[plug] VGA to TV encoder

[Joel Johnson]

Arie, have never tried it myself but are you able to use the TV out port 
under Linux that is available on many video cards? On most cards this is 
just an RCA socket and some come with an adapter from RCA to SVideo. You 
could then plug that directly into the Video In port on your VCR and 
record everything that appears on screen.

Alternatively, Jaycar (http://tinyurl.com/3v8zf) and Microgram 
(http://tinyurl.com/4u5nd) both have devices that take a VGA signal and 
convert to PAL or NTSC and output on various types of connectors such as 
S-Video and composite RCA.

Joel

Arie Hol wrote:

>I have been looking unsuccessfully for a VGA to TV encoder.
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>I need to capture the output from the VGA output on my video card to a VCR or a TV - so that I can 
>record the display while doing Linux installs - I want to do this so that I can replay the tape and 
>do screen shots of different aspects of a Linux install.
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>The device I need must work independently of OS and not need drivers of any type.
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>I have an old encoder here that doesn't want to cooperate - it needs Windows drivers to function.
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>I have spent a great deal of time searching the net for examples - but everything that I have found 
>so far either needs drivers or is just too costly for me to consider.
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>Is there any body out there who has any knowledge about this subject or type of device ?
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>Any  advice would be greatly appreciated.
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>TIA.
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>Regards Arie
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