Hi Derek. The Winnov Videum Quattro (i'm pretty sure it's on the AG hardware page) can be set up to take 4 svideo inputs via two breakout boxes. We picked one up a few months ago. I'm not sure that I'd endorse it, though. First, it's not cheap (~1400$). Ours is configured with WinXP DirectShow drivers. I gave up trying to get it running with the older VFW drivers (no boarder around your vic video). It just wouldn't map the devices correctly in windows allowing AG access to only 2 out of the four input streams. I was expecting squid connectors. The 2 breakout boxes are ok, I guess, if you are running from a rack. I find them to be two sensitive components that I need to pay attention to so as not to have them slip off and fall from wherever they are placed.... miniDIN (svideo) to Y C BNC adapters not included by Winnov so you'll need to seek out and buy those separately. With h.261, I find no perceptible improvement in image quality with svideo as opposed to composite video capture. Lighting trumps component video. This system is mobile and I'm running into what I believe are durability issues with the card. I've been dealing with Winnov support on and off and will probably attempt to return this card for a replacement. Today, for instance, captured from this Quattro is monochrome only. Not ideal, but better than the black streams I was getting earlier during testing.
--fred On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 11:47AM, Derek Piper said: > > Hi, > > I was wondering if anyone here knows of any card that can has 4 > S-video ports for capturing from 4 S-video sources at once with one > card? > The ones I've used (and liked) have been composite via BNC connections. The > S-video is something I'm wondering about. > > Thanks, > > Derek > > -- > Derek Piper - dcpi...@indiana.edu - (812) 856 0111 > IRI 323, School of Informatics > Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
