sorry, i'm new to this!
The card that I am using in an AOpen VA1000 and the cable that came with it
has a black plug on one end which goes into the video card and from that it
has 6 leads coming off it. 3 for the AV from my VCR (red,yellow,white) one
lime green one which says Audio Out, an S-Video one and a black one which
says IR Receiver In.
The green one needs something to be plugged into it as it is a female plug,
it looks a little like the AV cables but is slightly different.
The software that came with the card is WINDVR.
I didn't get any documents with my PC relating to its motherboard but I
opened up the case yesterday and couldn't find a damn thing that this could
plug into.
I really do appreciate the help as I really want to get this thing going!
wendy



"kony" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 8 Nov 2005 21:15:01 +1100, "wendy"
> <wendle@nospam.com.au> wrote:
>
>>Hey
>>I'm new to all of this please have patience with me :)
>>I just got a video capture card and can't seem to get audio to work at all
>>with it.
>
> Generally speaking, it is good to mention the specific
> hardware in question. Futher, mention of how this video
> capture card inputs audio to the system (for example, an
> internal socket or external minijack) might be relevant too.
>
>>I have an integrated soundmax digital audio card, which means I
>>have no idea how to connect the audio leads from the capture card to the
>>sound card.
>
> Which sound input the capture card can use, depends on the
> versatility of the software included. Typically that
> software has some kind of configuration menu where you might
> be able to choose the audio input. If there is none, it is
> likely the capture card manual specifies which input it
> "needs".
>
>>So I think I need to buy a sound card with the imputs on it. Am I right?
>
> No your onboard sound should be sufficient for this. Since
> we dont' know which method the capture card uses, nor what
> cables were included (or that you otherwise have available),
> we can't directly advise. Generally speaking, if your
> capture card has an output jack on the back and a 1/8" to
> 1/8" miniplug cable that came with it, you would connect
> that to the motherboard audio-input jack on the back (often
> visually identifiable by it's blue color but might be
> labeled as well as illustrated in your motherboard manual.
>
> If the capture card instead has an internal pin-header
> socket, and a cable with (usually 4 pins) plugs for this,
> obviously you'd connect one end to the capture card and the
> other to the motherboard's sound input jack, typically it's
> labeled "Aux In", that might be printed on the board next to
> the (usually white) 4 pin socket, and also should be
> illustrated in the motherboard manual. If for some reason
> you had already used that Aux-In socket, it might be
> possible to instead route the sound input to the "CD In",
> usually black, socket. This would be less common and it may
> be necessary for the software you use with the capture card,
> to be reconfigured to use this CD-In instead.
>
> No matter which input you need, do use, confirm that the
> appropriate input in the software is selected. Sometimes
> the software words things poorly or in a non-standard manner
> and so it can be a matter of trial and error to find which
> corresponds to the connection you used.
>
>
>>And
>>if so can I just put the new sound card in and go?
>
> You could certainly put in a new sound card if you want one,
> though it should not be at all necessary for the capture
> card, would instead be the kind of thing added if you had
> other gripes with the onboard sound such as poor sound
> quality or a lot of CPU overhead playing games.
>
> If you add a sound card, you have the same scenario, hooking
> up the jacks and then configuring the capture card (or 3rd
> party if you chose 3rd party software) for the appropriate
> input type. Also if you add a sound card you would either
> have to disable the onboard sound (jumper or setting in the
> bios setup menu) or possibly assign the primary sound device
> in (windows?) Control Panel- Multimedia (or Sounds And ...).
> It is also good to mention the operating system you are
> using in the initial post, and in this case perhaps the
> specific motherboard too since it is the onboard audio being
> considered.
>
>>Will it be OK to use on
>>top of the integrated sound?? And also what soundcard is best? I have seen
>>some on ebay for as low as $6 (Aussie)
>>wendy
>
> You're not much better off with a low-end sound card than
> with integrated audio. Presuming you had only considered
> the sound card due to addition of the capture card, try the
> onboard audio as it should work fine with it.
>
> "Best" sound card is relative, there's a wide spectrum
> ranging from barely (if any) better than onboard, then
> various multi-channel cards, some with joystick input/midi,
> a few with hardware gaming 3D sound, and then incrementally
> more inputs, outputs, digital tricks and moving up further
> the audiphile cards where cost can be no object.
>
> You'd need to define exactly what features and uses you had
> for the card, and the budget, to determine what's
> appropriate. With gaming and higher sound quality being
> the two most common motivators to replace onboard audio, if
> you have neither of these concerns then you may as well use
> the onboard audio.