Posted by Gene on 02/19/07 17:17

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?

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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.
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Thanks,

Gene

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