GeForce3 is a good choice for capture?

[carmo2]

Hi, I want to convert my VHS movies to AVI or VCD but i want a good GPU for games. With Asus GeForce 3 Ti200 Deluxe can i get good results capturing? I don't need something professional but quality is always good.

Thank's for any kind of help.

[Cleoo]

Hi.
I don't have a Geforce3, however, I do have an Asus V6600 256 Deluxe. I've used the included Asuslive capture program.

Using the Asus Video 2.0 to capture, set at level 9-highest quality. It saves in an AVI that is not blocky. Only after using TMPGenc to encode to VCD in MPEG-1 format does it reveal some blockiness.

I must note that when I was capturing old home videos on Betamax, I had different framerates than what I had indicated--29.97 fps. I'm sure it had to do with the fact that the Betamax tape I was capturing was crinkled severely, causing the capture to be varied.

I had capture framerates of 29.45-29.96 fps.

I couldn't JOIN AVI's with different framerates. I did convert them to VCD-Compliant MPEG-1, then JOINED them. That worked and I did not have any audio being out of sync.

However, when I converted the JOINED MPEG, with the suggested Template settings for VCD, I ended up with blockiness on some portions of the JOINED MPEG, which had low fps.

Hope some of this helps.