Canopus ADVC-50 is the way to go for Analog Capturing, only around $200 and will give you great video.

I use a Siig firewire card that I picked up on Ebay for $20 I use a Digital 8 camcorder by Sony for all analog capture just pass it through to firewire through the camera.

I use a Siig firewire card that I picked up on Ebay for $20 I use a Digital 8 camcorder by Sony for all analog capture just pass it through to firewire through the camera.

Thanks for the input.

I checked out the Canopus and found the ADVC-1394 which seems to fit my needs even better. Only around $225 - seems like a good deal to me....

Another question:
Do you have to use the audio inputs on the capture card or can you use a pro-audio I/O instead. If so, how do you lock the 2 cards together? Even better, how do you find out if they CAN be locked together?

Thanks again.
JL
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I have a Canopus ADVC-100 connected to a SIIG firewire card. I like this setup, as the ADVC-100 gives me analog out as well as in. I can connect the ADVC-100 to my 20 year old Commodore monitor and turn on external preview.

I would spend the extra money and get the ADVC-100 over any of the other ADVC boxes (with the exception of the ADVC-500). The ADVC-100 is external so you can move it easily between PC's, and it is bi-directional--> Analog to DV, and DV to Analog.

Craig

Thanks, Craig - you're right.

I checked on the 100 after my last post and it is what I need.

Where's the best place (web site) to find a 1394 card?

JL
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