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| Adaptec VideOh! PCI | Analog VideoIn MPEG1 hardware MPEG2 hardware |
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PCI | $130 | 7.8/10 39 votes |
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| Adaptec® Video Converter PCI-Card Kit (VideOh!™ PCI) provides the easy way to convert analog camcorder video digitally then burn to DVD or CD discs with your PC. VideOh! PCI includes a PCI MPEG-2 capture card with A/V cable for simple connectivity to camcorders or other analog video device. It also includes Sonic™ MyDVD™ DVD-Video creation software for Windows®, which allows you to edit, author and burn video clips.
Highlights PCI real-time MPEG-2 capture card Easy-to-use DVD creation software Use your existing CD-Recorder to make Video CDs you can play on your DVD player (Recordable media playback compatibility varies between DVD player models. Consult your DVD player manual for more information). |
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I purchased a (adeptec videoh dvd / avc 2210 ) my analog camcorder has a single AV plug that goes to the video converter and plugs in RCA but when i try to copy to my hardrive or convert streight to the cd burner after about 54 seconds it stops and then i cant use the disk again what am i doing wrong or what do i need as far as a cable to the converter. " HELP " Comments posted by K Cannon from United States, May 24, 2005: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP? Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: No rating. |
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I've done some software for the adaptec avc 2010 pci that you can try. http://homepage.eircom.net/~xe951/minipvr.zip Before I wrote the software I always used it with graphedit. Sean O'Connor Comments posted by sean from Ireland, May 19, 2005: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP? Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: No rating. |
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Not a bad card. Got it about two days ago at Fry's for $94. Had the features I was looking for- RCA jacks, Mpeg2 encoding, and PCI form factor (USB 2.0 sucks). Had no problems with the install and was capturing old VHS tapes within minutes of install. Good Stuff: 1.VHS video caps were pretty good. 2.No color shifts and had no audio problems. 3.Had no problems with live tv capture from my VCR, cable, or TV set. Bad Stuff: 1.Looks like your stuck with the Sonic MyDVD LE version capture software. Tried several freeware and payware and none were able to activate the capture card. 2.Sonic MyDVD LE only has three encoding quality settings with the best set at 6Mbps (DVD max is 9.8Mbps). 3.With only 6Mbps to work with, some fine details might not come out too well- didn't experince microblocks, but did notice fine detail areas were encoded with a little blur. I would recommend this if you only want a straight forward capture card with standard RCA inputs and mpeg2 encoding. If you can find the card for under $100, give it a try. Comments posted by Febre from United States, April 30, 2005: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K WinXP? Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 7 of 10. |
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Good hardware but windows software compatibility is very limiting as the card could only be used with the software it came with i.e. the cards driver are not compatible with Windows XP Movie Maker software / Adobe Premiere e.t.c. I am happy to report this card now works with Linux - search the IVTV devel archives for details. I'll give this card a 9 since it is a good mpeg2 encoding capture card for a very fair price, would have given it a 10 if the Windows support was better on the other hand if I hadn't been able to get it to work under linux then I would have given it a rating of 3. Comments posted by Martin Vaughan from United Kingdom, February 16, 2005: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP? Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux - Rated: 9 of 10. |
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My first capture card - it works like a champ. One question for previous posters: Movie Mill from Snazzi appears to come only with their own video card and not as a stand-alone product. Is this as you understand it or am I looking at the wrong program? Thanks, Wardzone Comments posted by wardzone from United States, February 07, 2005: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 10 of 10. |
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This card sucks green donkey cock. I bought it brand new off ebay for 100$ after reading some of the comments here and decided to give it a shot. All I can say is hope you can get better tech support than I got and have better luck. I installed it and the accompanying software and when I rebooted, either the computer froze up, or else the card had such issues Windows said it wouldnt ever try to restart it again. I emailed tech support and told them the problem and I kept getting back horseshit answers like< "try moving it to another PCI slot. Well DUH! thats the first thing you try. After enduring 2 weeks of the same old handjobs, I'm going to resell it on ebay and get anything I can for it and try to find something else. If this is indicitive of the quality of products from Adaptech, they can keep them. I almost didnt buy it because years ago I got a handheld scanner from them that also sucked. Nice to see they are consistantly awful. Comments posted by mike from United States, January 23, 2005: Compatibility: Win95? Win98 Win2K? WinXP? Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 1 of 10. |
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I picked this card up from Compusa for $50 after mail-in rebate. I bought it for the purpose of transfering some of my old vhs movies to dvd. I have burned 5 dvds so far and have been very happy with the results. The card ships with MyDVD version 5 now and it works really well. If you want to transfer old vhs tapes (including copyrighted ones that you bought years ago) then this is an excellent solution. Comments posted by acegamer from United States, October 19, 2004: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 9 of 10. |
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I originally wasted my time purchasing a second hand Fast AV Master card which was a nightmare to install on Win98SE. The card was returned and I go a refund and then purchased the Adaptec PCI card for £75 plus VAT from Insight http://uk.insight.com The card installed on my XP system with no problems and in no time at all I was performing a test capture from my old Sony camcorder. The AVI lead supplied is long enough to reach the PC and have the camera on the desk above (normally you get short 500mm cables that are useless). The only thing that lets this package down is the basic software that is bundled with the card. There are three capture settings within the MyDVD software, if you are someone who likes to experiment with bitrates, etc then you will be dissapointed. However if you simply want to transfer old VHS tapes to DVD then this application will do the job OK. A lot of the other packages like MovieMill will not work if your Adaptec card is based on the 2010 chipset - this is the reply I received from their technical support "The Moviemill application that is currently available for free on web can be used with only our Maui products and is not compatible with Adaptec-2010 card" I also had problem getting the card to capture through the other application from Sage so it looks like you are limited for options when capturing. However, for processing and making DVD's the captured MPEG-2 files can be used with all major applications, however I found Premier Pro re-rendered the MPEG file and took 18 hrs to produce the DVD !! Best application I found for trimming clips and then rendering the assembled clips to a new MPEG file is Womble Video Wizard. This application took just 15 mins to render the same clips !! I've therefore given this card a rating of 8. It lost a point for the lack of setting in the supplied software, and lost another for the lack of a plug-in for use with the leading NLE packages from Ulead and Adobe. However if you want a cheap, reliable capture option to transfer old 8mm camcorder tapes or VHS to video then I would recommend this package. Comments posted by Minty Malcolm from United Kingdom, August 06, 2004: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 8 of 10. |
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I tried this card with Sonic MyDVD and Sage Recorder, both worked fine. However I preferred to use Sage recorder since it gave more settings for the quality of MPEG2 video, and the size of the preview screen window is adjustable. The quality of the captured video is great and I don't have any timesyn problem with audio and video. The only thing I don't like about this card is its response time is slow. While I tried to capture some game video clips from my PS2, I found out that when I clicked a botton on my joystick, the move showed after 1 sec on the monitor.... Anyway, if you use this card to capture video and movies which don't required fast response, the problem shouldn't bother you. Overall I think this is a great product for the price. Comments posted by Moca from Canada, June 18, 2004: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 9 of 10. |
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I may be able to explain why some of you are having audio timesync problems (I'll call it lipsync) while using video capture devices on long VHS movies. I use the adaptec avc2010 Videoh! PCI card. I have found two things which cause lipsync while copying from VHS tapes, and neither cause is the capture card or the software used with it. The Sanyo VWM-710 video cassette recorder (sold at Walmart) consistently causes the lipsync problem. The capture card created MPEG2 file does not have the lipsync problem when played using the windows media player. But when this file is rendered into DVD format, the lipsync problem appears in both the VOB files and in the final DVD. The same VHS movies played on the video cassette recorder Emerson EWV603 (sold at Walmart) and the Sharp VC-A400 (think it was bought at Walmart) did not have the lipsync problem when rendered to DVD format. I also found that placing the Sharp VC-A400 on top of the computer case, also caused the lipsync problem when the captured MPEG2 file was rendered to VOB files or DVD. If you move the tape player around near the computer while capturing the movie, you can hear audio distortion being caused by the near proximity of the computer. I also tried two other software rendering packages with the same results. Therefore it is my conclusion that the lipsync problems are being caused by the VHS player or the close proximity of the player to the computer. With the player (not the Sanyo VWM-710, it always has the problem) at least four feet from the computer, no lip sync problems ever occur. I am an engineer with four networked computers in the same room with the capture card. It is reasonable to believe that the video cassette recorders vary in their sensitivity to radio frequency interference (RFI) saturation. Keeping the minimum four feet seperation between the video cassette recorders and the computers reduces the RFI to a tolerable level for two of the three video cassette recorders referenced in this message. You too may be experiencing RFI which is causing your lipsync problems. I still don't understand why the rendering process brings out this problem, but maybe someone else can explain why the captured MPEG2 files have no lipsync problem, yet rending of same, results in lipsync problems at the VOB and DVD formats. I have now copied over 6 two hour videos using MyDVD to capture the file (pathetic software, but it works for capture) and using Ulead Video Studio7 to render the DVDs. Good luck! Comments posted by Webrider from Other, December 26, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 8 of 10. |
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Well, my VHS to DVD project went as follows: ATI TV Wonder PCI - Returned before opening (thanks DVDRHelp) AverMedia EZMaker - Returned (quality not how I wanted it to be) Adaptec VideOH PCI - Returned (software woes) MSI TV@nywhere - Returned (mockery of video capture) MiniDV Cam with analog passthrough - Finally a solution that works. Here's the story on the VideOH! I got this card because I wasn't way impressed with the quality of the AverMedia. It was a tough call because I got the AverMedia for $20.00. At this time I was trying to capture to MPEG-2 to dramatically reduce the time to DVD. Realtime conversion through software was a little rough on the AverMedia captures. After lengthy research, this card seemed like the best bet. And it may well be the best sub-$200 MPEG-2 card out there. For some reason, I didn't have the success with SageRecorder that others had. When capturing at 720x480, the video would be slow, then fast, then slow, then fast. It was a never ending cycle that left me using Sonic MyDVD for capture, yuck! This, and the fact that I couldn't capture still shots very well caused me to return the card and go for something more like the AverMedia. Eventually, I decided that the amount of MPEG-2 editing I wanted to do was just too much and decided to switch over to the DV realm. If you don't have a digital camcorder, try the Sony TRV22. It has worked great for me. If you do, just pay the cash and get a Canopus. You'll be happy you did. The hard part is converting to MPEG-2 from DV, but there are solutions out there that do it quite well and quickly like Cinemacraft Encoder (CCE). Good luck! Comments posted by Brett from Other, November 26, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 7 of 10. |
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Outstanding performance Comments posted by fletchr from Other, November 23, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 10 of 10. |
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I haven't had any success with this card. The bundled software doesn't produce a quality a capture. I have tried the sage recorder and the quality isn't very good either. I would not recommend it. The only reason I gave it a 3 was because the card may actually be good, but I will never know. The only software you can use with it is bad. Comments posted by supanewb from Other, November 19, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 3 of 10. |
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Just bought SageRecorder from Frey Technologies. Now this card works great! Using the tuner on a VCR, I can capture TV shows or videos with great versatility. I was very displeased with the AVC-2010 card because of MyDVD. Now with SageRecorder, this is a great card. My one complaint is that the picture appears a bit soft (fuzzy). I'm not sure if this is the interlacing or some spatial/temporal filter that is applied during capture and/or if I can adjust something to make a sharper picture. At any rate, this is a good piece of hardware when used with SageRecorder. Fractal Comments posted by Fractal from Other, November 05, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 9 of 10. |
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I was incorrect: The AVC 2010 replaces the AVC 2000. Comments posted by ouch from Other, October 13, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP? Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: No rating. |
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I recently just bought this card, so I ended up with the AVC-2010 (newer version of the card with the Conexant chipset). MyDVD works, but is god awful (wouldn't even run in 2K, had to use XP). MovieMill won't recognize this new version of the card since the chipset has changed (this has been confirmed since I emailed Emuzed today about it). But then, thanks to the forums here (this site rocks, BTW), I found out to try SageRecord (http://www.sage.tv). This program ROCKS! The UI is a little clunky, but you can ultimately configure everything (resolution, bitrate, etc). I just encoded a 2 hour videotape straight to SVCD and it came out great. If you have the AVC-2010 and are having problems making MovieMill work, don't keep trying...it's a lost cause. :-) Get SageRecord (only $20!) and be happy with a great purchase...inexpensive card with a lot of potential once you have the right software. Chris Comments posted by Chris OMalley from Other, September 30, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 9 of 10. |
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Zman - I use Movie Mill 1.5 and the Adaptec driver from 1/31/03 (I think I downloaded this from Microsoft. I had problems with capturing video - unexplained freezes - until I did a System Restore to back before I installed the card. Microsoft Update prompted me with a driver update for the card. I took it and haven't had problems since.) Aida says the MM version is 1.5. I downloaded from the Snazzi site. I am writing to update my reviews below. This card really does brilliant Mpeg-2. I am excerpting my review of Ulead's DVD Workshop 1.3: "Here's what I did: * Played DVD on standalone DVD player * Relayed analog signal to Adaptec AVC-2000 device (Videoh! PCI) * "Taped" in DVD-compliant Mpeg-2 6,000 kbit/s using MovieMill by V-one Multimedia * Imported into DVD Workshop (1.0) and authored * Was horrified when DVD Workshop re-encoded (3 min encode per minute "taped", we're talking Tmegenc speed!) * Burned DVD (Sony DW-U10A) * Played on standalone to 29" analog TV I was blown away by the fact that after one real-time, on-the-fly encoding in Mpeg-2, followed by one unnecessary re-encoding, the quality was almost undistinguishable from the original (on 29" analog TV)." That's it. If the video can look that good after one on-the-fly encoding (by Videoh) and one by DVD Workshop, this card knows what it is doing. In the long run, I could have saved money by getting a camcorder with digital passthrough and capturing the signal from that with DVD Workshop (purchased as part of Pyro ProDVD card). But I am satisfied with this card as a means to tape old VHS tapes. If it can do that well with DVD, it can sure deal with VHS. :-) Comments posted by Nathan Wheeler from Other, August 23, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP? Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: No rating. |
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Purchased this PCI card from Fry's for US$129 to convert 35 VHS 2003 Tour tapes to DVD. Installed PCI card OK on Win2k/P4-2.4gig/MSI mobo. Captured with MyDVDv4.04 to clean 120gig HD. Edited/cut/authored/added menus/burned to DVD with Ulead VS7. Burned with Pioneer A04-R/RW DVD plays fine on various standalone DVD players, and looks good with correct audio/lip sync throughout. ---------- I tried to capture using various combos of MovieMill/drivers available as posted here earlier.. All combos I tried wouldn't recognize PCI card. Bummer! MyDVD v4 is so-so for capture. It didn't like long captures from tape(ie: 1gig or more) and had a few crashes. Also had to chop up longer segments to 400-700mb to edit/use easily in VStudio7. I have captured/edited/burned 2 DVD's so far and they play and look good. I only wished I could have used MovieMill to capture. If this card would have included drivers to capture to VStudio 7 directly, instead of MyDVD/Showtime, they would have a real winner. I returned the PCI card and am looking for something more viable in that price range. This is a great forum for info...Thanx Comments posted by Zman from Other, August 22, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K WinXP? Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 8 of 10. |
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"Awesome" I installed the PCI card on my upgraded Gateway P-III w/1.4 GHZ power leap adapter card. 512 MG/R No Problem. I was capturing data from my VCR at 1.3 MG Per Second. Saved 4.3G of raw MPG-2 on NTFS partition of my 7200 Rpm HD 8MG built on cash No Problem and burned it with a TDK multi format DVD burner. PCI the way to go. Adaptec way to go. Note: USB to slow and the voice is out of sync. 15 min through the video. Comments posted by Larry M from Other, August 18, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98 Win2K WinXP? Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 9 of 10. |
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I bought the card for $112 from yesmicro.com. First I installed in PCI slot 1, but got no signal. After switching to PCI slot 4, it worked. I have only attempted to capture vhs tapes from my vcr to dvd. When I attempt to burn the mpeg with Nero, the dvd comes out all jumpy and pixelated; but if I re-encode with TMPGEnc, it comes out just about perfect. I use Movie Mill to capture. Now I'm going to test different authoring programs to create menus and chapters and stuff. I give it an 8 out of 10, becuase I have to re-encode. Maybe I'm doing something wrong. But other than that, I think its exactly what I wanted. Comments posted by Paul from Other, June 22, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 8 of 10. |
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I posted earlier. I want to revise my earlier rating. People have commented before that using the bundled software you would get a "no video" report from the software. In fact in the dozen or so minutes that I spent using MyDVD I quickly encountered this problem. (Trust me, there was a video input.) I initially did not think this problem was also occurring with Movie Mill. I was wrong. During my second capture attempt with MM, I noticed after about 30 minutes that the image in the capture window had "frozen". A quick check of the file verified that capturing had stopped about five minutes earlier. I tried upping the priority of Movie Mill. The software went from consuming about 5% of system resources to 33%. Unfortunately this had no effect on the capture problem, which occurred several more times. Since it is difficult to edit MPEG, my capture experience went from "good" to "unusable". The problem probably lies with the card. In MyDVD, it results in a "no video" message. In Movie Mill, it results in a frozen image. The other problem is that as an MPEG-1 capture card, this thing stinks. You will see a lot of herky-jerky motion on the burned VCDs. I was able to correct the herky-jerky problem by capturing MPEG-2 at a high bit rate, then using TMPGEnc to create a 2500 kbps VBR MPEG-1. However, on my system (1.6 GHz) it takes roughly 2.5 minutes to convert one minute of video. Oops, there goes my whole reason for buying a real-time capture card. People on the usenets have commented that "why would you expect a hardware card to accomplish what software can't". I was raised to expect that hardware COULD accomplish things software can't. I think now that with CPU speeds in the GHz, we are reaching the point where software has caught up. What we really need is a hardware card with a kick-ass algorithm. It doesn't have to be highly configurable. It just needs to provide high-quality video with no hang-ups. The manufacturer could put whatever top-notch algorithm they want on the card, with no fear that someone could rip it off. Unfortunately, those cards are probably out there already. They just cost a lot more than 120 bucks. Comments posted by Nathan Wheeler from Other, June 18, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP? Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 5 of 10. |
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I bought the card a few days ago. The first day was a disaster. It destroyed my computer. I put it in the 3rd PCI slot and apparently it does not like that. It corrupted a lot of files on my hard disk and the internet was not working. A lot has to do with the fact that Microsoft has not digitally signed their drivers for the card so there was a conflict somewhere. Since then, I reinstalled WindowsXP and moved the card to the 1st PCI slot. It has been running fine and the encoding is good. In terms of hardware, apart from the bumpy beginning for which they give no information or warning, the rest is great. The software is made soooo user friendly that it is annoying and unimaginative. It also has very few options. Haven't tried MovieMill yet...but will soon. I give them an 8 because of the conflict that the card has if you put it in another slot and also because of the crapy software. Apart from that the card is great and a great value for that money...I recommend it. Comments posted by Theodoros Papatheodorou from Other, May 31, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 8 of 10. |
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Great capture card at a great price! Upgrade the software to Sonic MyDVD ver 4 for more features. Comments posted by JJ from Other, May 29, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 10 of 10. |
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I purchased the card for the purpose of capturing, editing, burning from an early DV camcorder that lacks a digital output (what a mistake getting that camcorder was.... firewire must be SO much easier!). Anyhow, there is the benefit of being able to archive anything (old cassette tapes, broadcasts (via a VCR) etc). WHat the card has/the box claims: * Real time MPEG2 capture pCI card (and MPEG1 capture) * video standards PAL 704x576, 480x576, 352x288 and the equivalents for NTSC. * supplied with MyDVD by SONIC and a mini video-editing package called 'showbiz' What I discovered from using it: Basically you capture footage in MyDVD. SHowbiz was provided on the instillation disk AND on a seperate disk. It was not happy after being installed from the software disk, so I had to remove it, then re-install from the second disk.... but that required the serial number, which I could only get by attempting to install again from the first disk and noting it down.... I gae up with show-biz and stuck to video studio. Early capture looked suspect. There are 3 quality options for MPEG2 capture 6500kbps, 5500kbps and a lower bit rate. Have tried 1st two, my computer seemed happier with the 5500 setting than the top one, prob as my system is only just fast enough and the lower data rate is easier to manage (650MHz AMD athlon, 256RAM). MPEG1 capture has no quality choices, just the VCD standard bit rate. Having no dvd-burner drive, I tried burning a sample of MPEG2 capture footge onto CD as a mini DVD. The footage looked a bit below par, a little blurry, kind of "soft-focused". NOTE: There is no facility to caputre in other resolutions than 720x576 for MPEG2 (for PAL) and 352x 240 for MPEG1. So, to make a SVCD, for example, you have to send the MPEG2 files out to another editing package. I have used ULEAD's VIDEO STUDIO 6 for this, using the MPEG2 capture to make SVCD, and MPEG1 capture to make VCD. my stand-alone DVD player (Pacific 750 - VERY happy with it for less than 90 quid from ASDA!) played both fine. No jumping, no ugly blips, missed frames or the like which affect the caputred clips when you view them in SONIC myDVD, so don't despair if your captured footage looks a jerky mess on the computer - try burning a sample and playing it back on hardware. VCD results: The VCD is a little blocky if you really look, especially on large areas of white, but, comparing to a purchased VCD, it is of comparable standard. I found it to be much like watching VHS, only with more consistent colour. (oh, and as one other person commented, this capture card saturates the colour, so, again, it is worth sending captured MPEGS out to an editing package to correct this before burning). you can easily get over an hour and 10 mins on a cd-r VCD. SVCD: the footage, rendered in video studio from the 720x576 resolution the card captures at to SVCD's 480x576, looks fine. Better than VCD and hovering somewhere between SVHS and DVD in terms of quality. Only scenes with fast movements cause it to get a little blocky. The sharpnes of the image is great though. Overall: happy. Dunno what the MPEG2 output would lok like on a "proper" dvd played back on a hardware player, but I suspect, from the results I got with SVCD, that it will look impressive and not disappoint. One final thing which frustrated me a little. Adaptec say "capture in real time" and there is a "direct to disk" option. I imagine some will have visions of using this as a way of putting real-time TV onto DVD etc. Hold on tiger. Each time you finish capturing the programme "imports" the media. This is several minutes wait if you captured say 30 mins of footage. And even if you choose to burn (example) captured MPEG1 clips as a VCD using the built-in disk burner in MYDVD it spends ages "transcoding" the footage (try 5 hours for about 50 mins VCD). Importing the files into video studio and burning with that is actually quicker... and I guess the same thing occurs for burnig a DVD. The burner part of MyDVD won't recognise a CD-RW drive, so no way to test it for making cDVDs. (Video Studio is much improved using the latest MPEG processing patch by the way). In otherwords, the MPEG1/2 files are not immediately VCD/DVD burn-ready at all. Maybe I did something wrong, but don't see what I could do differently, especially given there aren't all that many options to play with in the capture software! The 'direct to disc' option is a misnomer. It is not direct to disc at all! The footage still goes to the hard-drive first, and has all the processing steps mentioned above. All this option does is remove the ability to edit your captured clips and fiddle with the disc's menu screen before burning the disc. Looking at the file sizes it creates when capturing, I noticed the files are actually about twice the size expected for the bit rate which DVD uses when in the MPEG2 capture mode, and a similar thing going on in MPEG1 mode. It seems these files require processing to become the bonafidae, smaller, MPEG files that actually make it onto the VCD/DVD. Overall, this card does capture footage well from S-video or composite analogue sources (oh, the sound is very good too by the way). But, I think 'real time capture' isn't really how I'd describe it. The results look much better than my attempts to capture video using a tuner card, so I think that comparing it with tuner cards for capture shows it in its best light.. Comments posted by Graham B from Other, May 28, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98 Win2K? WinXP? Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 7 of 10. |
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got the card from fry's electronic for 150$ with $50 rebate. Overall the card is great, but the software bundle that comes with, sonic mydvd is sucks...Movie mill from snazzi.com works well with this card and burning it with dvd moviefactory is decent...I highly recommend this card to all...but not the bundle software... Comments posted by linda92841 from Other, May 27, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 9 of 10. |
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more technical information.New comments= New comments since your last visit. New Card= New Capture Card since your last vist. Feature What kind of main capture features it supports Analog VideoIn = Analog composite or/and SVHS video input Video Card = If it is a Video Card/Graphic Card Tv Tuner = Built-In TV-Tuner Digital TV = Built-In Digital TV-Tuner DV/Firewire = DV/Firewire/i.Link input DV Converter = Analog composite or/and SVHS video input and converts to DV video MPEG1 hardware = Capture directly MPEG1(VCD) video using hardware* MPEG2 hardware = Capture directly MPEG2(SVCD and DVD) video using hardware* MJPEG hardware = Capture directly to MJPEG using hardware* MPEG4 hardware = Capture directly to MPEG4(DivX,Xvid) video using hardware* * = Most capture cards can capture to this format using software but it usually requires a very fast computer, if it supports realtime capturing it uses the capture cards hardware and it doesn't require a very fast computer and you may get better quality but less options/settings than software capturing. Compatibility What Operating System our users have reported that it works on, Win95=Works Cnx = Connection What type of connection the capture device has to the computer, PCI, AGP, USB1/1.1/2, DV or PCMCIA. Price The price in US dollar. Rating The first rating is based on a weighted rank (the true Bayesian), it requires at least 5 votes to get a weighted rating. The second rating between the ( ) is a normal average rating. Comment User comments, click on view to view them or add to post a own comment. We can not gurantee that this list is 100% correct. Don't forget to read the User Comments for more Info about each Capture card. If you find any features that are not correct contact us instead of posting a comment about it. |
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