Can someone recommend me a video capture card?
Dan
Must have Furewire and standard/scart inputs and outputs. Be compatible witha Pentium 4 1.3ghz with NVidia 32mb Geforce2 MX Graphics card.
Thanks
Daniel
Frink
(which it sounds like) then something like the Pinnacle Studio DV Plus has
firewire in/out and composite video out. Thats about £150-200. For about
£300 the Canopus DV Raptor is a more high-end solution although that price
doesn't include any software i don;t think.
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of money for the Canopus?
Jonathan Buzzard
"Frink" <ne...@web-hq.spam.com> writes:
> Do u want a graphics card or just the video capture device? If the latter
> (which it sounds like) then something like the Pinnacle Studio DV Plus has
> firewire in/out and composite video out. Thats about £150-200. For about
> £300 the Canopus DV Raptor is a more high-end solution although that price
> doesn't include any software i don;t think.
>
You might look at the Dazzle Digital Video Creator II which is a
PCI card for about £250 or the Dazzle Hollywood DV-Bridge which
is a DV/analogue bidirectional bridge that connects via Firewire
and is about £300.
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Dan
Jonathan Buzzard
I imagine so. Certainly the Dazzle Hollywood DV-Bridge will. It just
looks like anyother DV device on the Firewire bus. The difference
between this an a camcorder is this one converts analogue signals to
DV and vice versa. I don't actually own one, and they have only just
become available as well. However my research on the subject suggests
this is a good device to go for.
Dan
O/K thanks. I noticed Pissy World had one cheap because the box wa\s damaged I might get that and give it a go might be a bargain at £150
belgarath
familiar with - are the dazzle products considered good quality in general?
i want a solution for a normal (not digital) jvc video camera that can be
plugged into the tv ... need to get the video onto pc, do some basic vido
editing ( voice over, maybe scrolling commentary, arrows pointing to parts
of a machine with a label, etc ) and this then needs to be output to a
normal vhs video tape for distribution to third parties.
anyone recommend something that will do this? i'll be taking a look at the
dazzle products as thats the name the person was recommended to try but any
brand is fine providing the job gets done.
Dan
quite good as has all the connections for a VHS/SVHS player to plug into a PC. Might slight consern with this is that it plugs into a USB soccket and I'm not sure if this will make
it quick enough to transfer the data without dropping to many frames. The other option is the Pinnacle DC10 Plus. This is a PCI card that has connections for an SVHS video and I think you can
plug a VHS video into it. Because its a PCI card there should be no problem transfering the data quickly. You will need a good video editing software to add arrows and things like that. I use Premiere
at the moment and it seems to work pretty well. Get a few trial versions of software and try them out before buying on. You never now the software that comes with the capturing device might be enough
for you.
Jonathan Buzzard
"belgarath" <der...@hotmail.com> writes:
> ive been asked to look into this for someone too, its not an area im overly
> familiar with - are the dazzle products considered good quality in general?
No idea.
> i want a solution for a normal (not digital) jvc video camera that can be
> plugged into the tv ... need to get the video onto pc, do some basic vido
> editing ( voice over, maybe scrolling commentary, arrows pointing to parts
> of a machine with a label, etc ) and this then needs to be output to a
> normal vhs video tape for distribution to third parties.
The Hollywood DV-bridge will do that, see the following URL for more
information
http://www.dazzle.com/products/hw_bridge.html
Think of it as a capture card that connects via a Firewire bus and
captures analogue video to the DV format, and can also be used to
playback DV format converting it to analogue.
The advantage is that DV seems to be the format of the future, any
video editing software worth its salt can handle DV, and you never
need to worry about drivers as it just looks like any other DV
device on the Firewire bus.
So you would capture your analogue video to DV using the bridge, edit
to your hearts content and when finished use the bridge to spit it
backout in analogue format at a video recorder.
> anyone recommend something that will do this? i'll be taking a look at the
> dazzle products as thats the name the person was recommended to try but any
> brand is fine providing the job gets done.
>
I think there is one other DV/analogue bridge besides the Dazzle one,
but I can't remember how makes it.
belgarath
> information
>
> http://www.dazzle.com/products/hw_bridge.html
>
> Think of it as a capture card that connects via a Firewire bus and
> captures analogue video to the DV format, and can also be used to
> playback DV format converting it to analogue.
thanks, seems an ideal product, both anlogue & dv, convert between the two &
video editing software too - just need to add a firewire card to the pc, its
a p3 1ghz, 256mb, 32mb geforce2mx 400 video card ... that spec should be
able to cope i think
cheers.
Dan
Jonathan Buzzard
Dan <daniel_w...@btNOSPAMinternet.com> writes:
> your spec will be fine. They do a cheaper version thats £250 and that plugs
> in vis a SCSI connection and you just put the PCI card into your PC that
> comes with it plug it in and away you go.
SCSI connection? I presume you are talking about the Digital Video
Creator II? I don't see the SCSI connector, but it does have a PCI card.
True it's cheaper, but I think the bridge is more flexible, works with
both PC and Mac, can also be used on a laptop. Also because it looks just
like another DV device on the Firewire bus you don't need to worry about
drivers for whatever version of Windows Microsoft are pushing in three
or four years time and it would work under Linux as well.
Firewire cards are fairly cheap £40 and if you are into video editing,
bound to be useful at somepoint as it is almost certain that at some
time in the future you want to get some video from a digital video
source.
Jonathan Buzzard
Dan <daniel_w...@btNOSPAMinternet.com> writes:
> well heres the results of my research. So far I have found two options one a
> Dazzle DVC 80 thats £70 at PC World although you can probably get it cheaper
> elsewhere. Its seems quite good as has all the connections for a VHS/SVHS
> player to plug into a PC. Might slight consern with this is that it plugs
> into a USB soccket and I'm not sure if this will make it quick enough to
> transfer the data without dropping to many frames.
It compresses the video stream into MPEG2 and then spits it down the
USB bus. Should be plenty of bandwidth on the USB bus for this but
you have to decompress it all before editing. NOt ideal to say the least.
> The other option is the Pinnacle DC10 Plus. This is a PCI card that has
> connections for an SVHS video and I think you can plug a VHS video into it.
> Because its a PCI card there should be no problem transfering the data
> quickly.
Another option, but with potential driver issues in five years times.
Also needs a PCI slot so won't work on a laptop etc. A good card
though.
Dan
Dan
Well I don't have a laptop so that doesn't bother me also I don't intend using it in 5 years time as I would have upgraded i to something better if its any good. Do you know the files captured
with the DC10 can be opened in Premiere??
Pete
>....are the dazzle products considered good quality in general?
NO (they are generally considered to be lousy amongst the video fraternity)!
Grab a copy of the magazine "Computer Video", it will answer all your
questions (or direct you to sources which can).
> anyone recommend something that will do this?
Take a look at "Pinnacle" products, such as the DC-10, DC-30 etc....
I'm no expert, but these appeared to be amongst the best (and reasonably
priced) such products when I was looking at setting up a professional
quality video editing system for myself recently.
TTFN - Pete.
Dan
Thanks. I was a bit conserned about the Dazzle as I was about to buy on two years a go and was told it was a pile of shit and don't bother. I am probably going to get
a Pinnacle DC10 as I know someone that has one and he hasn't got a bad thing to say about it.
Mike Chandler
"Dan" <daniel_w...@btNOSPAMinternet.com> wrote in message
> On Sat, 13 Oct 2001 07:35:59 +0100, "Pete"
<pe...@get.bent.spammers.vectrex.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> I am probably going to get
> a Pinnacle DC10 as I know someone that has one and he hasn't got a bad
thing to say about it.
In you original post you said that you needed a card with firewire. The DC10
does not have firewire. If you need both firewire and analog, then you
should take a look at the StudioDVPlus (if you are on a tight budget) or the
DV500Plus (if you can afford it). These cards have both firewire and analog
connectors. The advantage of the DV500Plus is that it comes with Premiere
Mike Chandler
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>
Pete
> Thanks. I was a bit conserned about the Dazzle as I was about
>to buy on two years a go and was told it was a pile of shit
>and don't bother....
As I said, I'm no expert on this, but that's basically what I was told too
when I asked in a couple of the video related newsgroups recently.
The magazine I mentioned you should look at don't exactly speak highly of
the Dazzle products either.
>....I am probably going to get a Pinnacle DC10 as I know someone
>that has one and he hasn't got a bad thing to say about it.
Although the DC-10 is a pretty cheap board, Pinnacle do seem to know what
they're doing since they produce products which cover the whole spectrum
from home use to professional use.
Most people I have spoken to who use them have only good things to
say....the only bad thing I have heard is that they seem to be a little slow
off the mark releasing Win2k drivers for their cards - though at least
they'll be fully tested and stable.
TTFN - Pete.
Pete
> In you original post you said that you needed a card with
>firewire....
Didn't Dan say in a followup post that he also has a standalone FireWire
card he could use if necesarry?
If not then sorry for the confusion.
TTFN - Pete.