Re: advice please on new PC
- From: David Chien <chiendh@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 17:05:08 -0700
1) No editing at all - any Panasonic DVD recorder for the TV. Just plug the camcorder AV cables into the thing, press record. Voila!
2) Desktop or Laptop with IEEE 1394 port.
Canopus AVDC 110 converter box. Plug old video source into box, video comes out the other end and onto your HD for burning to DVD.
Or, simply buy any cheap DV camcorder that has analog input ports with passthrough. This will convert old analog video into DV video, so you can drop it onto your PC the same as above. (Basically, Canopus is the analog passthrough part of the camcorder as a standalone box.)
Both are tried and true methods, and work well with both desktops and laptops.
3) Desktop PC.
Any desktop PC + WinTV or ATI All-In-Wonder card. These cards accept video input, allow for full 720x480 frame captures, and work fine with VirtualDub.org in capturing analog video on any system, even ones years old.
Here, ATI original, 128, 8500DV, and 9600 all work fine with VirtualDub for analog captures.
4) Laptop PC.
You simply find the USB versions of the #3, or do #2.
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See http://www.cinemacraft.com/eng/basic.html
One of the best MPEG encoders available today with faster encodes and higher quality vs. most other encoders you'll find.
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In the end, what is it that you'd like to achieve - titles and editing, or simply transfer to DVDs. If it's the latter like most people, #1 is the easiest and trouble-free method, and highly recommended! Otherwise, I've done #2 and #3 above and they work fine (equally fine meaning an ATI all-in-wonder card + virtualdub = same video quality as you'll see from a Canopus box = same as a camcorder passthrough in essence).
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As for the PC, anything 2Ghz+ will do just fine. (faster CPU = faster MPEG-2 conversion for DVD making)
You can build cheap Shuttle XPC PC boxes like I have, drop in a 3Ghz processor, a BIG HD, and 512MB RAM, and it'll do just fine. (here, it'll do about 1.5-2.0x conversion speeds depending on source video, output parameters, etc. ie. 1 hour of video will convert as fast as 30min to DVD video). Burn using a Plextor or Pioneer DVD burner (Pioneer 716a/760a both have Plextools so you can scan your burned discs for PI/PE error rates! Very Important for archiving!!!) to top notch Verbatim 16x+R, Maxell Made in Japan, and Sony Made in Japan discs for long lasting archives.
Won't cost you more than $1000 for the above system.
yes, you could go with a $$$$$$ for a dual-core Athlon platform, but you have to ask yourself if waiting or cost is more important. (I honestly don't have the itch yet to upgrade from my 3Ghz desktop, it being more than fast enough.)
If you do want the fastest, tomshardware.com for the CPU benchmarks to see which killer processor of the month you should get. But honestly, rather pointless unless you want it.
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Laptops also are great - Latest Sony FE660 on sale at BestBuy this week for $1250 is a great buy for a duo core, and all you'll need is #2 to pull in videos.
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Me, I simply got bored of the million steps doing it the PC way, and simply bought a cheap DVD recorder that works great in pulling video from old tapes onto DVDs. (Get a deck that has VHS + DVD in-one for this.) After all, life is good when you can simply press RECORD and walk away.
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