Posted by Ken Maltby on 02/19/07 15:06

"Gene" <genes@wildblue.net> wrote in message
news:no1Ch.2$%o3.233537@news.sisna.com...
>
> Anyone tried the Canopus FireCoder card?
> http://www.canopus.com/products/FireCoder/index.php
> They sure talk good.
>
> LOL - I'm too ignorant to fully understand what is feature means:
> " Faster-than-realtime MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 video file creation "
> Wonder if the file is created before the tape reaches EOT? :-)
>
> BTW - found a LOT of cards, etc. with analog in, but very few
> choices with DV (firewire / iLink) in as an option.
>
> Gene
>
>

It may be transcoding an existing DV-AVI file in the faster
than real-time case.

Canopus has a very good reputation in the DV hardware
field. It may cost quite a lot though.

Luck;
Ken

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