analog source into some type of analog or digital media, (such as a VHS tape to a DVD), archiving, video editing, scheduled recording (such as a DVR), television tuning, or video surveillance. The cards may have significantly different designs to optimally support each of these functions. Capture cards can be used for recording a video gamelongplay (LP) so gamers can make walkthroughgameplay videos.

One of the most popular applications for video capture cards is to capture video and audio for live Internet video streaming. The live stream can also be simultaneously archived and formatted for video on demand. The capture cards used for this purpose are typically purchased, installed, and configured in host PC systems by hobbyists or systems integrators. Some care is required to select suitable host systems for video encoding, particularly HD applications which are more affected by CPU performance, number of CPU cores, and certain motherboard characteristics that heavily influence capture performance.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• 'PC Project: Choosing a TV tuner card to record digital TV'.pcauthority.com.au, Retrieved 9 January 2011

Before running the installer, you must have installed the old drivers of your card, or have listed the Video Capture card in Device Manager under Other Devices.. (A yellow question mark). You must also have your capture card installed inside your computer.

Start the installer. The first screen offers to Install the driver or to Uninstall ANY already installed driver associated with the Brooktree capture card. The last option should ONLY be used if you want to reinstall ANOTHER DIFFERENT DRIVER , it gets rid of all the old drivers associated to the Bt848/Bt878 , and it should be used if you want to reinstall the original driver that came with your board. You MUST NOT uninstall any driver to install this one.

Select Install option, then press the 'Next' button. The licence agreement will be displayed. You should agree with those license terms to continue. Agree to the license and press 'Next'.

Now, the Main installation screen will be displayed, and , depending on your settings, the driver could be properly configured for your card. You should know that improper configuration settings will make the driver partially functional. Probably TV tuner and TV audio won´t work as expected (if they work at all). Make sure you select the TV card model that is right for your capture board if you are asked to (just read the screen), and select the right TV tuner. If you don't know the TV tuner model, you will have to try until you find one of them that works with your card (if it does not work, you won't be able to switch TV channels).

So, the driver will try to autodetect the card model. If it displays a card name at the botton of the dialog, above the 'Next' button, you can use the card 'Autodetected' model setting. If it says you must pick a card model, you must do so. This is caused probably because your video capture card does not provide a reliable way to identify it (all the older Bt848 based cards have this problem, but nearly all new Bt878 based cards should be autodetected).

As said, you must also pick the Tuner model. This is important, because the wrong tuner type will probably make TV channel tuning impossible. You must be aware that on FlyVideo, AverMedia, Miro, Pinnacle , Voodoo and Hauppauge models, tuner model is autodetected, so, with those cards, you could let the driver autodetect it. For all the other capture cards you need to specify the correct tuner.

If you don´t know the correct tuner model, you can try to read the tuner model from the capture card itself (the aluminium box). If you can´t do that, you will have to use a trial and error method. I suggest that , in this case, you select a Phillips model based on the videonorm of your country. Remember that for Pal N Combination (Used in Argentina), you should select a NTSC tuner.

There are 3 checkboxes to check; the first one askes if there is a TDA9855 on board. You should leave it unchecked unless you have sound problems and you see/know that your card has one of those chips onboard.

The second one asks if your card has a FM tuner. Normally, you must check this if you were told your card was able to tune FM radio. Note that Miro, Pinnacle and VHX card owners MUST NOT check this. The driver knows about those special cards that need special parameters to work (because they can tune Radio, but using another specific tuner for that function).

The third checkbox, asks if you want to try to tune FM radio with the TV Tuner. This is possible for all cards that can´t normally tune FM Radio, but will give bad quality FM Mono. (Better to have it than not to have it).

That´s all, now press the 'Next' button: The installation screen shows. Press 'Install' button, and everything should be installed! - Good luck!

Some Cards That Have Other Names:

(Taken from 'Cards' of bttv linux driver).

Some cards have different names, but are the same cards, so, check if yours is one of those cards:

CPH-Series (CPH050, ...)

Developed by TelSignal(?), OEMed by many vendors (Askey, Typhoon, Anubis, Dynalink)

Card series:

• CPH01x: BT848 capture only
• CPH03x: BT848
• CPH05x: BT878 with FM
• CPH06x: BT878 (w/o FM)
• CPH07x: BT878 capture only

Snazzi* Capture Card TV Tuner Driver

TV standards:

• CPH0x0: NTSC-M/M
• CPH0x1: PAL-B/G
• CPH0x2: PAL-I/I
• CPH0x3: PAL-D/K
• CPH0x4: SECAM-L/L
• CPH0x5: SECAM-B/G
• CPH0x6: SECAM-D/K
• CPH0x7: PAL-N/N
• CPH0x8: PAL-B/H
• CPH0x9: PAL-M/M

CPH03x was often sold as 'TV capturer'.

Identifying:

1) 878 cards can be identified by PCI Subsystem-ID:

• 144f:3000 = CPH06x
• 144F:3002 = CPH05x w/ FM
• 144F:3005 = CPH06x_LC (w/o remote control)

2) The cards have a sticker with 'CPH'-model on the back.

Snazzi* Capture Card Tv Tuner Drivers

3) These cards have a number printed on the PCB just above the tuner metal box:

• '80-CP2000300-x' = CPH03X
• '80-CP2000500-x' = CPH05X
• '80-CP2000600-x' = CPH06X / CPH06x_LC

Askey sells these cards as 'Magic TView series', Brand 'MagicXpress'. Other OEM often call these 'Tview', 'TView99' or else.

Lifeview Flyvideo Series:

The naming of these series differs in time and space.

Identifying:

1) Some models can be identified by PCI subsystem ID:

• 1852:1852 = Flyvideo 98 FM
• 1851:1850 = Flyvideo 98
• 1851:1851 = Flyvideo 98 EZ (capture only)

  2) There is a print on the PCB:

• LR25 = Flyvideo (Zoran)
• LR37 Rev.C = Capture only (ZR36120 + SAA7110)
• LR50 Rev.Q = Flyvideo 98 (w/eeprom and PCI subsystem ID)
• LR50 Rev.W = Flyvideo 98 (no eeprom)
• LR51 Rev.E = Flyvideo 98 EZ (capture only)
• LR90 = Flyvideo 2000 series
• LR90 Rev.F = Lifetec/Medion LT 9815
• LR97 = Flyvideo DVBS
• 'Flyvideo II' had been the name for the 848 cards, nowadays (in Germany) this name is re-used for LR50 Rev.W. The Lifeview website has even more names: Flyvideo III,2100, 3000,3100. These cards are sold by many OEMs too.
• FlyVideo A2 = LR90 Rev.F (w/Remote, w/o FM, stereo TV by tda9821)

Typhoon TV card series:

These can be CPH, Flyvideo, Pixelview or KNC1 series. Typhoon is the brand of Anubis. Model 50680 got re-used, some model no. had different contents over time.

Models:

• 50680 'TV Tuner PCI Pal BG'(old,red package)=can be CPH03x(bt848) or CPH06x(bt878)
• 50680 'TV Tuner Pal BG' (blue package)= Pixelview PV-BT878P+ (Rev 9B)
• 50681 'TV Tuner PCI Pal I' (variant of 50680)
• 50682 'TView TV/FM Tuner Pal BG' = Flyvideo 98FM (LR50 Rev.Q)
• Note: The package has a picture of CPH05x (which would be a real TView)
• 50683 'TV Tuner PCI SECAM' (variant of 50680)
• 50684 'TV Tuner Pal BG' = Pixelview 878TV (Rev.3D)
• 50686 'TV Tuner' = KNC1 TV Station
• 50687 'TV Tuner stereo' = KNC1 TV Station pro
• 50688 'TV Tuner RDS' (black package) = KNC1 TV Station RDS
• 50692 'TV/FM Tuner' (small PCB)
• 50868 'TV/FM Tuner Pal I' (variant of 50682)
• 50999 'TV/FM Tuner Secam' (variant of 50682)

Guillemot

• Maxi TV Video 2 = LR50 Rev.Q (FI1216MF, PAL BG+SECAM)
• Maxi TV Video 3 = CPH064 (PAL BG + SECAM)

Mentor

• Mentor TV card ('55-878TV-U1') = Pixelview 878TV(Rev.3F) (w/FM w/Remote)

Prolink

• Pixelview Play TV Pro:
• PV-BT878P+rev.9B (Play TV Pro w/FM w/NICAM)
• PV-BT878P+rev.8X
• PV-BT878P+rev.4C (Play TV Pro)
• PV-BT878P+rev.4E (Play TV Pak)
• PV-BT878P+rev.2F
• PV-BT878TV PixelView Play TV
• PV-BT848P+

Dynalink

These are CPH series.

Phoebemicro

• TV Master = CPH030 or CPH060
• TV Master FM = CPH050

Genius/Kye

• Video Wonder/Genius Internet Video Kit = LR37 Rev.C

Tekram

• VideoCap C205 (Bt848)
• VideoCap C210 (Zoran+Philips)- Driver does not work with Zoran
• CaptureTV M200 (ISA)- Driver does not work with ISA
• CaptureTV M205 (Bt848)

Lucky Star

• Image World Conference TV = LR50 Rev. Q

Leadtek

• WinView 601 (Bt848)
• WinView 610 (Zoran) - Driver does not work with Zoran
• WinFast2000

KNC One

• TV-Station
• TV-Station SE (+Software Bundle)
• TV-Station pro (+TV stereo)
• TV-Station FM (+Radio)
• TV-Station RDS (+RDS)

PV951 cards:

These are sold as:

• Boeder TV-FM Video Capture Card
• Titanmedia Supervision TV-2400
• Provideo PV951 TF
• 3DeMon PV951
• MediaForte TV-Vision PV951
• Yoko PV951

Highscreen

• TV Karte = LR50 Rev.S

Zoltrix

• Face To Face TV MAX (Bt848)

AVerMedia

• AVer FunTV Lite (ISA, AV3001 chipset)
• AVerTV
• AVerTV Stereo
• AVerTV Studio (w/FM)
• AVerMedia TV98 with Remote
• AVerMedia TV/FM98 Stereo
• AVerMedia TVCAM98
• TVCapture (Bt848)
• TVPhone (Bt848)
• TVCapture98 (='AVerMedia TV98' in USA) (Bt878)
• TVPhone98 (Bt878, w/FM)