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| Visiontek Xtasy Everything | Graphics Card Tv Tuner Analog VideoIn |
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AGP | $100 | 7.8/10 32 votes |
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I have had this card for over a year. First encountered the "white band" affect shortly after purchase. I downgraded the driver to 1.08. While this does remove the white band, the video that it captures is crappy. It works great for DSS or digital cable, but forget it for VHS capping. Comments posted by TieDyeJedi from United States, April 20, 2004: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 5 of 10. |
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Get the WDM driver here: www.driverguide.com it works great!! Comments posted by Pete Hoth from Other, October 18, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K WinXP? Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 9 of 10. |
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A few folks have noted issues about the "white band" across the middle of captured video, especially when using the composite or s-video input. I ran across this problem, did some searching around (on this site and elsewhere): turns out the problem is MACROVISION. Problem is, I was getting the white band even with sources that were not Macrovision-protected. Apparently, with WDM drivers after v1.08, this card is very sensitive to less-than-perfect source material, detecting them as having Macrovision. The solution is to downgrade to v1.08 of WDM (see http://www.dvdrhelp.com/forum/archive/t87141.html). You can get it from the nVidia FTP site. Cheers. Comments posted by Eric from Other, September 23, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98 Win2K? WinXP? Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: No rating. |
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Got this setup for a Dell XP 8200 system about six months ago, and except for the old version of WinDVR, inability to use the breakout box accept for cable from a VCR, and a constant problem with the fan, I have enjoyed TV every day on my LCD monitor, have converted dozens of old 8mm and VCR camera tapes to CD (again via the VCR and cable connector to avoid the white box effect with composite -- have not tried S-video). For the money, despite the frustrations, it cannot be beat. I have greased and oiled the fan several times (the correct way) but it still is very noisy from time to time for no apparent reason. I capture with either WinDVR or VirDub and have only used divX so far since my main interest is putting 2 hours on CD for viewing on the computer. I have had problems with sound lag, but settings in VirDub correct this if I first capture in winDVR and then convert to divX in VirtDub. I am not clear what my settings in each should be for making CDs for my DVD player which supposedly plays everything (except divx unfortunately). Help on this please since i am confused by all the info I have read. Comments posted by Zen from Other, April 13, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 7 of 10. |
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I wanted to convert a number of my family Hi-8 video into SVCD for permanent archive. After doing much research, I narrowed down to ATI AIW and nVidia Personal Cinema. After reading many comments in VCDHelp.com, I went with Xtasy Everything as ATI got poor Tech Support rating from users. What a mistake! Package only has one page instruction, but no matter, I am tech savvy. I have done sufficient reading over the web to know what versions of drivers will work on XP. Installation from CD failed consistently, especially WinDVR. But I am not too concerned as my main task is to capture from Hi-8, not to record TV shows. After trying numerous drivers from Vision Tek and nVidia, I finally got all the drivers installed. Capturing using included Ulead Video Studio resulted in many lost frames. Tried Virtual Dub, Roxio, and several other software all resulted in various degree of frame loss. VisionTek tech support couldn't figure out why, but want me to try on different hardware and OS. I painstakingly tried on a Win98SE, same problem occurred. Both PCs are capable of capturing without frame loss (Athlon 1 G, Athlon 1.5 G, 7200 rpm HD, sufficient RAM, etc.) So Tech support concluded it was defective. I sent back the video card, green box, and all cables. 2.5 months later, got the same graphic card back with a note stating that the card has passed all standard tests (many emails were sent during this time without any response.) It should be easy for a hardware reseller to send some missing pieces or a replacement package, right? Wrong, email after email got me nowhere: either no reply, or reply with stupid questions and no action. Now it's more than 5 months, and I am still dealing with the worst Tech Support/RMA staff ever. None of the response came with the person's name, despite my repeated request. DO NOT DEAL WITH THIS SUCKY COMPANY!!! Comments posted by Sad and Disappointed from Other, February 21, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP? Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 1 of 10. |
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I have had this card for a few months in a Win98SE system with Athlon Thunderbird 950 on an Asus KT133-chipset motherboard, 256meg RAM. I updated all vid and WDM drivers to the latest available, and everything has worked very nicely. Video quality to my TV (via composite out) is very nice, better than with the vid drivers the card shipped with. I play DivX files this way, looks very good. DVD playback quality is awesome to my CRT using WinDVD, as good as my standalone Pioneer DVD player, I think. Have not tried playing DVD to my TV. I have done a small amount of video capture direct from the TV tuner to high-bitrate MPEG2 files, and have found the results to be very good, perhaps looking a bit more speckly than cable TV on my TV set. I have had no audio synch problems. Video capture quality and resolution is very configurable. You can record direct to SVCD rez of 480*480 if you wish. Have not yet had luck recording to AVI using VirtualDub, tho I think it can be done. Dual monitor function works great once you get it set up; I have my CRT and TV going simultaneously with different display (at different resolutions) to each. Like other user here, I also had the issue that the EPG did not work in WinDVR as shipped (v 1.6, I think). Visiontek or nVidia discontinued their own EPG web site. I had to look VERY hard to find an update to WinDVR (v 1.8.018) on the web that allowed the EPG to work properly with TitanTV.com without necessitating purchase of WinDVR 2. I did resent that these updates have been hidden from users so that we will feel forced to pay for the upgrade. There is also an update to WinDVD available, also hidden. WinDVR version V.1.8.018: http://www.comprousa.com/downloadfiles/WinDVR_1.8.018.zip - this file seems to have been removed now WinDVD version V.3.2.041: http://www.comprousa.com/downloadfiles/WinDVD_3.2.041.zip Is the lesson that this card works best on Win98SE? Other folks having problems seem to be on Win2K or XP. For a pure video box, I still prefer Win98. Comments posted by Eric Thirolle from Other, January 16, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98 Win2K? WinXP? Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 9 of 10. |
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This is the worst video card I have ever owned. After reading up on the card in Summer of 2002, on Tomshardware.com, I thought this would prove to be a very well integrated product. Dual output support, video capture, and remote control. One couldn't ask for more in an AGP card. Upon installing it into my system, I played hell with the shipped drivers. (It wasn't until after reading here at vcdhelp.com that WDM 1.08 was the way to go.) Once the driver issue appeared settled, I hooked the card up to view/capture CATV, and played with InterVideo's WinDVR. Rather decent first impression, then I discovered the 5 second sound lag in actually capturing. Supposedly, this can be amended by setting the sound quality lower. Also, the "Electronic Program Guide" (EPG) was broken. After surfing back and forth from Visiontek to InterVideo, I discovered that TitanTV (the EPG supplier) had changed it's format. This required an upgrade to WinDVR 2. After paying $15 to InterVideo for an "upgrade", (personally, this rubs me the wrong way, upgrades to outdated products should be free, no?) I discovered that if I did a fresh install of WinDVR 2, the remote control no longer worked. This can be fixed by installing 1.5, and then installing 2.0 (really not at all the best way to accomplish software installs). Only after I'd gotten WinDVR 2 up and running, did I discover that Intervideo still didn't have it right, the scheduling feature is broken (verified via email by one of InterVideo's tech support personel.) After 4 months of owning the card, not once have I gotten a smooth ride from it. I have had to re-install Windows 2000 five times. I have waited for over 30 minutes on numerous occasions when calling Visiontek Tech Support. I should hope that my personal experience with the card is enough for anyone to shy away from anything named Xtasy Everything 5564, Visiontek, Intervideo, or nVidea Personal Cinema. Comments posted by J. Bennett from Other, December 27, 2002: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K WinXP? Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 1 of 10. |
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The picture is not very sharp but much much sharper than I got with my Matrox G400-tv. When installing on some XP machines it would install correctly. But then on some it would only allow the Dual Head display to work and not the capture to work, or vice verca. After 2 hours and 5 minutes, the tech support still couldn't help (the first guy was lousy and impatient, didn't really care much for him). I then discovered that you have to install the WDM 1.08v (always install WDM after you install the display drivers and reboot) capture drivers to overcome this. The current more updated 1.11 or 1.16 drivers will not work! Nevertheless, this card worked fine in ME and 98. Headaches and loss of sleep might become more abundant in XP for some of you. You've been warned. Comments posted by Cliff from Other, November 27, 2002: Compatibility: Win95? Win98 Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 8 of 10. |
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The multi-display support is excellent. However, the XtasyEverything video capture driver will not work in Tyan server-class system with 64-bit slots. In a P4 1.7Ghz system with dual UDMA-5 7200RPM drives, with one drive dedicated to video capture, and 1GB of RDRAM, EVERY SINGLE VIDEO contains intermittent white-out in the middle of the video frame. No dropped frames and never a problem with audio sync, just this infernal problem with 3/5ths of the video frame missing from time to time. When capturing hour-long video, 20 minutes of it may have white-out. CPU utilization never topped 60%, even during DVD-quality capture. This never happened with ATI ALL in Wonder Radeon. The problem with ATI was unstable drivers, unstable multimedia programs, blue screens, dropped frames, etc. Comments posted by mbuse from Other, November 12, 2002: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 3 of 10. |
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It took a couple of hours to reconfigure my computer to recognize the supplied drivers. Then I got the BSOD in Win2K (never seen that before) and Windows wouldn't load. Had to take the card out and replace it with my old one to get on the web and get all the new drivers. After that, the computer booted up and everything worked except my sound card, which I had to reinstall. *Then* it worked. Captured very nicely at all resolutions. The only problem is, the picture and sound will not sync, no matter what settings I use. If I can get it to sync, it ought to be a very good card. Custom computer, 1.7 gig P4, 640 MB SDRAM, 2 Maxtor 40 gig drives, Windows 2000 Pro, Service Pack 3. Comments posted by mojofilter05 from Other, October 10, 2002: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K WinXP? Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 8 of 10. |
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Grat capture card. You can get it for around $ 70.00 at UBid, sometimes for around $ 60.00. You can,t beat this price and it comes with full warranty Comments posted by hoth from Other, September 25, 2002: Compatibility: Win95? Win98 Win2K? WinXP? Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 9 of 10. |
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I have pretty fast system even then I had problems with Pinnacle PCTV, ATI Wonder etc. Part of the problem was my old video card. Well I read comments here and found this Xtasy everything 5564 AGP (64MB) card. I am very satisfied. It installed flawless (not like ATI where things did not work). I had problems with winDVR software with dropped frames which (thanks to a guide at vcdhelp) turned out to be bad harddrive setting. Now I can capture at full DVD quality (720x480). I have not used TV part since my main interest is video capture. However I played a game that came with sound card and this vid. card showed excellent game capabilities too. I am so happy that now I have vid. cap. vid card and game display all-in-1 and really fast :-) Robert Comments posted by Robert from Other, September 14, 2002: Compatibility: Win95? Win98 Win2K? WinXP? Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 9 of 10. |
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I found this card tricky to install configure, but I've come to learn that this was more me than the card. It's critical when installing that you remove any drivers from previous capture/video cards. If you don't, you'll likely get the BSOD with and "infinite driver loop" message. After install, I've been quite happy with the performance of the video card and as a capture card. It's given very high quality captures using Huffyuv at the Predict Media setting. I'm using less noise reduction than when I used the PCTV Studio card. All-in-all, I'd recommend this card. Comments posted by Greyhair from Other, September 09, 2002: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 8 of 10. |
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I had tried at least 5 different analog to digital video capture cards. Visiontek Xtasy Cinema Everything is definitely the best. The card also features a tv tuner, dual monitors and 3D gaming. Visit www.visiontek.com for details. System: Dual PIII 860 CPUs, MSI 694D PRO 2IR (MS-6321) motherboard, VIA chipset, Soundblast Live 5.1 Sound Card, Two Monitors (15" and 19"), Windows 2000 with Service Pack 3. Comments posted by M Yoshida from Other, August 16, 2002: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 10 of 10. |
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Superb video capture/tv tuner/3d game/twinview card. Everything works (stable too) according to the advertised features. Replaced ATI AIW Radeon card. The AIW card had given me painful troubles for the past two years. I am so glad that I finally found this fantastic card. Comments posted by Oliver S from Other, August 16, 2002: Compatibility: Win95? Win98 Win2K WinXP? Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 10 of 10. |
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This card is awesome,windvr & windvd are pretty good,videowave is the only drawback.I am using ulead videostudio6.0 to capture directly to mpeg1 352x240 video bitrate 2200 audio 160 and the quality is awesome i burn to xvcd and play in my pioneer 503. If videostudio6.0 was included instead of videowave,I would have rated it a 10 instead of 9. You can also capture true svcd 480x480 with videostudio6.0 and add chapters. Comments posted by Ray Haley from Other, July 28, 2002: Compatibility: Win95? Win98 Win2K? WinXP? Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 9 of 10. |
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If you get the Windows Media SDK off of the Microsoft site, you can use a program called amcap.exe to initialize the video card in preparation for capturing/livestreaming with Windows Media Encoder. You run them simultaneously to get it to work. Comments posted by TJ from Other, July 26, 2002: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K WinXP? Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: No rating. |
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Found a hack for using Windows Media Encoder -- there's a sample program in the Windows Media SDK that initializes the card so WME can grab from it. You run it, then fire up WME, and you're set. More in a while. Comments posted by TJ from Other, July 23, 2002: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP? Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: No rating. |
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Alright i think this is a great card the features alone are incredible. The twin view is great for me, i can set up one monitor to display the tv while i still have full acess to my desktop so i can type papers....everything else is great the windvd and windvr. i have a prob however. it seems that every so often my video and audio get out of sync. im using a 600mghz amd3 and trying to capture in better quality. any suggestions on the fix...Thanks Comments posted by Bob from Other, July 23, 2002: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 8 of 10. |
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Solid investment so far. Simple initial set-up (expect for the overly vague 'poster-sheet' instructions), solid (if basic) software package included. MGI Videowave is included but I found it just as slow and fulled with wasteful flash. It captures VHS and cable television like a dream and also delievers as just a video card. My PC specs are Intel P3/800Mhz/768 MB RAM/SB Live! 5.1/45 GB Comments posted by Bryson Kennedy from Other, May 11, 2002: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 8 of 10. |
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it does real good captures in xsvcd . just capture then use nero or ulead to burn it looks great . i have a ge 1101p dvd player and it works great with this card . iburn xsvcd 352x480 4000 352x480 3600 xvcd 1800 and all of it looks great and no sync problems either. i have amd 900 20gig hd 256 meg sb pci 128 sound card win me I would give it a ten but it does not capture in 480x480 but it sure the hell looks just as good Comments posted by norman from Other, May 05, 2002: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP? Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 9 of 10. |
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I'm also quite happy with this card, having tested around ten of them in the last couple of months for compatibility with non-bundled software and quality. However, one problem that I've had is echoed above -- I can't get it to work with Windows Media Encoder 7.1 either. A tech support note to Visiontek has gone unanswered for a week and a half...any suggestions? Comments posted by TJ from Other, April 29, 2002: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K WinXP? Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 8 of 10. |
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I have had no problems with this card and it's a solid buy for $99 at CompUSA. It was an easy setup. I use both VirtualDub and WinDVR. I have had no problems at all with the drivers in Virtual Dub. The Huffy codec works perfectly. I'm capturing from an analog camcorder and I hardly have frame loss with audio pcm. It's strongest point in my opinion though is its technical support. I had some questions and not only was tech support a toll free phone number, but it was a 1-2 minute wait at the very most at various times during the day, and the tech support people were extremely knowledgeable, not only about the card itself, but about the included software as well. Comments posted by Anonymous from Other, April 28, 2002: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 9 of 10. |
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Own it, Love it. Only one problem, I can't figure out how to get Windows Media Encoder 7.1 to work with it. If anybody knows please e-mail me at wiredsurf.com put jeff@ before that. Thanks! Comments posted by Jeff at WiredSurf.com from Other, April 25, 2002: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 10 of 10. |
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So far so good Very easy to hook up Very easy software to use Cap vhs tapes very clear Cap tv just like you are live Comments posted by pbrunetti from Other, April 12, 2002: Compatibility: Win95 Win98 Win2K WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 9 of 10. |
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more technical information.New comments= New comments since your last visit. New Card= New Capture Card since your last vist. Feature What kind of main capture features it supports Analog VideoIn = Analog composite or/and SVHS video input Video Card = If it is a Video Card/Graphic Card Tv Tuner = Built-In TV-Tuner Digital TV = Built-In Digital TV-Tuner DV/Firewire = DV/Firewire/i.Link input DV Converter = Analog composite or/and SVHS video input and converts to DV video MPEG1 hardware = Capture directly MPEG1(VCD) video using hardware* MPEG2 hardware = Capture directly MPEG2(SVCD and DVD) video using hardware* MJPEG hardware = Capture directly to MJPEG using hardware* MPEG4 hardware = Capture directly to MPEG4(DivX,Xvid) video using hardware* * = Most capture cards can capture to this format using software but it usually requires a very fast computer, if it supports realtime capturing it uses the capture cards hardware and it doesn't require a very fast computer and you may get better quality but less options/settings than software capturing. Compatibility What Operating System our users have reported that it works on, Win95=Works Cnx = Connection What type of connection the capture device has to the computer, PCI, AGP, USB1/1.1/2, DV or PCMCIA. Price The price in US dollar. Rating The first rating is based on a weighted rank (the true Bayesian), it requires at least 5 votes to get a weighted rating. The second rating between the ( ) is a normal average rating. Comment User comments, click on view to view them or add to post a own comment. We can not gurantee that this list is 100% correct. Don't forget to read the User Comments for more Info about each Capture card. If you find any features that are not correct contact us instead of posting a comment about it. |
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