Capture Card? Make sure it's a BT chip, here's my guide for the best possible viewing, the program can also be used for recording.
Console on a Monitor through a TV card
This is a guide on getting a decent picture on your monitor from your console using one of those cheap $100 TV Tuner cards. I got the idea from need basically, the TV was never available to me and the only visual output device I can call my own is my monitor.
Before you read further there are some requirements for doing this:
1) You need a reasonable PC or you will get nasty dropped frames that will cause you to shake your fist in rage and complain about how I somehow screwed you out of money.
2) A desk that can fit all your consoles AND your PC.
3) A monitor at least 17" that supports a high refresh rate (75hz+ or a speedy LCD)
4) A soundcard with line in or speakers that support line in
5) *IMPORTANT* You have a supported TV Card. Any card with a bt chipset will work. (This is out of date but I'll put it here anyway)
http://www.dscaler.org/card-support/index.htm
http://photobucket.com/albums/y87/Plasia/Composite VS Svideo/
Notice how composite looks dull and Svideo looks sexy. Ryu (Svideo) wins! Obviously you want an Svideo output on your console if you are going to play through a TV card.
Anyway, time to do something!
The first thing you want to do is get a picture.
With your TV card should be a little split cable that goes into the TV card that has female composite and Svideo connectors. You will need to plug your console's video out into the appropriate hole, kinda hard huh?
Next step is to download a nifty little program called DScaler.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7420&package_id=75021
or if that for some reason doesnt work go from
www.dscaler.org
Install DScaler and run it. It should detect your TV card, you dont need to worry about your Tuner (RF is evil, dont use it).
Make sure you are using the DScaler drivers by going into sources, make sure WDM drivers are not selected. Next thing to play with is the deinterlace menu. You need to tick the following
Automatic Film/Video Detection
Automatic Format Detect
Fall Back to Video on Bad Pulldown
JudderTerminator (TM)
TomsMoComp should be fine for your method (also in that menu)
Next thing to do is apply some filters. Go into the filter menu and select Gamma and Noise Reduction.
Now we are ready to get some video going!
Go into the BT Card menu, go into video input and select the input you have on atm (duh). A picture should appear on the screen. It may be all screwed up, but fear not! You need to set the format. Set it to the appropriate format, ie: PAL60 and you are away.
Now you have video! Double click in the DScaler window to blow it up to full screen.
Note: DScaler needs quite a bit of system resources to run on 0 dfps (dropped frames per second). Make sure you dont have anything unnecesary running or you wont be able to play comfortably.
Now it is time for a quick run-down of audio, everyone likes sound.
Note: For people with a Soundblaster Audigy and a 5.1 setup, you can use the optical in instead of the red/white cable method for better sound on supported consoles.
Sound is not terribly tricky. You need 2 double female RCA adaptors and a male RCA to Line-in adaptor. Both should be available at your preferred electronics retailer. Simply plug it all together and put it in your speaker/soundcard's line-in and you should hear stuff. Alternatively, if your lucky enough to have one of them fancy Audigy cards with the breakout box, simply plug it in there.
