Do I have a “Line In” on the TR? Just did an impulse buy on an avermedia ultraTV USB 300.  I was overcome by the design of the thing, how well it matches the sony tr in size and finish.  however, i am not sure how to get it to work.  I need a line in to record video the book says.  is that my microphone port.  uh oh, i remember how badly that sounds!!! (see old posts from last year about recordings of noisy hard drives). so wuz up with this.  anyway, anyone ever use something like this:
 
to 1. watch/ record TV, and 2. record video from analog device?
i was hoping to be getting a tuner for my epson projector, but it seems with this i will have to have the TV up on my TR…it’s not a standalone device as i had hoped…but no biggie. I am planning on making the TR the core of my home entertainment center…well, home is a grandeous term for my one room flat….but ya get my drift…  comments?  suggestions???  thanks!!!
jigs

The search button is the quickest path to enlightenment .

Interesting toy, jiggy.

Looked at the mfg. site and they don’t have much info on the unit. Does it support PAL as well as NTSC? Wonder why they don’t shove the audio through the USB port. Either bandwidth or cheaper I guess.

Have fun and tell us all about it. BTW, there’s one or more threads here on tuners if you’re inclined to search them out.

ah, that explains it - not. kinda. okay, whatever. but thanks for that great pointer.  it seems there should be a Line In under the Volume applet or Volume properties, but i’ll take it.  The app I am working with today seems to do the switching ok, ie it knows when something is coming in it’s line and when i hit a record button it knows to switch to the mic, which has been said before, just sucks.  the mic, not the function.  but heck let me say that now, the function also sucks.

anyway, the ultraTV is lots of fun and works great using the mic jack as line in!

ps. the only true to path to enlghtenment according to the Buddha (this is second hand knowledge on my part) is meditation.  and i can say from experiance, that sucks too. but ya gotta do what ya gotta do.

[quote author=“dbs”]Interesting toy, jiggy.

Looked at the mfg. site and they don’t have much info on the unit. Does it support PAL as well as NTSC? Wonder why they don’t shove the audio through the USB port. Either bandwidth or cheaper I guess.

Have fun and tell us all about it. BTW, there’s one or more threads here on tuners if you’re inclined to search them out.

there is not much info on this cool gizmo anywhere, not even in the help or in the install manual, but it works great.  does all it says it does - uses the mic jack for line in, and it even comes in a fake leather case and looks just like my wallet but with a nice blue power light. you can pull in local stations without a cable plugged in so i guess it works as an emergency TV set in a pinch.  looks much better than a dazzle… oh, yes it does both pal, ntsc, dvd, svcd, all the mpegs and mp3.  its great so far.  my MAIN motivation was to use it to suck video in from a minidv camcorder with a broken firewirejack. yet to test that….having too much fun watching cartoons…

Have you ever tried to enquire about the AVERmedia Cardbus TV tuner card. I think its really handy and i am sure it also captures video just like the USB version. Also , the cardbus one is so compact and much cheaper. I shall try and find a link for you.

thanks man, but i am happy.  the usb one is smaller than my wallet and my cardbus is always filled with a compact flash adapter for my canon 300d that is permanently attached to my bag.

the sound quality is not so hot (but aver is sending me a noise suppressor.) the TV tuner is excellent but needs a remote really. afterthought…