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Matrox do a card that captures straight to Mpeg2, called the RT2500 or
something.


"Hubble" <hubble_uk@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi - I have a system similar to yours (except win 2000 and a 3dfx voodoo
3)
> and want to do much the same. I use, with some success, hauppauge wintv
> ($50) and windows media encoder (free) to create wmv files. My overall aim
> is to use a system capable of capturing about 2 hours of video and putting
> it on cd, and it can do this. The picture quality is 'ok' (25fps, 352 x
288
> frame size), I'd call it roughly equivalent to a cheap vcr, or a 15 mb/min
> mpeg1, and the sound is mono from the cheap card I've got. I haven't quite
> figured out how to edit wmv files just yet (I've got premier 5.5, but it
> doesn't do wmv, and I find it quite difficult to use).
>
> I'd obviously like higher quality for similar levels of compression, but
the
> system simply cannot capture on the fly. I have 3 problems/issues. First,
> I've run out of pci slots. Second, it seems the way people do this type of
> thing is to capture using a low compression format, and I can't be
bothered
> with the obscene levles of disk space this seems to consome - even the 20
> gig odd I have wouldn't seem to be much use. Third, I don't want any more
> cooling fans in my computer. It already sounds like a low-flying aircraft.
>
> I think what this comes down to is a need for hardware video acceleration,
> and you'd need to look for either a video capture card such as Pinnacle,
or
> a top end graphics card with video hardware - I think the ati and asus
high
> end cards do it. The video feed could be via a vcr to the video in of the
> card - at least I think that would work. For myself, I'm thinking of an
ati
> all-in-wonder 128 pro - seems cheap and capable, although not that good if
> you like games, and it'll be a shame to lose the voodoo, which I like.
>
> As you can probably tell, I haven't really got much of a clue, so if you
or
> anyone else can help/advise, please let me know.
>
> Hubs
>
> "webboss" <ssgg86@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> > Hello;
> >
> >       I am looking for a video capture card and the software to capture
> > video from a VCR (or a TV) to a MPEG file. I am at the starting point
with
> > this and I need some feedback. If anyone has any ideas on what would be
a
> > good combo for a PC (800mgz, Win98 second edition, 256MB mem, 3 free PCI
> > slots, 1 free USB port and over 28 GIGS of free harddrive space) I would
> be
> > grateful.
> >
> > The hardware/software MUST be for creating MPEG files (video with audio
> > naturally).
> >
> > I DO NOT WANT .AVI SUPPORT ONLY GARBAGE (avi sucks in my opinion) but if
> the
> > hardware / software supports BOTH .AVI and MPEG, that would be OK. I
> called
> > Comp USA and the dweebs there did not know what I was asking for.???
> People
> > make MPEG videos all the time and I'm just looking for information on
how
> to
> > transfer VCR/TV signals to my computer in MPG format...Thanks in advance
> for
> > any info!
> >
> > If you are a retailer reading this, PLEASE DO NOT BOTHER spamming me
with
> > info on ANY product other than what I am asking for info about above.
> Thanks
> >
> > ssgg
> >
> >
>
>