[CS-FSLUG] video capture

[Frank Bax]

At 05:12 PM 9/14/04, Timothy R. Butler wrote:


>>I've given up on Analog video capture (tried both Linux and WinXP with an 
>>ATI All-in-wonder card).  It has been suggested that I get hold of a DV 
>>camera that accepts input from a VCR and connects to PC via firewire.  If 
>>the camera can do this in "monitor" mode (no actual recording on camera), 
>>even better.  I found this site:
>>         http://www.linux1394.org/
>
>         I think there are a few companies that make a piece of hardware 
> specifically for this... that might be preferable to trying to use a DV 
> cam to convert VHS. Some of the TV tuner/recorder cards probably would do 
> the trick... but you need one that has a built in MPEG hardware encoder, 
> I think, for Linux.


The TV tuner/recorder card is the project I finally gave up on after 
numerous failed attempts.  Never could get audio/video to stay in sync on 
either Linux or WinXP.

>If you have access to a Mac, it's stunningly simple.

I was thinking about going to a MAC when a MAC user suggested the DV camera 
option.  I don't have access to either at the moment.  I might be able to 
borrow a DV camera to test the process; otherwise, a camera is cheaper than 
a MAC, so I was hoping to get confirmation that someone got it working 
before I bought one.

Frank