Message-ID: <3C54E591.8B368862@earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 21:45:53 -0800 From: Frederic Fuller To: tenchi@ml.usagi.org Subject: Re: OT:Video/Capture Card or Video & Capture Card References: <3C54BDB6.000001.02020@computer> Reply-To: tenchi@ML.usagi.org X-ML-archive: http://www.win.ne.jp/~doi/ML/ Precedence: bulk Hauppauge doesn't seem to be a option for me. One thing I forgot to mention is that I have a Hollywood MPEG with the Creative DVD 6X Drive. The Raedon VE has been mentioned but I have not seen that available in my area. The Dazzle DM7000 is a little costly for now. Is the ATI All in Wonder Card good? Or is there any other capture cards that you could recommend? Or should I think about upgrading my MB and CPU before trying video capture? FE Fuller Simeon wrote: > > I have the affore mentioned set up (Got a GeForce 2 MX, and a Hauppauge > WinTV Thearter) and I have to tell you, it is total crap ^_^ > And if I remmber correctly, you said you have a K7V. A board with a know > incompatiblity with the Hauppage Win TV cards. The Geforce 2 MX is fine, but > dont go with Hauppague for your capture board. The only reason I have one, > is because I got it for free. Other than that, it's crap ^_^ The driver > crashes daily, so I find myself constantly re-installing it. And the Win TV > program that comes with it is total crap, so I use a 3rd party program > called De-Scaler. > > In short, dont get Hauppage ^_^ > > -------Original Message------- > > > From: tenchi@ml.usagi.org > Date: Sunday, January 27, 2002 9:49:01 PM > To: tenchi@ml.usagi.org > Subject: RE: OT:Video/Capture Card or Video & Capture Card > > I reccomend getting a GeForce 2 MX series card, and any Hauppage WinTV > card.Any except for USB since pretty much any thing that says it can send 30 > fps video through USB is a lie. I have a GeForce 2 MX200, i get 46.2 FPS in > Quake 3 normal graphoics mode. Note i have a 950Mhz processor. The WinTV > software and drivers are good except that during captures it doesnt resize > the video windows properly. But the capture turns out fine. > > A note actual real time MPEG 1 or 2 compression i believe is probably MJPEG > or really crappy quality. Raw AVI files converted to MPEG1 VCD type are > around 18FPS on my computer. It would take approximately a 2.0 Ghz Duron or > 1.9 Ghz Athlon to do that. Or a 2.3 Ghz P4.(none of which exist currently. > You best bet would to capture raw AVI files split em during capture and then > convert them to mpeg format.