PCI Card or Firewire

[AjnabiZ]

Hi

I would like to know that which would be better. PCI or firewire to capture VHS to Computer and convert it into Real Media and stream it online.

[pete222]

I use FW to stream DV into my Mac through a Sony Camcorder and it works very well, but I'm not sure what you mean by 'PCI'...

[AjnabiZ]

by PCi i mean PCI Internal Card which comes with Dazzle products and I am capturing from VCR.

[Capmaster]

Hi

I would like to know that which would be better. PCI or firewire to capture VHS to Computer and convert it into Real Media and stream it online.

Might depend on whether you have a free IRQ you can dedicate to just the PCI card.

[redwudz]

Better is a good capture card. Easier is a box like ADVC-100 and a Firewire card. Either way you can convert to RM, though RM is an old format. (In my opinion) Most now use MPG4 variants such as XVID and other Divx versions.

[AjnabiZ]

I am considering in buying Pinnacle's Studio MovieBox DV 9 and the reason i am converting it into rm is that I want to stream it online on my website.

[BobV]

I also need to buy either the internal capture card or an external capture device. I'm leaning toward the external device for the following reasons:

1.I'd save keep that PCI slot open because it will give me more options during future PC upgrades.

2. Cooling, my Ahlon cpu can run hot from time to time, so i don't need another potential source of heat.

3. Mobility, I may want to connect it to another PC from time to time.

The only disadvantages I can think of are table space and price both of which I'm willing to sacrifice. But I'm a newbe so what do I know?