I am in the process of getting a new p.c. and want to know which capture
card / what spec I should be looking for.
I want to put all my 8mm camcorder footage onto cd (vcd/svcd) or dvd, I will
have both burners in new machine.
I also plan to buy a new digital camcorder this summer and will want to do
the same with the footage from that.

Any advice gratefully recieved.
Thanks in advance
Andy

P.s. if this is the rong group for this question please accept my appologies
and re direct me.

On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 14:09:27 -0000, "AstraMan"
wrote:

I am in the process of getting a new p.c. and want to know which capture
card / what spec I should be looking for.
I want to put all my 8mm camcorder footage onto cd (vcd/svcd) or dvd, I will
have both burners in new machine.
I also plan to buy a new digital camcorder this summer and will want to do
the same with the footage from that.


For the latter, specify that the new computer includes a firewire
card. Almost any no-name cheap card will be fine.

Rather than buy an analogue capture card, have a look at a 'DV
bridge', such as the Canopus offering. This is an external unit which
accepts analogue video in and outputs via firewire.

Another possibility is if the new camcorder a top-of-the-range
unit. Many of these can act as a DV Bridge, which would save you a
fair amount of money.

Regards,
Harry.