Re: ATI all in wonder good enough for converting hi8 and vhs to digital?
- From: TG <spam@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 15:51:16 GMT
J. Clarke wrote:
TG wrote:
Like many others, I have a ton of hi8 video and quite a few regular VHS
tapes I'd like to move to DVD and/or VCD.
I also have a Hauppage USB tuner with analogue inputs that I use for my
laptop, and I recently purchased an ATI all in wonder 2006 video card
for my desktop. I have recorded tv shows with both and burned to vcd and
dvd with satisfactory results. While I am on this topic though, why is
the live tv picture not as sharp as say, a dvd being played on the PC? I
have used the unused cable output on my satellite reciever
(starchoice) to feed the signal to the tuner card. Would it be better if
I used the S-VHS or video output to the tuner card? I am currently using
these to go straight to the TV.
Anyway, my main questions are:
Are either of these devices good enough for converting analogue to
digital?
Is the ATI card better than the Hauppage USB device? or vice versa?
Will I get better results with a standalone firewire video capture card?
Any other ideas?
If you've got a lot of hi-8 you might want to consider getting a Digital 8
camcorder, some models of which can also play back analog Hi-8 and regular
8 video recordings to the Firewire port--read the docs for the one you're
considering as all of the Digital 8 camcorders can't do this. Should give
better results than a consumer-grade analog capture board. The same
camcorder should also be able to handle the analog-to-digital conversion on
your VHS tapes--run the outputs from the VHS deck into the analog inputs on
the camcorder and you'll have nicely digitized audio and video coming out
the Firewire port.
So I would be better off getting a card with firewire ports and using a digital camcorder? Do you mean just a card with firewire ports, or a video capture card with firewire port? (Forgive my ignorance, I know little about this technology) As my PC is right now, I just put in a new ASUS motherboard and as far as I know it only comes with built in USB 2 ports..
This may be a good option as digital camcorders are coming down in price, any model particularly well suited for this? I just purchased a Sony DSC-M1 that is digital video, but I know it wont do what you are suggesting.
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