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    Gaming on laptop

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Sentient_6, Jan 19, 2008.

  1. Sentient_6

    Sentient_6 Notebook Consultant

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    Technically this is about gaming, so I thought this would be the best place for such a topic.

    I'm looking for some help on playing consoles on my laptop. I already have a fairly decent USB TV Tuner, and everything is hooked up properly. I just seem to have a problem with getting the image to display under Windows Media Center. I may be missing some drivers or something, but I also can't seem to find the right ones.

    Also, please make no mention as to the quality, lag, how I should just get a TV, the adaptec gamebridge, etc etc. I've already looked through all these things and simply want a straight-forward answer as to what software/drivers I need to install to get this ****ing image to display. Thanks.
     
  2. jcovelli

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    i'm pretty sure you can't do that..

    the 360 only streams media from the media center, you cant play counsel games on a notebook
     
  3. Sentient_6

    Sentient_6 Notebook Consultant

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    Yes, you can. If you have a TV tuner you can plug the VGA cables up and play. I'm looking for help as to how. Not that it makes any difference, but primarily with a PS2, SNES and GC.
     
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    just dowload emulators. they rock! :)
     
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    I have problems in watching things from the video in of my tv tuner(those rca conectors) in media center, it doesn't have some av button on remote and if I try the option have set top box it requires me to some kind of IR redirector(although it shows the video in a small screen for previewing) or something like this, I would be glad if someone knows how to watch things from my av in, in media center, or some other program (that I don't have to pay for)
     
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    Sentient_6 Notebook Consultant

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    Did you read my first post? I already have a TV tuner and everything is plugged in as should be, but my computer refuses to recognize it's plugged in even though I hear the "da-DA" noise of something being plugged in.
     
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    I already have over a gig of SNES games and a handful of Sega Genesis plus a USB controller. Thing is I wanted to bring my PS2 and Gamecube back to my dorm tomorrow and I have no TV. The one I did bring with me originally broke because RCA makes terrible electronics and I wasn't aware of that at the time of purchase.
     
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    Download the driver software for the Bisoncam NB PRO , but don't install it, instead launch the Bisoncam software directly. It doesn't require you to set it up, it will just work, and it's scalable to any size you want.

    Windows media center won't work unless it's a cable, or over the air signal.