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fonque · Post by **fonque** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 12:32 pm

I am setting up a PC for doing a little AMV making, and I am now down to choosing a capture card. However, I am having trouble finding websites with feature set comparisons etc.. Or at least lists for cards that would be decent for general home use, nothin professional but maybe burn a few dvds of home movies/family stuff.

fonque · Post by **fonque** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 12:34 pm

and ignore my join date, i am a still a noob.

Kariudo · Post by **Kariudo** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 1:40 pm

are you using a desktop or laptop?

after that...is there any specific reason why you need a capture card?
if you just want to make amvs...chances are that you just need a dvd drive and a dvd to get footage from.

a capture card would come in handy if you wanted to use VHS tapes...or wanted to watch tv on your computer, or wanted to turn VHS tapes into dvds (but then you'd need a dvd burner too)

but if you have the home movies on a video camera...you'd probably be able to import the footage into most editing programs (via usb or firewire) directly

BasharOfTheAges · Post by **BasharOfTheAges** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 9:55 pm

Kariudo wrote: after that...is there any specific reason why you need a capture card?
if you just want to make amvs...chances are that you just need a dvd drive and a dvd to get footage from.

a capture card would come in handy if you wanted to use VHS tapes...or wanted to watch tv on your computer, or wanted to turn VHS tapes into dvds (but then you'd need a dvd burner too)

You forgot video game catpures. Those are still done with capture cards when you're working with some systems. Actually, it's the only logical reason they'd still be useful in this hobby.

fonque · Post by **fonque** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 10:21 pm

I actually do stillhave a use for using a capture card. My camcorder uses DV tapes and I have no fire wire on my current tower. I also have lots of anime on VHS that I do not plan to replace with DVD's.

I also am planning on getting a super drive. burn/read everything.
I do already own an ATI all-in-wonder agp card but that thing has all the copy protection stuff that makes caputuring from VHS or other composite/s-video connections a pain.

fonque · Post by **fonque** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 10:22 pm

I forgot to add I also plan on recording shows off TV for my wife while she is taking classes at night.

NeoQuixotic · Post by **NeoQuixotic** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 10:46 pm

There is a patch or tools that can disable/remove the Macrovision copy protection from TV Wonders, but I'm not sure if its ok to link to it. A simple Google search should yield results though. Also I think all capture cards are required to have this, but I really don't know for sure.

I've only used an ATI TV Wonder VE, ATI TV Wonder USB 2.0, and now my ATI X850Pro with VIVO. I found the results acceptable and after a little filtering through AviSynth. But once I used DVDs, I'll never turn back. I mainly use my capture cards to capture old family VHS tapes to make them DVDs.

Here is a site that has a huge database of capture cards along with user reviews. I'd give this a browse:
http://www.videohelp.com/capturecards

Anime Dude 2101 · Post by **Anime Dude 2101** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 3:51 pm

im new at this but can someone tell me where i can view the amv's cos all i can find are forums

Joe88 · Post by **Joe88** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 4:18 pm

Anime Dude 2101 wrote: im new at this but can someone tell me where i can view the amv's cos all i can find are forums

wtf

there on the main page

http://www.animemusicvideos.org/search/

fonque · Post by **fonque** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 10:23 pm

thanks alot for the help, I will check out that list of capture cards tomorrow. Time for me to get some sleep. I may just get a dvd-burner first, since I still have my old ATI all in wonder for now.