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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: Blade on December 22, 2005, 06:14:16 AM

Title: Opinion: Capture Cards
Post by: Blade on December 22, 2005, 06:14:16 AM

I\'m looking for a good, inexpensive capture card for transferring VHS to DVD.

There\'ve been threads on this in the distant past.. but I figured I\'d poll you guys again..

Title: Opinion: Capture Cards
Post by: mm on December 22, 2005, 06:23:09 AM

DVR?

Title: Opinion: Capture Cards
Post by: Blade on December 22, 2005, 06:32:26 AM

DVR? You mean like TiVo?

I don\'t have one. I just have a few VHS decks and some tapes I want digitized.

Title: Opinion: Capture Cards
Post by: videoholic on December 22, 2005, 07:33:44 AM

Take any mini DV camera and go into the firewire port of your computer.

Plug the VHS into it.  

Done.

Title: Opinion: Capture Cards
Post by: Blade on December 22, 2005, 08:12:17 AM

I would need a Mini-DV camera for that. :)

Title: Opinion: Capture Cards
Post by: JBean on December 22, 2005, 08:34:05 AM

you mean you don\'t have one?  Otherwise, i\'d use a TV capture card (I have the cheapest ATI one someone gave me a few years back, works great)

Title: Opinion: Capture Cards
Post by: Blade on December 22, 2005, 08:47:31 AM

Yeah, I\'m looking for opinions on which capture card to get.. so that\'s helpful JBean.

Which ATi one was it?

Title: Opinion: Capture Cards
Post by: JBean on December 22, 2005, 10:21:45 AM

it\'s an ATi TV Wonder or something along those lines.  I don\'t think they make it anymore, but I don\'t think they make my model anymore.  Although for some wierd reason I get a really crummy images with my coax input, but if I use the tuner on my VCR it\'s crystal clear (composite input).  

I also have a Nvidia graphics card and they don\'t conflict at all, if that was a concern of yours or not.  Nvidia also makes capture cards I believe.

I\'m a lot of help I know ;)

Title: Opinion: Capture Cards
Post by: Blade on December 22, 2005, 01:28:32 PM

Thanks, dawg!

Title: Opinion: Capture Cards
Post by: THX on December 22, 2005, 05:33:41 PM

This (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16815116625) will capture duirectly to mpeg-2 (the codec DVD\'s use) and is based on one of the best hardware mpeg-2 chipsets around.

This (http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=50240579&pfp=SEARCH) card is less than half the price and has a great chipset for analog video but it\'s mpeg-2 capturing won\'t be as good.  You can capture in another format and convert mpeg-2 later in software but that requires time, HD space, and a decent CPU.

I recommend the first.

Title: Opinion: Capture Cards
Post by: Blade on December 22, 2005, 09:44:52 PM

Thanks THX. Informative.

Title: Opinion: Capture Cards
Post by: videoholic on December 23, 2005, 04:31:55 AM

Haupauge is a good company that has been around a long long time.

Title: Opinion: Capture Cards
Post by: Paul2 on January 01, 2006, 02:22:22 AM

kind of late in this thread but i would prefer miniDV 25 Mbps then encode it into MPEG-2 when finalized it to DVD.

Title: Opinion: Capture Cards
Post by: Blade on January 03, 2006, 12:57:17 PM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16815100120

Settled on that. Works alright for the price.