Capture card? I am lost.....
 

Man, I have been out of the loop for 2 years, and things are so different now. It is like starting over. :(

The machine we edit video on has a normal videocard, and one of those pyro firewire cards. This setup kicks ass. It is very stable.

We also have Super VHS videos we want to edit.

Are there capture cards out there that capture Firewire, and have S-Video and RCA jacks to capture analog video? Sort of an all in one card?

I suppose there are dozens, but stablitly is the biggest issue. Can't have the computer crash in the middle of rendering.

My current setup is an ATI videocard, the Pyro Firewire Card. Should I just add a capture card to capture the VHS? Or should I get an all on one card?

We are running Win 2K.

Buy a Mac

what kind od minidv camera do you have?
chances are you can run the vhs into the mini dv camera and then (using the signal convert function) capture with firewire from the mini dv

most sony minidv's have this

It is a Sony DCR PC-100, it is an old turd, but it works perfect.

It has an s-video hookup, is s-video two ways? So if I play the tape on the VHS, I can record it to the camera?

Canopus DV storm has all of the hook up your looking for.

hey i'm even further out of the loop when it comes to video

my computer has a Firewire port somewhere but I have no clue where it is or what i should look for................so, what does it look like?

if i have a firewire port/receptacle does that mean i can import DV video without a video capture card?

that's the bad thing about buying a clone PC instead of a Dell or a Gateway, nobody gives you any information other than the manuals from the component manufacturers. Not much help really.

Its roughly the same size as a usb port but is sort of an oblong d shape.


As long as your DV camera has firewire out, then you dont need a video capture card.

I don't know how firewire port works. But the hookup is very small and rectangular. We just plugged a Pyro firewire card into an empty slot, and the thing works. That is all I know.

We plug the wire into our video camera, then plug it into the firewire card in the back of our comp. It all works.

I would think you can import video with your setup. No port = no card. I think firewire may support other components besides video. Get a cable and plug your camera in. Wish I could help more, but this is my chick's thing, not mine. If I had to edit a video I would be fucked.

well that's one way, however it would take twice as long doing it that way
most newer sony's (past 2 years) have a mode called "signal convert function"

allows you to input analog signal (s-video/composite) and output the digital signal (firewire) into your pc without having to record it to dv tape first.

No kidding. I am going to have to check these new ones out. When we got our Song MiniDV, it was probably one of the first (and best) ones out. It still works great, and a shame it is so obsolete now.

Thanks for the info! :drinkup