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Author Topic: Video Capture Card Chase Taylor Expert Film Handler Posts: 175 From: Troy, Alabama, USA Registered: Mar 2001 posted 11-01-2003 02:12 PM                        Can anyone give me some ideas on a good video capture card. I'm not looking for the consumer stuff but not the best. I need something that is not crazy expensive. Thanks Chase Taylor  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 11-01-2003 02:15 PM                     I have an extra Holographic 3D capture card if you are interested. It captures via composite, S-video or component.  |  IP: Logged Chase Taylor Expert Film Handler Posts: 175 From: Troy, Alabama, USA Registered: Mar 2001 posted 11-01-2003 02:34 PM                        I sent you a private e-mail Brad.  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 11-02-2003 02:02 PM                        Do you care about capturing images from HDTV?  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 11-02-2003 06:01 PM                     If you have a digital camcorder you might not have to buy an expensive capture card. Some MiniDV cameras have AV in and out features that will record S-video and audio feeds. Then you just do a digital capture via Firewire to get the stream into the computer.  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 11-03-2003 01:36 AM                        ...and if your computer's motherboard is a new-ish one with a built-in IEEE1394 (I-link/Firewire), you won't need to buy one at all - all you'll need is software. I used to have an ATI 'All in Wonder' combined AGP graphics, TV tuner and (analogue) video capture card. It could capture from composite or S-video. It was a bargain at UK£140, I thought - the quality of the captured video was very good indeed and it would swap between PAL and NTSC at the click of a mouse - unlike the Matrox card I use now in which you have to totally reinstall the drivers or swap between two system drive images. What let the ATI card down was that the driver software was crap and would frequently cause unexplained glitches and sometimes freeze or crash the whole system (this was running Windows 2K). Whenever a new version of the driver came out it would cure one problem and cause another. They may have sorted these issues out with later versions of the card (I got mine 4-5 years ago), though.  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 11-03-2003 10:33 AM                        The ATI software is still quite buggy and prone to crashing, but it's also rich in features.  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 11-04-2003 02:00 AM                        A pity - if the drivers were a bit more stable and the cards compatible with a wider range of software (e.g. Adobe Premiere), they'd have a great product.  |  IP: Logged Scott Jentsch Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1061 From: New Berlin, WI, USA Registered: Apr 2003 posted 11-04-2003 11:56 AM                        Canopus makes a very good analog capture device: http://www.canopus.us/US/products/advc-1394/pt_advc-1394.asp MSRP: $249 A friend was looking into the options for doing video capture, and the people he talked to that do video capture a lot use this device. I'm sure that many of the lower-end cards, like the ATI AIW cards and the like, would be suitable for low-use scenarios. He has the one that was a separate box that connected to a Firewire port: http://www.canopus.us/US/products/advc-100/pt_advc-100.asp MSRP: $299 I guess a big issue is time sync during long periods of capture. Lower-end cards can't keep a lock on the audio and keep it in sync with the video.  |  IP: Logged Michael Brown Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1522 From: Bradford, England Registered: May 2001 posted 11-06-2003 05:59 AM                     I just bought a Dazzle 80 with my new computer. When I try and install the Dazzle software it disables my sound card Anyone have any experience with Dazzles?  |  IP: Logged John Lasher Master Film Handler Posts: 493 From: Newark, DE Registered: Aug 2001 posted 11-06-2003 03:53 PM                        I have a Dazzle 80. Decent capture device (I used it for the editing on "Lose it All") Haven't had the problem you described though.  |  IP: Logged Michael Brown Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1522 From: Bradford, England Registered: May 2001 posted 11-13-2003 04:55 PM                     I don't actually have a sound card. It's on board-sound. I'm wondering if the problem is that the on-board sound chips are not Direct X compatible.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 11-13-2003 06:07 PM                        David, could you e-mail some full resolution captures from your card?  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 11-13-2003 11:27 PM                        Certainly. Would you like them sent to anyone in particular?  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 11-13-2003 11:31 PM                        I was hoping you could e-mail them to Bobby Henderson. But I'll take some copies as well.  |  IP: Logged

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