Any good MPEG2 Capture Card?

[jfebus]

Hi All,

After two weeks trying to get my Vitec DCM running perfectly and several weeks reading about other mpeg2 capture card: Is there any mpeg2 capture board that works?

Regards,

[D_Knife]

well your question was a bit broad
but putting on my flame proof hat

I have always had very good results with a Dazzle DVC II
this changed to excellent results when I started using it with Bugsy front-end

I can't cap Mpeg1 without locking up - but it does Mpeg2 so well that I don't really want to cap mpeg1 anymore

[jfebus]

Thanks!

Can you capture using the Dazzle DVC II at high bitrates? Can you capture at 352x480@4500 bitrate?

Regards,

[Bish0p]

i've found that like everything the more you pay the better it gets, though for some reason mpeg-2 encoder cards are very problematic and i've never had one running 100% smoothly

[gimp]

I use the canopus dvstorm 2 plus never any trouble or problems but you to capture mpeg2 you need alot of harddrive space, & memory. I use to use the ati all in wonder radeon it produced good results but nowhere near the quality of the storm!

[draganong]

I have a Dazzle2 PCI running on a AMD K6-3 500 win2k with 128 MB RAM.
Runs great with TWNH, can capture at 720x480x8000 or 352x480x7000 with no problems.

[preacher238]

I have been using the ATI AIWonder Radeon 7500 and DVD workshop to capture in MPEG-2. I have been backing up all of my old VHS tapes so quality is not great, but when I captured some DV footage it turned out awesome looking when played back on my DVD player.

[D_Knife]

jfebus
sorry for the delay in getting back to you

as draganong said
the DVC II caps high bitrates quite comfortably
and if you turn off the video preview- you get background capturing at around 5-10% cpu usage and almost 0% problems such as audio sync

I used to use TWNH but found bugsy better option wise - especially using the tweaked drivers - I can cap over 4 hours without issues
I cap to seperate video and audio and then mux in TMPEGenc - takes a minute or so
and then burn! easy

[jfebus]

Hi D_Knife,

Were you able to play that DVD perfectly in several DVD Players?

With the terrible experience I had with Vitec DCM I want to be sure about my next buy, sorry for the questions...

The Vitec DCM files played perfectly in a Sony and Jerky in a Panasonic and the ones created with MainConcept played perfectly o both!

Regards,

[jfebus]

Hi preacher238,

I think I will buy the 7500. But before I do, do you know if there is a site where I can download a mpeg captured by this card?

What about the quality of your VHS captures? Are they similar to the VHS quality?

Regards,

[D_Knife]

I haven't tried it on many players - but
my Pioneer and Palsonic both play without flaws or jerkyness