Posted by Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media] on 12/23/44 11:26

On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 17:54:36 +0100, kaveh@delete_this.river-valley.com
(Kaveh) wrote:

>Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media] <neil@nospam.com> wrote:
>
>> That sounds like a DVD recorder - does it have to be a hard disk?
>> Presumably you could also get a SCART or video amp to split those
>> feeds ?
>
>No, I just assumed a hard disk, but it can be DVD, DV tape, whatever. As
>long as the output is high quality, and the timeline is maintained.
>
>Sorry, I am lost on the second part. Sure someone else can answer.
>
>What will the quality be like? I want to compress these signals
>subsequently, and obviously I would like to start with the maximum
>possible resolution. Will the output be video quality?

Hmm, that's hard to answer. It'll be better than VHS. Potentially with
a fast capture machine (a good analog input and a fast machine) you
could capture at 30 frames / sec - but then, powerpoint slides hardly
need to capture at that rate !

>Most video projectors these days are 1024 X 768 I think.

Right, well a DVD recorder would record NTSC or PAL resolution, so
think 720x576 or 720x480-ish. Then again, most projectors will work
happily with that cause they're often used to project DVD source
content ;-)

This sort of card also captures at those resolutions :
http://www.planetdv.net/Content/Digital_Video_Converters/Canopus.asp

Something like the "Canopus TwinPact 100 Scan Converter" would appear
to match your requirements using the remote control (scroll or seach
for that text in the above page), though I've never used one.

Cheers - Neil

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