Upgrading - need a new capture device

[kpic]

Am upgrading my entire rig and I think I will finally dump my Canopus MVR 1000 as I think I will be moving to Vista (I love the card but I am sure the capturing software with it will not work with Vista, my new board will have one PCI slot so I could physically use the card but as I said I do not think the software will run with Vista). For those unfamiliar with the card it is a PCI internal card that converts real time MPEG2.

So I'm looking around for new options, I am quite familiar working with MPEG files and my usual workflow would go like this capture to MVR using composite at a very high bitrate and then convert down to usable MPEG2 using Procoder 3.

I have looked around and cannot find a (reasonable priced) MPEG2 capture device? I do see some Canopus items such as Twinpact 100, ADVC 300 that are breakout boxes and then capture via firewire to the computer in DV format. Are there other options? BTW those are around my price range I wish to spend maximum.

I have never worked in DV format, will I be able to take the DV format and convert to MPEG2 using Procoder? I do not see any software that comes with these devices so how do you view the item being captured?

I think those are the only questions for now? Thanks!

[themaster1]

Lots of softwares designed for Xp also work with Vista in my experience."Try first then buy" is my advice

[johns0]

Lots of softwares designed for Xp also work with Vista in my experience."Try first then buy" is my advice

Wont work if the op is going to vista 64.What i did was buy a dvd recorder and gave up my capture cards.

[edDV]

A simple phone call to Canopus (now part of Grass Valley).

[kpic]

Shot an email to GV, but I am not hopeful as I found the Japanese site (they have been using the MVR\MTV series longer than USA) and they do not have Vista support for it.

I want more control than a DVD recorder, as these will be edited further. The OS will be Vista 32 not 64.

[disturbed1]

I have looked around and cannot find a (reasonable priced) MPEG2 capture device? I do see some Canopus items such as Twinpact 100, ADVC 300 that are breakout boxes and then capture via firewire to the computer in DV format. Are there other options? BTW those are around my price range I wish to spend maximum.
I think those are the only questions for now? Thanks!

The ADVC 300 might be the best bet with it's image processing and semi-functional TBC. Considering you are re-encoding the captures from the MVR, the ADVC 300 with ProCoder, should give you better quality. If not, at the minimum the same quality. You'll also have far more options to control, capture, and edit with the ADVC 300.

The problem with capture cards, there really is only 2 current levels -> Inexpensive consumer stuff, and extremely high priced pro stuff. The ADVC 300 is about the only product that currently fits somewhere in between. Not many worthy products in the $200-$1,000. Plenty of toys and TV Tuners, not much else.

My advice is, there is no reason to fix what is not broken What is keeping you from putting Windows XP on your new build?

[SHS]

Man I wouldn't waste my time with the Vista carp if you was smart you would go to Windows 7.
Canopus aka now Grass Valley only has a small hand full device like 3 or 4 device in all that even support 64 bit OS

I have looked around and cannot find a (reasonable priced) MPEG2 capture device

As disturbed1 said there nothing somewhere in between any more

None of the Canopus/Grass Valley USB or Firewire maybe or maybe not work there base on 32bit OS
Try the forum
http://ediusforum.grassvalley.com/forum/

[kpic]

Yes, I have noticed in just looking around there is no more "middle ground" hardware like we used to have. I found the ADVC 300 prior to you posting and then I saw you mentioned it as well so I think that is the way I'm heading.

Thanks!

[SHS]

kpic take look at this
http://ediusforum.grassvalley.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4238

[edDV]

The software is only for remote control, the video output is normal DV via Firewire (no driver required).

The ADVC-300 has manual controls as well. Check the instructions. There has never been MAC OSX software remote control. The Mac people just use the front panel buttons.

Win7 Pro has an XP compatability emulation that may work. You can also run XP as a virtual machine.

[johns0]

The software is only for remote control, the video output is normal DV via Firewire (no driver required).

The ADVC-300 has manual controls as well. Check the instructions. There has never been MAC OSX software remote control. The Mac people just use the front panel buttons.

Win7 Pro has an XP compatability emulation that may work. You can also run XP as a virtual machine.

What i read is you have to buy windows 7 pro edition for the xp emulation feature.