Re: video capture card


":::Jerry::::" <me@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Roger R" <telstar461703@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > "Edward Holt" <edward_holt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > > Can anyone recommend a basic video capture card?
> > >
> > > A friend wants to transfer VHS tapes to DVD and he's got a XP PC
> with
> > DVD
> > > burner.
> >
> > I read elsewhere that the computer needs to be 3.2GHz or better.
> >
>
> You are thinking about real time previews etc. when editing,
> rendering and other processing will just take longer on a lesser spec
> machine - if the system is powerful enough to have a DVD burner and
> has enough storage then it should be OK.
>
> Rendering and burning does not need to be in real time, playing a DVD
> does, as does any effects that have been added but not rendered
> IYSWIM.

I am fairly new to the limitations of PC video editing, but this is my
take:

As you say, it is perfectly normal - and what I have to do - to capture
to AVI file, edit and then render the video to burn the CD, it's just
that it takes sooo...long to render. With my 1.3 Ghz processor its
taking what seems like forever- well about a two hours to render a full
4.7 Gb DVD worth.

I was thinking what a saving in time could be made by capturing directly
to Mpeg2 in real time that would enable immediatly burning a DVD without
having to render the whole video. (I made a mistake about the required
computer processor speed - the jchunter on the Ulead site gives it as
around 2.5 Ghz for direct Mpeg2 capture)

As has been suggested another way to achieve more immediate results
would be the DVD recorder solution. I am assuming no editing is being
done with the material.

> > If his is less than that he can still make perfectly good DVD's but
> will
> > have to make some compromises on processing the video.
> >
>
> No, it will just take longer for the processor to do the number
> crunching.

The compromise I had in mind was having to capture in DV Type 1 which
may require him to have specific video editing software that recognises
it, rather than DV Type 2 that I understand is universally recognised by
all modern applications. The choice of DV Type 1 or 2 doesn't have any
effect on the resulting video quality.

I expect you will put me right if I have this wrong :-)

Roger




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