Posted by Gene on 02/19/07 18:07

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.

But it still needs to transcode, no magic low level software
to do it on-the-fly :-) 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."

Gene




"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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