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FL
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Fri Oct 29, 2004 7:02 am Post subject:
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Can someone help me out. I can't seem to find good information on brands of
video capture cards. Basically I want to take my VHS and 8mm videotapes and
convert them to DVD format.
What is a good capture card (usb 2.0)? I want the sound and video quality to
be excellent. All of my tapes now are in stereo.
I would spend up to $250 for a capture device that is bulletproof and
foolproof. Let me know if anyone has any success with the device they are
using.
Thanks,
Frank
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Comfortably Numb
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Fri Oct 29, 2004 8:15 am Post subject:
Re: Capture Card for converting to DVD |
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i have a 3 port ieee firewire card that i hook my sony D8 camera up to, i
can hook vcr into camera which is plugged thru card, only uses 1 extra
cable, card was only 30$ Can
hope that helps
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ChrisH
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Sat Oct 30, 2004 3:39 am Post subject:
Re: Capture Card for converting to DVD |
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On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 03:02:13 GMT, "FL" <welshdragon@ameritech.net>
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| Quote: | Can someone help me out. I can't seem to find good information on brands of
video capture cards. Basically I want to take my VHS and 8mm videotapes and
convert them to DVD format.
What is a good capture card (usb 2.0)? I want the sound and video quality to
be excellent. All of my tapes now are in stereo.
I would spend up to $250 for a capture device that is bulletproof and
foolproof. Let me know if anyone has any success with the device they are
using.
Thanks,
Frank
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The easiest solution for you is a stand-alone DVD recorder. You can
simply feed the video into it, press record and the job's done. No
computer involved in the process.
Now, if you want to do any serious editing, or maybe corrective
filtering (sharpening, colour balancing, noise reduction, cropping,
and so on) prior to DVD encoding and menu authoring, then you might
consider a separate capture device connected to your PC. This is a lot
more work but will give the best possible result from your source.
This process is time-consuming and it's not worth the effort if you
are only interested in getting a straight copy onto a DVD disk for
archiving.
To get any benefit from going down the separate capture device route
you need capable capture hardware, otherwise you may as well stay with
the set-top recorder option. The Canopus devices are good and I can
recommend the ADVC-100 - I bought one for the same job you describe
and get excellent results from it. There may be other viable options,
but none I can personally recommend.
Chris |
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FL
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Sat Oct 30, 2004 6:29 pm Post subject:
Re: Capture Card for converting to DVD |
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I checked out the ADVC-100 and it says you need to use the device with a DV
capture card. This confuses me a bit since if you already own a capture
card, wouldn't you be using that one?
What capture card do you have installed?
Thanks,
FL
"ChrisH" <Chrish@noeasynetspam.co.uk> wrote in message
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| Quote: | On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 03:02:13 GMT, "FL" <welshdragon@ameritech.net
wrote:
Can someone help me out. I can't seem to find good information on brands
of
video capture cards. Basically I want to take my VHS and 8mm videotapes
and
convert them to DVD format.
What is a good capture card (usb 2.0)? I want the sound and video quality
to
be excellent. All of my tapes now are in stereo.
I would spend up to $250 for a capture device that is bulletproof and
foolproof. Let me know if anyone has any success with the device they are
using.
Thanks,
Frank
The easiest solution for you is a stand-alone DVD recorder. You can
simply feed the video into it, press record and the job's done. No
computer involved in the process.
Now, if you want to do any serious editing, or maybe corrective
filtering (sharpening, colour balancing, noise reduction, cropping,
and so on) prior to DVD encoding and menu authoring, then you might
consider a separate capture device connected to your PC. This is a lot
more work but will give the best possible result from your source.
This process is time-consuming and it's not worth the effort if you
are only interested in getting a straight copy onto a DVD disk for
archiving.
To get any benefit from going down the separate capture device route
you need capable capture hardware, otherwise you may as well stay with
the set-top recorder option. The Canopus devices are good and I can
recommend the ADVC-100 - I bought one for the same job you describe
and get excellent results from it. There may be other viable options,
but none I can personally recommend.
Chris
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ChrisH
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Sat Oct 30, 2004 7:19 pm Post subject:
Re: Capture Card for converting to DVD |
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On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 14:29:50 GMT, "FL" <welshdragon@ameritech.net>
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| Quote: | I checked out the ADVC-100 and it says you need to use the device with a DV
capture card. This confuses me a bit since if you already own a capture
card, wouldn't you be using that one?
What capture card do you have installed?
Thanks,
FL
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You need an IEEE1394 (firewire) port on your computer - some come
built-in on the motherboard, but if not you will have to buy a card.
They are not expensive. The ADVC takes an analogue video source (such
as that output by your VHS recorder) and converts it to digital
format. This digital data is output from it's firwire port - which is
why you need a firewire input port on your computer to receive it. The
port is not a capture device, it's just an input/output port that uses
a specific serial protocol and transfers data between devices at
around 400Mbs. You an use the port for other things too - like
external hard drives and high quality scanners.
On one PC I actually have a Pinnacle IEEE1394 3-pot card, on another
PC I use it's built-in firewire port. Both are OHCI-compliant and work
fine with the ADVC. If you have a newish computer you may already have
the necessary port.
Chris |
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FL
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Tue Nov 02, 2004 12:35 pm Post subject:
Re: Capture Card for converting to DVD |
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It doesn't seem to come with any software. What software are you using? Some
Firewire cards come with some basic programs from Ulead. Is this enough to
get a start???
Thanks,
Frank
"ChrisH" <Chrish@noeasynetspam.co.uk> wrote in message
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| Quote: | On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 14:29:50 GMT, "FL" <welshdragon@ameritech.net
wrote:
I checked out the ADVC-100 and it says you need to use the device with a
DV
capture card. This confuses me a bit since if you already own a capture
card, wouldn't you be using that one?
What capture card do you have installed?
Thanks,
FL
You need an IEEE1394 (firewire) port on your computer - some come
built-in on the motherboard, but if not you will have to buy a card.
They are not expensive. The ADVC takes an analogue video source (such
as that output by your VHS recorder) and converts it to digital
format. This digital data is output from it's firwire port - which is
why you need a firewire input port on your computer to receive it. The
port is not a capture device, it's just an input/output port that uses
a specific serial protocol and transfers data between devices at
around 400Mbs. You an use the port for other things too - like
external hard drives and high quality scanners.
On one PC I actually have a Pinnacle IEEE1394 3-pot card, on another
PC I use it's built-in firewire port. Both are OHCI-compliant and work
fine with the ADVC. If you have a newish computer you may already have
the necessary port.
Chris |
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ChrisH
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Wed Nov 03, 2004 8:41 pm Post subject:
Re: Capture Card for converting to DVD |
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On Tue, 02 Nov 2004 07:35:12 GMT, "FL" <welshdragon@ameritech.net>
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| Quote: | It doesn't seem to come with any software. What software are you using? Some
Firewire cards come with some basic programs from Ulead. Is this enough to
get a start???
Thanks,
Frank
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Anything that can capture a video stream - Wndows Movie Maker will do
if you don't want to spend money. WinDVD Recorder, or WinDVR 3 also do
a good job, and I generally use the latter for VHS transfer. Ulead DVD
Movie Factory 2 is good for constructing menus and so on, I've used
that in the past. It will also capture video (but from what I remember
it doesn't play the audio whilst capturing video...?)
Chris |
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