Best *Real-Time* MPEG Capture for ~$150 :: WinXP

[kuphryn]

Hi.

I would like to capture movies from my VHS connection into my computer so I can burn them onto VCD and/or SVCD

System:

- Athlon 700mh
- 384mb SDRAM
- Leadtek Geforce DDR
- Windows XP

I would like to know what is the cheap route to be able to capture movies in *real-time* without good to exceptional quality. I have limited HDD space (4 gig). I need the best hardware for the money.

- ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon 7500 w/ capture
- Capture Card

In summary, I would like to know what is the best capture hardware for under $150 and works well in Windows XP.

Thanks,
Kuphryn

[Anonymous65]

If you have the ATI AIW, you can capture real-time mpeg in software. You have to try and see if the quality is good enough for you.
Otherwise, to get a PCI hardware mpeg real-time capture card, the Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250 for $150 is the best real time encoder you can currently get. http://steve.kittelsen.com/pvr250

[kuphryn]

Okay. Thanks.

Kuphryn

[ZAP!!]

I have an AIW Radeon and have not had any issues with the quality when capturing to MPEG1 VCD 2.0. I did have to tweak it a bit in order for it to work properly. The standard VCD settings are not VCD 2.0 compiant. Stinky's reg tool can fix that. And the disablemacrovision patch works as advertised.

[Mirror_Image]

You might want to consider upping your CPU, even a 1.2G Duron (~$60 [USD] if your board will take it), would probably allow you to capture with higher motion estimation.