Capture Cards for PC

[technicolour]

Yo Funky dudes,

Ive been asking a few questions about PC based editing on some other forums but I reckoned this would be a good place to come, mainly because its not full of old guys. Basically Id like to know of a good cheap analogue capture card that I could use to transfer super 8 film footage from VHS tape onto PC, which would make editing films so much easier. Ive seen firewire/Dv cards at the sort of money id like to pay but I dont have a digital camcorder, I can however send films off for telecine then copy them onto pc using my VCR.

anyway, hope someone can help

(PS) anyone know how mark "mods" tremors film is going? [img]graemlins/film.gif[/img] [img]redface.gif[/img]

[reel2reel]

I cut my teeth with a Pinnacle DC10+, they are currently available for about ?100. The board can capture video from composite/svhs(up to and including full screen PAL 768/576) and output to tape.The editing program which is included is basic but very good, you can edit in premiere with the captured video then output from the card by using the pinnacle codec to render your project.
Alternatively you can save your project as an AVI and encode VCD's SVCD's. It would be prudent to visit the Pinnacle website before making a purchase as the card has compatability problems with some motherboards.The box merely comes marked "PC Compatible"!

[eddie]

yep, pinnacle dc10 or dc30 is a great card.

[wahiba]

All in Wonder Pro Card works fine in analogue. ATIs might be available relatively cheaply, the latest Radeon version is quite pricey.

As for editing, EditStudio from Puremotion is the best of the budget brigade. Often promoted on magazine disks.

[anasazi]

I agree... The 'ATI All In Wonder' card is a very good one for anaolgue stuff. I used to shoot early movies on Super8 and this is the capture card I used.

Just make sure to have a lot of RAM for cutting and a fast processor to play edited movies to record onto VHS or it will **** and freeze all over the place.

The card as Composite Video/Sound in and out as well as SuperVHS. Its also pretty good for digital stuff (not firewire but using the composite cables) so its a great card to have.

Hope it helps.

[Curtin-Parloe]

Ah, the pinnacle DC10+...

A quick story..

I got my DC10+ and used it on my admittedly **** PC. I got an upgrade last month, a lovely fast one with... Windows XP [img]eek.gif[/img] (cue dah dah dummmmm music)
Of course I didn't realise that the DC10 wouldn't work on XP without version 7 of studio.

Checking it out everywhere, I decided that ?80 was to much for me to afford after my PC splashout, and tearfully waved adieu to my guerilla filmmaking [img]graemlins/cry.gif[/img]

But then, from the unlikeliest of sources, I found Studio 7 in PC World for ?30 quid!

I'm back!

Paul

[generation_sam]

For the last couple of years I've been editing with Pinnacle DC 30+ capture cards and premier 6.0. I'm now selling 2 of my DC 30+ cards. I'm accepting offers of around ?75 each (the cards were origionally bought for near ?500 each). The advantage of the DC 30+ over DC 10+ being that the CD 30+ has full editing capability and playback in Adobe premier timeline with specific premier drivers and transitions. The DC 30+ also has audio in and out connecters for perfect a/v sync when capturing.

[Littlerich]

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Immortal: Do you still have a capture card left? I am interested in buying it if you do...

Does is only take DV in, or will it take analogue as well? (Don't have DV at the moment...)
Also, I see you're from Cambridge!
Are you someone I know? E-mail me soon, and I can speak to you about those cards!