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Best hardware for my configuration?

Discussion in 'Video capturing from analog sources' started by ochssk, Dec 30, 2003.

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    I just got a new HP 300e DVD drive for the holidays and would like to convert my 8mm tapes to DVD before they fade away. I have the following configuration.
    PIII 800 MHz, 256K ram, Asus via chipset motherboard w/2x AGP, Windoze 98SE, an adaptec usb2.0/firewire pci card, and two free 5+ GB partitions on my harddrive 7200rpm maxtor (ATA 66, I believe).

    Because of my limited cpu speed I'm no longer looking at the cheap Dazzle stuff. The Pyro AV Link looks promising and the ADVC-100 or ADVC-50 look excellent. I like the price on ADVC-50 and probably won't be interesting in outputing to a VCR. I'm also not looking to do any fancy editing, just add chapters. I know Windoze 98 has the 4GB file limit so I was hoping I could use a lower resolution than the MPEG-2 maximum since I have 8mm tapes with 240x270 line resolution and fit a decent length recording onto the DVD.

    I am very new to this and learning a lot as I read. Any advice on what equipment/software to look at would be appreciated.
     
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    After some more research I've narrowed my choices down to the following:

    ADS Tech DVD Express (~$100) has a heating problem but locks audio and is fairly inexpensive

    Data video DAC 100 (~$170) seems to be the front runner right now

    Canopus ADVC 100 (~$300) a little too pricey

    Canopus ADVC 50 (~$180) seems the DAC-100 is a step above for the same price

    Leadtek Winfast TV2000XP (~$50) cheap but will it work with my configuration?

    Wish I could find one of these at a nice year end close out price!

    Any feedback is appreciated. Thanks

    Steve
     
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    Well I'll just keep posting replies to myself. Heck I like talking to myself ;-)

    Just wondering if the software that shipped with my HP drive and adaptec firewire card will work to encode and author a DVD on my system. I was given the following:
    Veritas RecordNow
    Arcsoft ShowBiz DVD
    Sonic MyDVD

    No sure yet what versions I got.
     

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