Re: Video capturing help

I concur although I dont use the sony or tape compatability. I use my DV cam
as an analogue to digital converter. You play the video in the hi-8 cam (or
any analgue source) and use the RCA plugs to the DV camera and firewire from
the DV camera to the PC.

I have a tv capure card (640x480) and though the results are very good, they
were not as good as the pass through mode (mind you I am in a PAL country
720x576).

Most DV Cameras have the ability to convert from analogue to digital in some
sort of 'pass through mode'. Even my cheapy canon mv700 does this.

I have used this method with a very old video camera, a Hi-8 and my VCR -
using normal tapes and a minitape converter. As you would expect (since it
is just the RCA signal anyway) they all worked very well. I am just
finishing conversion for my 5th customer (Friends) :-).

I use WINDV (Freeware) to capture from the DV cam.....only because it breaks
everything into 5 minute slots (about 1 GB files) that is easier to work
with. If you are going to sit and watch during the capture process them MM2
is just as good.

My advice is if you have a dv camera - check its capabilities first. If you
are going to buy one put your money into that rather than the capture card.


Cheers,
Rob
"Steve" <Steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:B56D5A1A-40C1-4908-97B8-25E691DC0E23@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Jeff,
>
> Do you plan on taking any more video (ie moving up to the digital world)?
> If
> so, Try the Sony TRV-260 or 460. I have the 460, its Dig8 and its backward
> compatible with Hi8. I've imported my old Hi8 tapes via Firewire as DV-AVI
> to
> maintain the quality (which wasn't great to start) it was taken at. You
> can
> get one for about $350. Otherwise I'm no help on the capture devices. Good
> luck.
>
> Steve
>
> "jeffbegin" wrote:
>
>> I am getting ready to start converting my Hi-8 video tapes to DVD. I see
>> a
>> lot of analog video capture cards bundled with lots of software but I'm
>> confused about the capture formats. One card from ADS says it captures in
>> MPEG-2 and DivX format. Others say Mpeg-1,2,and 3. I want the best video
>> quality from capture to dvd burn. I plan on using Movie Maker 2 to do the
>> editing. I plan to buy an external DVD burner later to help differ costs.
>> Any
>> help or suggestions?


.

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