DV cards that capture from both analog and digital sources

[Ytse]

What are the dv capture cards that can capture from a/v and d/v sources ? İ know Pinnacle DV500+ so far but the US version doesnt capture Pal videos..

thanks

[frizzo]

Check Canopus products e.g. DV Storm

http://www.canopus.com/us/products/dvstorm_se/pt_dvstorm_se.asp

[hard worker]

All in wonder Radeon 8500DV

[ozziebill]

I like the Canopus ADVC 1394 Costs $249 us$

[samcut]

I like the sound of the Canopus, but which one do I need? They have the 1394, Raptor, & ADVC-100? I already have a firewire card so I believe all I need is the Raptor. Can someone pls confirm.

Thanks, Sam

[jtor]

If you already have a firewire, then your best bet (and if you are going for a canopus product) would be ADVC-100. She'll give you the capability to get analog source to your computer via firewire.

But then, I don't think this is the cheapest way to go for you...

[samcut]

What is the cheapest, most effective tool for hardware encoding? I am really tired of capturing and then encoding for hours and hours.

Samcut

[The village idiot]

Hardware encoders are a whole other box of worms. Not all of them perform as well as they will say. Even the external one don't always live up to their claims. Try Dazzle (ugh! ) dcs-200, ADS "instant" DVD, and several others. As far as internal card type capture methods... good luck, there are so many. Some are real hardware mpeg encoders, some lie and use software to encode "on the fly". Also look out for compatiblity issues with an internal, they can take all the fun out of it. See if you can find someone running the exact same computer hardware that you have, and are using the card you are looking for, and using the OS you are running. That is the only sure method of choosing a hardware mpeg card that works. Most of the externals are going for around $200+ USD. Internals range from $50USD up to several thousand dollars.

It is hard to be the certainty of capturing in DV and converting. I have decided to just get a faster processor to make up the difference. Check out Dazzle Hollywood DV bridge, Sony something or other, also products from Datavideo, and the afore mentioned canopus ADVC-100. Only downside is the long encoding time afterwards. Fastest encoder that I have found is with DVD Movie factory. DVD workshop, Canopus Procoder, Editstudio mpegXS all seem about the same for me, a little longer than with Movie factory. Though the tests with editstudio look the best for 720x480 DVD.

[TOKO]

Check out the AVDC-100 capture card and comments in the capture cards listings on this site .
To all those who know ( need I say more) 8)

[samcut]

Thank you all very much. I will look further into the Dazzle, Sony, and Canopus. I am leaning toward the Canopus due to the favorable comments I have read.

Thanks again.

Sam

[darkufo]

Bit late in the day here maybe, but I've got the new Canopus DV Storm2 with Hardware Encoder. I wrote a mini review of it here -

http://www.vcdhelp.com/capturecards.php?CaptureCardRead=Canopus%20DV%20Storm%202&Search=Search