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Title: NEED TV-in Driver/Software for 3DFX Voodoo 3 3500
Post by: mtevel on 12 November 2004, 23:06:09
My PC has a 3DFX Voodoo 3 3500 Video Card and I can't find the driver (or software) that allows me to utilize TV-in (the TV output works, however I used to have a program that allowed me to watch cable TV on my screen with a program.... Don't have that program/ability anymore)..

My OS is Win2K (I know I did not have this problem when I was using Win98)

Some people have told me to go to http://www.voodoofiles.com/6826 and some have said I may need to go to WinXP, but I really want to keep Win2K....
One person told me to install "3dfx Voodoo3 3500 V1.06.00rc1" and then installing "VisualReality V3.10.06" (found on http://www.falconfly.de/voodoo3-3500.htm)... This did not work :(

Can anyone help ? Thanks!
Title: NEED TV-in Driver/Software for 3DFX Voodoo 3 3500
Post by: secretfj on 13 November 2004, 05:25:07
according to the site, it's recommanded to use DScaler, maybe this will work with ur V3 3500TV in
also, have u tried software like Power VCR or PowerTV? this may work with ur 3500 also with better functions.

P.S. I'm not lucky enough to get myself a V3 3500..just some guessing
Title: NEED TV-in Driver/Software for 3DFX Voodoo 3 3500
Post by: mtevel on 13 November 2004, 08:03:04
I have tried Dscaler (with no luck) ....

Do you have links to any of the programs you've suggested ???

Thx!
Title: NEED TV-in Driver/Software for 3DFX Voodoo 3 3500
Post by: Nightbird on 13 November 2004, 15:24:32
What's your problem exactly ? Are you sure that the driver is correctly installed ? What's the error message ?
Title: NEED TV-in Driver/Software for 3DFX Voodoo 3 3500
Post by: mtevel on 13 November 2004, 18:22:27
Thanks for the posts NightBird...

I tried installing "3dfx Voodoo3 3500 V1.06.00rc1" and then installing "VisualReality V3.10.06" ... Did not work...
The installs end up being the same as I am now (tv-out, but no TV-in working)...
I get the error message "The TV drivers are not installed. Please install them by pressing the 'Driver' button after re-inserting the installation CD in the CD-ROM drive" (when trying to initiate 3dfxTV) OR "The TV/FM drivers are not installed. Please install them by pressing the 'Driver' button after re-inserting the installation CD in the CD-ROM drive" when trying to initiate FM (which I don't care as much about, but appears to be the same issue)

I also tried installing Dscaler (and it did install, but can't get it to show TV???)

Any help would be hugely appreciated!!! Thx
Title: NEED TV-in Driver/Software for 3DFX Voodoo 3 3500
Post by: Nightbird on 14 November 2004, 13:26:03
After installing the drivers and before Visual Reality, did you reboot your machine ?
Title: NEED TV-in Driver/Software for 3DFX Voodoo 3 3500
Post by: mtevel on 15 November 2004, 13:59:58
QuoteOriginally posted by Nightbird

After installing the drivers and before Visual Reality, did you reboot your machine ?

yes
i also rebooted in between installations and not ... I tried every way possible (for like 7 hours) :(
Title: NEED TV-in Driver/Software for 3DFX Voodoo 3 3500
Post by: kekit on 16 November 2004, 00:21:46
go into device manager, under sound, video, and game controllers and see if there is a voodoo3tv wdm installed. if not, then install it from where ever the drivers are.