Help needed in capturing wedding video

[funkmaste]

I need assistance in determining what video capture card I will need to get for my AMD 1.2Ghz, 256Mb system. I have a wedding video on VHS video that I need to capture on computer, edit with effects and titling and then put it back onto VCR or CD. Video editting firms are charging ridiculous prices here ! I plan to purchase a video camera (possibly digital) in the next few months.

What card would give me the best results without being too expensive and also be able to capture analog and digital signals?

Thanks for your help!

[moog]

Start here http://www.videoguys.com (This is a business, so shop around for prices) but they have good articles to begin.

Plenty of cheap ones, Dazzle for example.
I have Pinnacle 500plus which is analog and digital. Around 680. Keeps coming down. You may also find cheaper. You must look around. You shouldn't buy this in 1 weekend if you are new to this. Too much to consider. Your CPU and Ram looks good for rendering. So Real Time Effects could be possible. Many cards come with Adobe or other editing software.
Keep in mind you are getting both analog digital so choices are limited in low price range. It took me at least a month of research to see what I wanted and I am still having second thoughts. Get a second drive too.

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[Riot_Inc]

What moog said was pretty accurate, think about it and look around because most likely, what you buy now, its' price will plummet somewhere else or will be lowered the next week (i had to learn that the hard way).

With that system, i don't think you'll have to buy a second drive, just yet, though. unless you have a small hard drive, but i'm guessing you have at least a 40GB, 60GB, or 80Gb hard drive... right? not right?

[Tommy]

You might want to consider a second drive anyway. Its nice to have a clean non-system drive to capture on to. Also the original harddrive that came with the computer may or may not be fast enough. When I picked up my computer the harddrive was big but it wasen't especially fast.

[moog]

Good rule of thumb, keeps programs separate from the heavy duty editing work. At least partition the drive if you can't afford a second drive.

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