Best Professional ANALOG Capture Card???

[hardcore]

Im looking for a professional analog capture card..

Looked into Pinnacles Delexe Analog,
but it sounds like it only works on their shitty
s/w... I was about to got a grab a Canapos ADVC
but then i heard that its got a phantom XP/2000 issue...

Anyone???

Cheers!!

[txpharoah]

I wouldn't call either of those professional...

Look at a MATROX RTX100
or the CANOPUS DVSTORM2 (with the MPEG encoder board)
or maybe a CANOPUS MPEG PRO EMR or MVR

www.shopmatrox.com
www.canopus.com
www.bhphotovideo.com

[hardcore]

As i said before im doing Analog capture.

So whats the difference in using the Canopus DVStorm
and the Canopus ADVC 100???

Cheers

HARDCORE

[TechieMan]

The DVStorm2 will enable you to capture to Mpeg1/2 in realtime.... The ADVC100 will convert from analogue to DV but you have to rely on other hardware/software for Mpeg2 encoding.

The ADVC 100 is for the home market but DVStorm2 is for the professional offering, realtime multi track editing as well as real time special effects!!

[The village idiot]

Sounds like you aren't really looking for a $2000+ option. Datavideo DAC-100 or DAC-2 if using RGB (YUV) component video. Both or analog to DV, but hard to call that truly professional. Depending on the profession you are using it for, of course.

After that, what was said above. Or you could check out what AVID has to offer. For only about $10,000.00+ you too can own a masterpiece of editing technology (yeah right). Make sure to buy one of the SGI based solutions He/she did ask for the best right?

[Bob W]

I don't a thing about professional capture cards, however I think I will be buying this capture device when they start shipping them.
http://www.plextor.com/english/products/ConvertX.html

[gmatov]

BobW,
Go check out the thread on that new card. It is not quite what the posters had it cracked up to be. Interpretation counts when you are looking at a company's blurb, but if you read it all, it don't quite cut the mustard.

[Bob W]

BobW,
Go check out the thread on that new card. It is not quite what the posters had it cracked up to be. Interpretation counts when you are looking at a company's blurb, but if you read it all, it don't quite cut the mustard.

What is wrong with it besides it's not really a hardware solution? I think it may be the only device to capture directly to mpeg4 which is a plus. If I'm stuck using the software that comes with it then I will pass on it.

[gmatov]

No,
My MSI tv@nywhere is a hardware MPEG4 cap card, and it was 50 bucks.
It has a silicon tuner with a Conexant something or other, I'd have to look at the book.

[gmatov]

I think I have to amend that. i just went to the site and I can't find "hardware", so I have to guess it is software MPEG 1, 2, 4. I do know it does not give an AVI option in the cap settings. Whether that is good or bad, you judge, if you dont use an avi to mpeg converter, mebbe yes, mebbe no.

[dcsos]

Best analog capture card to my knowledge is called the TARGA 3000
http://www.pinnaclesys.com/ProductPage.asp?Product_ID=91&Langue_ID=7