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Posted by John F. Miller on 11/16/05 01:44
Just get a FireWire card - $30 or so.
If you camcorder does "pass-through" it will convert analog (e.g., from your
old VHS recorder or your cable box) on the fly.
XP comes with basic editing software (Movie Maker).
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John Miller
http://www.enosoft.net/
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"Curious Mind" <curious_mind@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Everybody,
>
> I have gone through some 17,000 messages in this group (I did my
> homework),
> but in spite of this question occurring very frequently, I have not seen a
> message that would give me the right answer, so... please be patient with
> me.
>
> I am looking to transform my AMD Athlon 1800+ WinXP system (120 GB SATA
> 7200
> RPM HD, 1 GB RAM) into a kind of 'budget' video machine. I do NOT want a
> TV
> tuner card since I get my TV through a Rogers (Canada - similar to TiVO)
> decoder/PVR and none of the TV tuner cards can work with Rogers' service.
>
> I am planning to put in a Connect 3D Radeon X300 256MB PCIe with DVI or an
> ATI Radeon 9200 128 MB AGP graphics card (any recommendations as to which
> to
> pick?).
>
> Anyway, I also want to use this PC to:
> a) copy old VHS tapes to my HD (and then to DVD, of course),
> b) record shows from the cable box through its USB or SVHS output (and
> then
> to DVD, of course), and
> c) edit and store digital video from DV camcorders.
>
> I am looking for a video capture card (beside the graphics card) that does
> ALL three of the above, comes with some basic editing software, and that
> costs around U$130 + tax. Oh, and one that is not too buggy. I have a
> number
> of DVD burning software (Nero, etc. - all legitimate purchases) so I am
> not
> too worried about the DVD burning, but the editing and capture are
> essential.
>
> WHAT WOULD YOU RECOMMEND?
>
> Thank you kindly for your assistance,
>
> - Dingo
>
>
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