VHS to computer MPEG/DVD...etc...

[TaeKwonDoDo 0]

I have some video taken of a few of my dives.

What do I need to take the video and capture it onto my computer?

TIA,

- Jeff

"That's not flying, it's falling with style."

[Casch 0]

You'll need a video capture card. My Nvidia Geforce 4 TI-4600 video card has both input and output jacks, so I can capture video from tape, edit it digitally and put it back on tape if I want to, or VCD, whatever.

[bch7773 0]

or you need a capture device... you can buy em at best buy and similar places for around $50 to $100. I have one, it works alright, but not all video editing programs will accept video from a USB line.

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or you need a capture device... you can buy em at best buy and similar places for around $50 to $100. I have one, it works alright, but not all video editing programs will accept video from a USB line.

A USB vidcap device should come with editing software. I got a used one and downloaded everything I needed from the mfr's website.

A capture card is indeed more elegant, but is also much more expensive.

You'll need a CPU running 500 Mhz or higher in any case; vidcap is processor-intensive.

mh

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[CrazyIvan 0]

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I have some video taken of a few of my dives.

What do I need to take the video and capture it onto my computer?

TIA,

- Jeff

A video capture card will do the trick, but they are expensive, you have cheaper alternatives such as USB devices for example (like this one), which is great if you have WinXP (you can capture using MovieMaker which is part of the OS), also WinME.

Also, Video capture cards (PCI based) are also cheap and very good, you can look at the ATI-TV Wonder VE which goes for ~$40

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