Video Capture Card Advice

Jonny Bebop · Post by **Jonny Bebop** » Sun Dec 28, 2003 8:23 pm

I really need to get a video capture card but i don't know where to start. I need it to capture from vcr and dvd players, any suggestions.

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Sun Dec 28, 2003 10:07 pm

<a href="http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDe ... 606&depa=1"> Hauppauge WinTV401</a> is pretty popular.

Analog capture is only good if you have analogy source. Such as Tapes or Laserdisc. If you have DVD source you'll want to use the DVD drive. There are guides off the main page for using DVDs as source. DVDs are the cheapest and most efficient way to produce high quality AMVs.

Bebop0083 · Post by **Bebop0083** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 12:20 am

i have a Dazzle Hollywood DV Bridge i got from amazon. cost less then 200 bucks the last time i saw it. mine works really well. i recommend it. its compatiable with with both macs and pcs.

Jonny Bebop · Post by **Jonny Bebop** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 1:47 pm

klinky wrote:<a href="http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDe ... 606&depa=1"> Hauppauge WinTV401</a> is pretty popular.

Analog capture is only good if you have analogy source. Such as Tapes or Laserdisc. If you have DVD source you'll want to use the DVD drive. There are guides off the main page for using DVDs as source. DVDs are the cheapest and most efficient way to produce high quality AMVs.

But can you use it for dvd's as well? I'll need to be able to put my import dvd's onto my comp but my dvd drive wont take them.

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 4:53 pm

Get a new DVD drive, seriously. That is cheaper than buying the silly analog capture card.

Technically it probably could, but you'd be wasting quality/space by doing it that way. Not to mention I am not sure if the WinTV401 has Macrovision support. If it does you might be able to disable it with software, you might not. If you couldn't you'd have to get a hardware filter. Which might tank your quality even more, not to mention costing you another $40(which costs more than a DVD drive).

Get a decent DVD drive. Something like a Lite-On 16X DVD. Check on pricewatch, they are around $21/shipped...

Jonny Bebop · Post by **Jonny Bebop** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 4:55 pm

Maybe i will but would that mean i could play any region dvd's? soz about all the questions im sorta new to the whole hardware thing.

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 5:09 pm

You should be able to rip discs from all regions with newer disc. Playing them on your computer is another matter. Most rippers allow for stripping the region code out of the DVD files.

Do you even have any R2 DVDs?

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 5:10 pm

newer dvd-drives, not discs -_-

Jonny Bebop · Post by **Jonny Bebop** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 5:13 pm

i use region 2 normally, look at where i live but i don't have any region 1 dvd's. I think i will just get a new drive so thanks for all the help.

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 5:16 pm

oh hohhoh :O A britty, my bad... didn't see that :O

You have to deal with ugly PAL then