[Wylug-help] Analogue camcorder users out there?

[Anne Wilson]

On Friday 13 February 2004 12:25, lists at mungewell.org wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 11:53:02AM +0000, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > The other option is to get a specific capture card, Hauppauge
> > > are a good reputable brand and tend to use the common bt848
> > > driver.
> >
> > Martin Rowe told me that he has had good results with the
> > Pinnacle Studio DC10+, as well, so a new card is Option 3.
> >
> > I'll explore further.  Thanks for your input
>
> Hi Anne,
> be aware that most 'cheap' capture cards will have a limited
> quailty and will require a lot of disk space (if capturing
> uncompressed). They can also suffer from noise pick up.
>
> External devices are less suseptable to noise, but any compression
> may introduce digital artifacts.
>
> I personally took the option of buying a MiniDV camcorder which can
> capture from composite/SVideo to firewire (IEEE1394), this produces
> excellent quality but may be over your budget. (Sony TRV-22 if
> you're interested)
>
For the future this is a worthwhile consideration, but meanwhile, I
have lots of Hi8 tape that I would really like to transfer to vcd or
dvd, so I need to explore the options for this first.

> There are often a few 'semi pro' capture solutions on EBAY (i.e.
> IOMega Buz) if you're happy with second hand kit.
>
Don't mind second hand kit, as long as it works with linux.

Anne
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