capture cards

Ken_K wrote on 2/5/2005, 5:23 PM

Hope this isn't beneath you'all. What's it going to run me for a video capture card for the purpose of copying VHS tapes, blah , blah?
Not to be too flippant, here. I'd like nice looking copies, for sure.
Advice? Particular, suggestions (polite ones, that is :) )
Thanx much!!

Comments

Liam_Vegas wrote on 2/5/2005, 5:30 PM

Question has been asked <and answered> hundreds of times already. DO a search on "VHS capture" and you will get lots of ideas.

Bottom line is... you don't need a capture "card" just some way to convert your VHS tape into a DV Firewire "format" that you can then capture as DV AVI and edit as normal in Vegas.

Is that polite enough?

TheHappyFriar wrote on 2/5/2005, 6:09 PM

Also the VCR will probley make a bigger impact on image quality then the capture card, along with a million other things.

Spot|DSE wrote on 2/5/2005, 6:20 PM

Ken, if you have your heart set on a card, look at the Canopus ADVC 1394. It has analog inputs, OHCI card, 1394 inputs, so you'll be set. You might already have a camcorder that can be used for passthru to achieve this too.