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  1. Forgive me; I am sure this question has been asked,
    I am a new to the video capturing,
    I have a AIW 9600 pro and have recorded TV show with little issues, I want to covert all my old 8mm & VHS to DVD.
    My question is this,
    I have been told that I wasted $$ on this 9600 because I should have gotten a card that has hardware encoding, IE Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250 among others,


    What benefits will I get using a card with hardware encoding on it instead of software, like the AIW 9600 pro???


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    If you do not have any issues weith your card and are happy with the results, why listen to nay sayers.

    Not all cap devices are the same, nor do the same devices work the same in different systyem configurations.

    I prefer my usb hardware encoding device, which means I can't work in avi mode. But I don't care, I'm lazy and don't want a big learning curve.
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    I agree with snafu099,i bought a winfast tv2000 expert tv card and im happy with the captures,ati are good too with capture,some people rather get the best stuff to get the best results which to me isnt worth the added cost but tell us get the best stuff anyways.
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  4. Thanks for the replies,
    I agree sometimes more money dose not mean better results,
    But, I am trying to get the best capture possible so that is why I am asking about the hardware encoding,
    Will using a card with hardware encoding give me a better or higher resolution than a non-hardware encoding,
    I will be inputting a digital signal from a cable box, high 8mm camera and a VCR,
    What will capture a better AVI file?
    Thanks again…..

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  5. I should add, no matter how good your hardware is, you can only get the same quality as you put in (unless you clean the picture, frame by frame with the right software). I am still in the mess of making sure I get the right capture card myself.
    No matter how smart you are (or think you are), someone along the way is going to teach you something new.
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  6. Hi,
    if you have a fairly strong PC (say >= 1GHz) then you don't need a card with hardware encoding. I own an Asus 9600XT with VIVO capabilities (which sports ATI's theatre chip) and i capture in analog format and then convert to dvd with exceptional results. I capture at full resolution (720x576 Pal) using either PicVideo codec at quality 20 or Huffysince my hard-drives can handle the resulting datarate with no frame drops.
    Hardware Specs
    P4 2GHz, Asus 9600XT, 2*40GB Maxtors in Raid-0, 1*80 Maxtor System disk.
    Software used for capturing: Avi_io (perfect lip-sync)
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    Your card is just OK for VHS to DVDR transfers. Don't listen to anyone.

    Also, if you have ~1Gh CPU and you wish realtime mpeg 2 capture, you can do it with software. Try mainconcept 1.4.1 for this. There is a demo avalaible just to see the results...
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  8. The only real advantage of hardware encoders is the ability to record direct to MPEG1/2 for fast VCD/DVD production.

    I have a Vidac VMagic connected to Sky+ to capture in MPEG2. The resulting file can be immediately authored to DVD without modification for archiving purposes, or menus, chapters etc added if I can be bothered. The resulting DVD is exactly the same as the original source. The card ignores Macrovision so can be used for Sky Box Office, and commercial VHS. It can also transcode DVD .VOB files directly.

    I also have a Terratec Grabster USB2 box, which does a similar job. I use this one for transferring VHS tapes. As the quality of VHS is poor, and the tapes are usually children's titles, I usually go straight for MPEG1 VCD using Ulead DVD Workshop, so the capture, author and VCD burn is done in one application in the time it takes to play the tape, and burn the CD.

    I used to have an old ATI card and the quality was very poor. I also have a Pinnacle capture card, producing huge AVI files. The quality was generally good but the time taken to produce a finished disc was unacceptable. These two hardware devices are excellent.
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