by iamaboringperson on 2006/8/6 20:45:58 I'm wish to transferu analogue home movies to DVD (and other digital formats) for preservation. I was going to by a video capture card for my x86/Win machine. Then I thought that I've owned a computer (A4000T) that was basically marketed as a video production workstation for the past 8 years. It would be nice to use that for video capture instead.
I would love to see everyone owns one A4000 with magicboxs doing that. Ah, I love those ancient Genlock nights.
But reality is, insisting on that idea today would be ridiculous, and mind you, I adore Amiga.
I use both Mac and PC for the job, also , sometimes in flash use my JVC line DVD-Recorder.
For straight DVD there is no more charming way then Final Cut Pro on Mac.
But PC with AviSynth and Gordian is untouchable power.
I belong to LD generation of users, and DVD never impressed me because resolution benefits where almost nonexistent + all other problems DVD brought. But that is another story.
This is Amiga forum, power computing, that involves some learning as well. I don't see any reason why you should employ MPEG2 idea, when you can transfer your analog video tapes, once captured in MPEG2 in XVID/DiVX. With decent know-how , after you see the results, you will postpone DVD idea soon. Unless naturally, when you are passing your camera recordings and then obviously want best you can get. Sadly in 2006's consumers sphere. DVD would fit that bill.
Armed with Gordian and AviSynth on PC (with a few well shaped scripts for AVI ) for everything else XVID results will make you more then happy.
As said earlier about ATI AIW, I would advise to stay away from the same. I have on my PC also AIW. Yes it is great card. But ATI has very sneaky Macromedia protection that creates too many bad things for too many people. There a few utils to make this go away , but it behaves differently with associated machines/OS setups. There are army of people on AIW forums who swear never to even consider AIW again, because of this.
Terratrec is a great choice reflecting value and great stability.
Like with ATI, on same VHS tapes you could have problems with dropouts and unless you have some decent S-VHS with TBC, you might get in trouble with spoiled babies like AIW.
Older then 1994. VHS models have no problem with Macromedia, and they shape rock sold output. Ironically, execution of parts and proper mechanic makes this bitter taste when compared with present offer. JVC capture cards have TBC implemented onboard and they cost reasonably.
If you are planing upgrade of your PC anytime soon, you could also consider AVIVO cards.
As said earlier Pinnacle might be elemental in many departments, particularly if I think about Premiere. But if you are a complete beginner, simple and comfortable timeline of Pinnacle for basic MPEG2 editing and creating DVD is a good choice.
There are soo many things to be sad more, but this be all from me.
PC programs like Gordian, VirtualDub combined with AviSynth should particularly appeal to Amiga video power users, because they are in essence very much what Amiga is.
Extracting every bit of power from the machine...and authors of these programs offer presently the best available tools for the job. Sure, they are not easy for beginners, but once you master you way, you are in charge of best there is.
With so many tutorials and forums, learning is really more motivation then burden. After that coding becomes addictive
:-P
