How to use a settopbox to capture/register programmes from settopbox towards Sony Vaio AR41S?

[dutchmedia]

Hi,

As I have a cable settopbox in the Netherlands I wanted to have the possibility to use my Sony Vaio AR41S to record programmes from the settopbox on the PC. I bought a connection cable to be able to connect it through cinch towards minijack AV/in.

The hardware seems ok. But...trying to set up the tv-signal from Windows Media Center I get this message but can see the video and hear the audio (meaning the hardware works!):

"IR Hardware Not Detected

Your IR receiver doesnot support settopboxes. Using your current IR receiver, Windows Media Center cannot change channels on a settopbox. To control a set-top box, you must have an IR receiver with IR control cable connectors."

Then it doesnot allow me to go on.

I also tried several software including intervideo winDVD creator, adobe premiere elements, windows moviemaker etc to try to capture the video, but none were able to get the signal or recognise the AV/in port.

Do you have any suggestion how to get this working?

Is it really necessary to buy extra hardware? And which hardware?
Or: does there exist software to be able to capture the video to be able to register from my cable settopbox on the Sony Vaio AR 41S?

thanks!!!

[Blencogo]

Hi dutchmedia and welcome to Club Vaio,

I think you are trying to do something your Vaio is not designed for. Media Centre Vaios like the XL-Series do have the hardware capability to connect a set-top-box by s-video but Media Centre will not allow connection without this IR-Blaster capability which is not installed on laptops.

You could try Click to DVD - select the analogue inputs on the opening screen - or if your set-top-box has a coaxial ariel output, you could try using the TV-Tuner in Analogue configuration and tune it to the output channel.

[dutchmedia]

Hi dutchmedia and welcome to Club Vaio,

I think you are trying to do something your Vaio is not designed for.  Media Centre Vaios like the XL-Series do have the hardware capability to connect a set-top-box by s-video but Media Centre will not allow connection without this IR-Blaster capability which is not installed on laptops.

You could try Click to DVD - select the analogue inputs on the opening screen - or if your set-top-box has a coaxial ariel output, you could try using the TV-Tuner in Analogue configuration and tune it to the output channel.

 

Thanks for your fast reply....
I don't know what a IR Blaster is...is it possible to buy it (through USB or something?)

Anyway I found a solution now after some studying...the solution is that Vaio Video & Photo Suite was not installed on my PC. I installed it and that has the possibility (through Vaio Content Importer) to 'capture' analogue source. It is then recorded in a sort of MPEG2 file, which then can only be played by Vaio Content Exporter...(other programmes including Windows Media Player don't accept this '.mpg' format...). But anyway the Vaio Content Exporter has the possibility to 'burn' it on DVD...didn't try yet but it might work then as a regular DVD-video...(from the options it seems so!)

PS Click to DVD doesn't have an analogue capturefunction....

[Blencogo]

PS Click to DVD doesn't have an analogue capturefunction....

Mine does!!!

[dutchmedia]

PS Click to DVD doesn't have an analogue capturefunction....
 
Mine does!!!

 

Thanks found out that now mine does to...

Couldn't find a way to write it to a file instead of DVD...never mind now, as the Vaio Video & Photo Suite has a solution...