usb capture with avi

[resohed]

have a nvidia 7800gt with avi capture now. am considering upgrade to higher card but it does not have vivo. i have hauppauge usb pvr & that is good but what will capture via usb avi to capture vcr tapes? don't want to use my remaining pci slot for something i wont be using all the time

[thecoalman]

but what will capture via usb avi to capture vcr tapes?

Assuming you mean uncompressed or lightly compressed I don't think they make any. USB2 has some techincal limitations even at the higher throughput than firewire and from my understanding has trouble with the higher data rates required for those formats so I suspect the manufacturers simply don't make them.

To tell you the truth only external devices that I'm aware of that do AVI are DV AVI converters. Canopus, Adstech Pyro or even a digital camcorder with pass through, all over firewire.

[GMaq]

Hi,
You're looking for a Plextor M402U USB Capture Unit, It has onboard Hardware encoding for MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and DivX. I've been using mine with my laptop for about a year now, and it's a great piece of hardware but you will need better software than it comes with for best results, Believe it or not the capture quality is best with the DivX encoder at it's default settings. www.plextor.com