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Posted by Frank on 02/19/07 20:06
On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 12:07:54 -0600, in 'rec.video.desktop',
in article <Re: Ulead "MPEG-Direct" capture feature questions >,
"Gene" <genes@wildblue.net> wrote:
>LOL - downloaded the trial version & ran a test.
>
>Yep, you need a "special" capture board with DSPs,etc.,
>unless I just missed the software option. A regular old PCI firewire
>board works just fine, if you want an AVI file. Really
>not a bad little package, very easy to use.
Gene, did you set the Format option to "MPEG" in the Capture Step
Options Panel?
I am very close to 100 percent certain that all that's required is a
standard OHCI-compliant IEEE 1394a port, with a connected DV device
(camcorder or VCR), obviously.
>But it still needs to transcode, no magic low level software
>to do it on-the-fly :-)
I see the smiley, but I'm still not certain what you mean by this. If
you're taking in DV and putting out MPEG-2, then a transcoding
operation is taking place regardless if the algorithms for
accomplishing this are implemented in firmware, hardware, or software,
or any combination of same.
>The literature does not go out of the way to
>say something like, "Oh, BTW, you will need a $300+ extra
>piece of hardware to capture camcorder DV directly to MPEG2."
I really don't think that you need any sort of special/extra hardware,
but you will need a fast machine so that the transcoding can take
place in realtime.
BTW, although they still sell it, I do believe that DVD Workshop is a
discontinued/abandoned product.
>Gene
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>"Gene" <genes@wildblue.net> wrote in message
>news:VYkCh.6$Xf.106601@news.sisna.com...
>> Has anyone tried the Ulead "MPEG-Direct" capture feature as described
>> below?
>>
>> If so, were you able to simply plug your camcorder into a generic firewire
>> PC card & create a MPEG2 file on the PC disk in real time?
>>
>> If so:
>> - was the A/V quality of the burned video DVD OK?
>> - what was the GHz speed of your PC?
>>
>> Are they saying below that a standard run-of-the-mill 1394 card will work,
>> or that
>> you will need a special "capture board" with an IEEE 1394 connector?
>>
>> ************** cut-n-paste ********************
>> In addition to complex menu design, Ulead DVD Workshop includes convenient
>> capture and conversion tools. Ulead's MPEG-Direct capture saves conversion
>> time and hard disc space by capturing video directly to MPEG format using
>> FireWire (IEEE 1394) and analog capture boards. DVD Workshop also imports
>> existing AVI and MOV video and automatically transcodes the files into
>> high-quality, DVD-ready MPEG files when the user is ready to burn their
>> DVD. To simplify the recording process, Ulead DVD Workshop works directly
>> with the newest DVD-R,/RW, and DVD+R/RW recorders as well as most CD-R and
>> CD-RW devices without the need for additional burning software.
>> *******************************************************
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Gene
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