What is the Best Video Capture Card

Bigoj wrote on 9/10/2003, 1:39 PM

I'm recently considering to buy a capture card and i need some help on finding the best one for a project. y'all got any one in mind? PLUS Is vegas video good enough 4 a big project like a movie? or only little ones like parties, documentaries and others.

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Rogueone wrote on 9/10/2003, 1:57 PM

Leadtek makes good cards. I'm using a VC100, it cost me $28 at Newegg.com. It does 640x480 capture, and supports S-video and Composite. The included software has some nice 'tweak' features, such as file formats, contrast, bitrate and so on. Leadtek also makes a fancier card for around $50-$60. And yes, Vegas is good software for ANYTHING. Small clips, movies, whatever suits your fancy!

Rogue One

jetdv wrote on 9/10/2003, 2:03 PM

The BEST "video" card for capturing into Vegas is a standard OHCI Firewire card.

Yes, Vegas is capable of handling "long form" projects. I've done 3-camera, 3-hour musicals before. with no problems.

John_Cline wrote on 9/10/2003, 2:17 PM

If you're working in DV, then a standard Firewire card is all you need.

If you're talking about capturing analog video, then a Fireware card and one of the analog > DV converters from Canopus would suit your purpose just fine.

Canopus DV converters

If you're capturing analog video and quality is of the greatest importance, then I have a full-up Matrox Digisuite cardset I will sell you. It can do two real-time streams of uncompressed 4:2:2 video and has composite, s-video and component I/O.

John

Jsnkc wrote on 9/10/2003, 3:22 PM

I would have to reccomend the ACEDVio from Canopus. It will give you a firewire port for DV captures, and it also gives you analog in and out so you can capture from analog sources, and also do a preview on external monitor without having to pass-through another device. I have one and I absolutely love it! SoFo should Partner with Canopus more often, they both make excellent products!