capture issues -DV to Mpeg

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Hello

I have a P4 1,6Ghz, 512 MB ram, geForce-2 MX/MX 400 and winXP pro.

I would like to ask you something. Perhaps someone had the same question in the past but I thing this issue is always in great interest.

I have a DV camcorder. Untill today I was capturing through Adobe Premier or other programs in DV avi format receiving huge avi files. Can I capture directly in mpeg 1 or 2 ? I know that perhaps I will have dropping frames and CPU isn't fast enough for such a hard work. My CPU is good enough for this work ? also what I have to do to capture directly in mpeg from a DV (Firewire- IEEE 1394) ? should I buy a mpeg card or something to have the best quality and to avoid problems (droping frames etc) ? Also which software support direct mpeg capture from a DV camcorder through firewire ?

thanks

[Hiei]

Your CPU is fast enough for capture. how fast is your Harddrive 5,400 or 7,200 udma 66,100 or 133. I recomend you to capture to avi and them convert to mpeg because when you capture to mpeg on the fly you loss quality and if you want to edit and re-encode you lost quality.


encode direct to avi and from premiere frameserve to tmpeg.

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this is what i'm asking about. Do I need a mpeg card or any other hardware to capture with no loss in quality directly to mpeg or this system is good enough for such a work ? (my disk is 40GB 7200 ata 100).
And something else If i have a 30-40 minutes DV avi movie (some GB data file) how much time it takes to convert it in SVCD format (or in mpeg1 file) with this system ? do i need an mpeg card ?

[Hiei]

Forget the mpeg card .encoding 30-40 min DV avi in Tmpeg 2 pass, standard SVCD template is about 2 hours..