TV Viewer

Version 3.0 has been released.

Experiencing problems? Check out the FAQ.

Finally a PCTV application for your capture card! It can stay on top and shrink it's toolbars. Also it can stretch the video window to any size.
You must use your VCR as tuner, and connect the video-out of your VCR with your capture card. You can also use your TV as tuner if your TV has a video out connector.

Key features:

• Watch fullscreen or in a window, which can be stretched to any size
• Disables Screensavers etc.
• Can stay 'Always on Top'
• Shrink toolbars to minimize the waste of desktop space
• Easy to use
• Automatic mute/unmute of audio input
• Volume adjustment via menu and keyboard
• Small memory and CPU usage
• Support for both WDM and VfW based capture boards

Screenshot:

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Download:
Trial Version (Just 45kB!)

Known supported cards:
Adaptec AVC1200
Albatron Ti4280PV
AOpen Ti4200 AGP 8x
Askey Tview 99 (Unable to switch channels)
ASUS GE-Force 4 4800TI
ASUS V6600 Deluxe (nVidia WDM Driver and ASUS Capture Driver)
ASUS V7700 Deluxe (Nvidia GTS 2)
ASUS V8200 (Geforce 3)
ATI All-In-Wonder Pro TV (No audio)
ATI HDTV Wonder tuner (No audio)
ATI TV Wonder VE and Elite (No audio)
AverDVD EzMaker WDM Capture Card (PCI)
Avermedia DVD ESMaker USB 2.0
Avermedia EZMaker PCI
Belkin USB VideoBus II
Chaintech Apogee FX5600 Ultra VIVO
Conexant capture card (ADVE-9011H capture card)
DataVideo DAC-100
Dazzle Series Capture Devices
Dell co-branded Emuzed Atlantis-I PCI
ELSA Geforce 2 GTS with VideoModule (Standard WDM drivers. Apparently also works under XP eventhough drivers state otherwise)
eVGA GeForce4 Ti4200
Gainward Dualhead VIVO
Gainward Geforce 2TI/500 XP
Gainward Geforce 4 Powerpack! Ultra 750XP VIVO DVI
Gainward Ti4600 Geforce4 (750XP Golden Sample)
Geforce 4 MX460
Geforce FX5200 VTD128
Guillemot Maxi Cougar Video Editon
Hauppauge WinTv PCI
Hauppauge WinTv USB (Connect line-out from USB to soundcard)
Hercules Thriller with video in (1.52 drivers)
Intel Create And Share CS431 Webcam(auxiliary input plug)
Iomega Buz (1.3 drivers)
Leadtek Winfast 2000 Expert
Logitech Quick Cam
Matrox Marvel G400 TV
Miro Video DC1 (2.06 drivers)
MiroVideo DC30 Series (1.41a drivers)
MSI G3 Pro-VT64D
MSI Geforce 4 TI4200
MSI Geforce 4 TI4400
MSI Geforce 4 TI4600
MSI Geforce 4 TI4800 SE 8x
MSI Geforce 440 MX
MSI GeForceFX 5200 VTD128
MSI GeForceFX 5900XT VTD 128
MSI TV @nywhere
Osprey 100
Phoebemicro TV Master + FM card
Pinnacle Studio DC10+ (1.06 drivers under Windows 9x, for XP support see the FAQ)
Pinnacle Studio version 9 AV/DV
Pinnacle 500-USB capture device (Tested on Vista 64bit)
Trust Webcam 14823
VisionTek Geforce4 Ti4600
Winnov Video Capture Card (ISA)
A laptop with a S3 Virge MX+, BT829 Chipset (S3 Live Video Capture VFW Driver)


Known unsupported cards:
Dazzle DVC-170
Medion 7133 TV Tuner
Pinnacle DV500
Pinnacle Studio 400

System Requirements:
Windows XP or Windows Vista
For older Windows versions (Windows 95 and up) you must have DirectX 8.0 or better installed. In case you can not or do not want to install DirectX 8.0, you can use TV Viewer 2.2, which requires Direct Media 5.2B and DirectX 5.0 or better installed. (Available per request)

The registration fee is US $ 10.00. See the readme for ordering information.
There are discounts for multiple licenses / site licenses. Please mail for details.

If you know whether this program works (or doesn't) with other capture boards, mail here please.

Check out the main page, for other programs.

News updates:
9th of October 2008,
Updated the list of supported cards.
28th of May 2005,
Updated the list of supported cards.
15th of January 2005,
Updated the list of supported cards.
12th of July 2004,
Updated the list of supported cards.
9th of March 2003,
Version 3.0 of TV Viewer has been released. New in this version is better audio support:
- Automatic unmute/mute of the audio input when the program is started/closed.
- Volume adjustment via menu and keyboard.
4th of September 2002,
Updated the list of supported cards and the FAQ
19th of May 2002,
Is is now possible to register for $9.25 via PayPal (See 'Help->Buy Online' in the TV Viewer menu bar).
17th of May 2002,
Updated the site, updated the list of supported cards
15th of February 2002,
Fixed bug where small toolbars window would not resize properly
14th of February 2002,
Version 2.3 has been released. New in this release:
- Based of the DirectX 8 SDK
- Improved support for plug and play devices (e.g. USB devices being removed while running)
- Improved support for WDM based drivers.
- Reveales WDM dialogs (if available), even for vfw based drivers.
- Smaller program size
20th of January 2002,
Updated the supported cards list

Screenshot with small toolbars: