Whats up with the Video Capture Cards?!

BigBrother9 wrote on 3/13/2001, 9:25 PM
in order to make a movie you have to "capture Video". well
how are you supposed to do that?! it says things about
using the video capture card. whats that? does it come with
the software? because i dont think i have one. am i
supposed to buy it separatly? if so, thats retarded, it
didnt say anything about that on the packaging (about
buying other things in order to use this product) i
atempted to use this thing at 6 o'clock, its now 10 and i
still haven't made any progress. please help me out
here.

Comments

Emergent wrote on 3/13/2001, 9:44 PM
Yes, you need a video capture card/device for analog to digital video capture, or a firewire card for digital to
digital capture. It makes sense. If you look at the back of your computer, do you see any place where you can
connect a camcorder or vcr? RCA/Composite connector? If not then you need to purchase a capture device.
There are gizmos that connect to a USB port (like Dazzle) if you don't want to open up your computer case and
add a card....
patrickm wrote on 3/13/2001, 11:46 PM
QUOTE " it says things about using the video capture card.
whats that? does it come with the software? because i dont
think i have one. am i supposed to buy it separatly? if so,
thats retarded, it didnt say anything about that on the
packaging (about buying other things in order to use this
product) "

ok, 1- the product works on any video clips, such as ones
downloaded from the web, on the included cd, etc. so it
DOES in fact work without needing video capture support of
any kind on your computer.

2- actually, if you'd read the packaging instead of just
complaining, it says clearly on the bottom under
"requirements" "OHCI-compliant IEEE-1394/DV capture card for
video capture and print-to-tape tools only"

3- by the way, on the left inside flap of the box, right
next to the Y in 'Video Factory', it also mentions the need
for a video capture card there and even draws a pretty
little picture of one.

so the moral of the story is: this is not a 'magic box', and
get your facts right when you go around calling people
'retarded' like a 7 year old kid.

you can get a capture card for around $50. but i'm not
gonna waste any more time with this, you can research it
yourself...