# How to record TV on your pc?
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-record-tv-on-your-pc/117883
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [July 31, 2004, 9:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-record-tv-on-your-pc/117883 "2004-07-31T09:25:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 15
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### Author:  [@El\_Thierro](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/El_Thierro)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2004, 9:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-record-tv-on-your-pc/117883/1 "2004-07-31T09:25:40Z")
Hey,
Is there anyone here who has experience with recording something off the television onto a computer? It can be done, right?
Anyone know how? Or have a good link to something explaining?
I got a new laptop recently, and there was this coard that came with it that said something about “TV this or that”. So I was wondering if this means I can record things off my Television.
Anyone know how to?
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### Author:  [@eilsoe](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/eilsoe)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2004, 11:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-record-tv-on-your-pc/117883/2 "2004-07-31T11:51:36Z")
you probably can 🙂
I had a card once too that allowed me to watch TV on the comp, but I never tried to record any of it 😛
hmm… I should’ve saved a lot of simpsons episodes then… ☹
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### Author:  [@Polling](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Polling)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2004, 12:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-record-tv-on-your-pc/117883/3 "2004-07-31T12:10:06Z")
You need a videocard with Video-input or a Tv-tuner-card.
Try looking at some pinnacle products, they are famous for this kind of stuff…
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### Author:  [@Maxtr0sity](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Maxtr0sity)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2004, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-record-tv-on-your-pc/117883/4 "2004-07-31T13:00:48Z")
I use ATI TV Wonder VE. It’s a TV card that branches off my internet access. Recording is easy, but you have to compress them on your own. The best quality is DVD quality which does 8mb/s, recompression takes a lot of time. There are software out there that does it automatically, but they’ll cost you.
The ‘TV this and TV that’ is probably a TV output meaning that you can plug it into the TV and instead of using your LCD, use the TV as your monitor. I doubt a laptop will have a TV tuner inside. Unless you have a coax jack on the laptop or some connection that goes to a coax, it’s worth a try. Otherwise, most TV cards are for desktops.
Sites vary what you’re looking for. Check your device manager for the name of the ‘tuner’ and then I can help you some more.
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### Author:  [@El\_Thierro](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/El_Thierro)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2004, 1:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-record-tv-on-your-pc/117883/5 "2004-07-31T13:28:14Z")
Okay, thanks for the info, but I’m still kinda noob to all of this, so all I know is:
My Video Card is an ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9600/9700 Series (if that’s what you mean :ne: )
and I’ve checked the cable again and it’s called a, “S-Video Composite Adapter” and it’s pretty short with a yellow and a black end :ne:
Any more ideas? I still can’t really figure out :ne:
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### Author:  [@Maxtr0sity](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Maxtr0sity)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2004, 1:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-record-tv-on-your-pc/117883/6 "2004-07-31T13:30:14Z")
If it’s an S-Video adapter, then it’s to TV only. It’s output. I’ve heard of ways you can reverse it, but it’s not worth trying.
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### Author:  [@El\_Thierro](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/El_Thierro)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2004, 1:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-record-tv-on-your-pc/117883/7 "2004-07-31T13:33:00Z")
So with that, all I can do is use my television as my computer screen? Nothing more? ☹
I was already dreaming of recording stuff off TV and then burning it to DVD’s ☹ [size=1](For personal use ofcourse :ne: )[/size]
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### Author:  [@Maxtr0sity](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Maxtr0sity)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2004, 1:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-record-tv-on-your-pc/117883/8 "2004-07-31T13:37:04Z")
I’m afraid not young padawan. It isn’t exactly DVD quality anways so you’re not missing much.
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### Author:  [@grimdeath](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/grimdeath)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2004, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-record-tv-on-your-pc/117883/9 "2004-07-31T13:40:32Z")
you can do that with a dazzle card and some free software if thats what your into for more info you can go here [www.dvdrhelp.com](http://www.dvdrhelp.com) check ut the tutorials section it covers how to capture video from tv, convert and compression methods and it also has a forum very helpfull 😉
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### Author:  [@Maxtr0sity](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Maxtr0sity)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2004, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-record-tv-on-your-pc/117883/10 "2004-07-31T13:45:16Z")
What’s a dazzle card?
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### Author:  [@El\_Thierro](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/El_Thierro)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2004, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-record-tv-on-your-pc/117883/11 "2004-07-31T14:11:50Z")
Okay, thanks for the help, but I’m not going to buy a card (first off, I wouldn’t know how to put it into my laptop (if it’s even possible) and second, I’m not that eager to do it anyway. I just thought if it were possible, why not try it. But it isn’t, so… ☹ )
K, thanks for the help guys.
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### Author:  [@Maxtr0sity](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Maxtr0sity)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2004, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-record-tv-on-your-pc/117883/12 "2004-07-31T14:13:39Z")
Well, less DVD, more gaming. :thumb:
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### Author:  [@El\_Thierro](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/El_Thierro)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2004, 2:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-record-tv-on-your-pc/117883/13 "2004-07-31T14:15:20Z")
> [@Maxtr0sity](#):
>
> Well, less DVD, more gaming. :thumb:
That’s right, always look on the bright side of things :thumb:
😃
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### Author:  [@ruski\_flasher](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ruski_flasher)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2004, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-record-tv-on-your-pc/117883/14 "2004-07-31T16:01:23Z")
get a tv-tuner for your computer…they are really great! i had one already on my computer…and they work fine. sony even gave me a remote control for it!
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### Author:  [@Maxtr0sity](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Maxtr0sity)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2004, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-record-tv-on-your-pc/117883/15 "2004-07-31T17:40:29Z")
My wireless mouse is my remote control.