Re: Need recommendation for very good capture hardware and software

Hi Smarty,

Many thanks for your kind and thorough reply. I'll look into the Hauppauge
gear.

Do you have any recommendations on a low cost DVD recorder should I decide
to go that route?

Thanks again!




"Smarty" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:AbGdnZWc8poKJqbeRVn-vg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Fan,
>
> If you intend to do editing of the Hi-8 content, then using a PC makes a
> lot of sense. If you merely want DVD copies of the Hi-8 tapes, there are
> low cost DVD recorders which accept video directly from the camcorder or
> VCR and then make excellent DVDs with no fuss and the least amount of
> time. This method is particularly effective if you have a lot of tapes to
> convert.
>
> If you are interested in using a PC,I would recommend you use a direct
> MPEG2 capture card which accepts video and audio input and makes
> DVD-compliant MPEG2 files which can be edited and then burned to disk.
> Many of us use Hauppauge PVR cards for this purpose with great success.
> They are extremely inexpensive (about $60) and work very well, making
> excellent video quality, certainly more than adequate for Hi-8 input.
>
> An excellent and low cost PC approach is a Hauppauge PVR-150 or PVR-250
> card with software like TMPGE DVD Author to edit and then burn the video
> content to a DVD.
>
> Smarty
>
>
>
> For
> "Fan" <SamEvers776@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:RAM_e.173214$Ji4.119099@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a high end PC (3.GHz dual processor, 4GB RAM, 2x200GB SATA drives,
>> Win XP Pro, 300GB external Maxtor USB/Firewire,etc), and am contemplating
>> converting a number of old Hi-8 camcorder tapes to DVD.
>>
>> Can anyone recommend moderately high-end capture hardware and software
>> that isn't too difficult to use?
>>
>> All I want to do is to dump these Hi-8 tapes to DVD with as little
>> intervention as possible, and with as high of quality as possible.
>>
>> TIA-----
>>
>>
>
>


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