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Posted by Stuart Miller on 04/26/07 03:37
"alice" <alice@fearofdolls.com> wrote in message
news:1177460321.763983.310150@c18g2000prb.googlegroups.com...
> I'm starting to look for a video capture device, and I'm having a hard
> time finding or understanding what it is I might want or need, or what
> is really out there. My budget is under $200. I would like to have a
> device, card or breakout box (or both if required) to input video from
> a VCR, possibly other sources, capture and edit it with the software
> of my choice, although it would be nice if it came with software that
> already did this, and save it in a format that could be used to put
> cilps on a web site.
> I have a pretty powerful XP Media edition PC, with plenty of RAM and
> usb/firewire ports. The more professional the better, but of course
> the budget is pretty small. Outputs to go back to VHS would be nice,
> DVD software would be a plus (have the DVD burner), and I'm curious
> about the TV stuff, but all of that would be extra.
> Any suggestions?
>
A few years ago I was given Pinnacle av/dv with Studio 9. The actual capture
card is pci, with composite (yellow) & s-video in and out. Sound is handled
by your system sound card. To record a tv signal directly you need a tuner
with video out, such as a vcr. Bonus feature is a firewire port and
controller for bringing digital video directly from camcorder.
There are newer versions of the software, and Studio often gets mixed
reviews. However, there are many other authoring programs available.
This combination works very well for me, and meets all the specs above. As
far as I know, it ignores any macrovision signals it may see from commercial
vhs tapes. (have only done one commercial tape)
There are better, and more expensive solutions. Avoid Dazzle, unless it has
improved greatly in the last year.
Generally, you will get better results of the encoding is done in the card
or external device, rather than by the program but yu get less flexibility
and you may have a usb transfer speed problem. With a newer, fast computer
the encoding should not be an issue.
The usual dvd help websites url's have been posted here many times, but I
can't remember them right now. You can google for them.
Stuart
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