How to capture video from your Xbox or 360

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Requirements:

1. a graphics card with tv tuner (I prefer Ati but Nvidia cards at most a year
old will work as long as it has a tv tuner)
2. ram for the computer that will be capturing (512MB minimum but more may
be needed so either go for at least 1GB or raise the virtual memory setting)
3. software to capture (Ati comes with Ati Multimedia center that captures
from the tv tuner, audio and video)
4. a splitter for cable wires, coaxial cable, to split the signal of one cable wire to two cable wires (optional for tv and computer output)

Connecting the cables to the computer and tv

Splitter Method
The first step is to connect the coaxial cable, black cable that screws into tv, to the graphics card. Take and unplug the cable wire from the tv and plug it into a cable splitter. Then take and plug two cable wires into the splitter. Finally connect one of the cables from the splitter into the tv and the other into the computer so the video and audio can go to both the tv and computer.

Single Cable Method
For direct capturing to the computer without seeing the output on a tv just plug the coaxial cable into the computer's graphics card.

Capturing

The computer should receive the same signals that go to the tv. First do a test capture by opening up the capture software, for Ati graphics cards Ati Multimedia Center, and press the capture button sometimes located under the File menu. Video shown on the tv is captured if done correctly. Now capturing can be used to capture video from a video game on the Xbox 360 or any other console that is connected to the tv.

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