Analog Video to DVD

Discussion in 'Video capturing from analog sources' started by atzaba, Mar 23, 2004.

  1. atzaba

    atzaba Member

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    Hi,

    I need the miracle - a budget package of HW & SW, to convert an analog 8 mm Video(Pal) to DVD format, withought audio/video degradation.

    thanks
     
    atzaba, Mar 23, 2004
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  2. Minion

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    Well your Not asking for a Lot ehh...lol
    Well first off there will allways be some Quality degridation and Much more so when useing a Cheap Capture device..So what do you mean by "a Budget Package" ,How cheap do you mean?? You can go really cheap and Probably pick up a really cheat TV card on E-Bay for under $20, But it will not Produce very good Quality, even if you spend $100 on a Capture device you will still only get Medeocre Quality, If you wanted to spend about $175-$200 you could get something like the "Canopus ACEDVio" or the "Canopus ADVC-55" which would produce the Best Quality Possible for under $1000..As for Software you can get away with useing mostly freeware Software depending on the Type of Capture device you get...The only things you might have to buy if you wanted to go as cheap as Possible would be Maybe a Mpeg encoder and a DVD authoring program and of those there are Lots of Trial versions you can use till you Pick one....well good Luck
     
    Minion, Mar 30, 2004
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  3. royh

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    Hi,
    I started to load Gigas of movies into my poor computer through Pinnacle Studio DeLuxe (analog and digital input). And then I edited...Well there's not much editing on fixed movies is it? The coding was going on for hours and hours... Well, my computer is at our bedroom, and I like to sleep in the quiet...
    I ended up buying a set-top (or is it called a desk top) DVD writer. A Philips DVDR 80. It's connected directly to the source (VHS/CamCorder/SatTuner) and writes directly to DVD+R in natural time. Simple as that. Conserving of our load of original VHS movies caused another problem: Macrovision... It was solved easily by a SCART cabme purchased from UK. There is also a smart little red box that can be purcased from Israel (yes, I have that one too). Both works flawlessly. So... If you're just goung to conserve your tapes, why bother the computer, when there are other tools that does the job 10 times faster?

    Just my 10cents advice :)
     
    royh, Apr 6, 2004
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