Moth3r,
Thank you very much for your response. It is appreciated.
Ya know, this all started because I was watching my 1997 Star Wars Trilogy SE 5 Star Edition DVD's (yes, I actually have a set) and I thought wow, these could look better than they do and I have the basic materials to do it but how.
Regarding video capture cards....I realize there is probably personal preference involved....what should I consider within a reasonable budget?
My PC specs..........
[ EVEREST Home Edition (c) 2003-2005 Lavalys, Inc. ]
Version EVEREST v2.20.405 Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.1.2600 (WinXP Retail) Date 2010-02-05 Time 11:17
[ Summary ]
Computer: Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional OS Service Pack Service Pack 3
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Motherboard: CPU Type AMD Athlon XP, 2200 MHz (11 x 200) 3200+
Motherboard Name Asus A7V600 (6 PCI, 1 AGP, 1 WiFi, 3 DDR DIMM, Audio, Gigabit LAN) Motherboard Chipset VIA VT8377 Apollo KT600 System Memory 2048 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM) BIOS Type Award Modular (06/28/05) Communication Port Communications Port (COM1) Communication Port Communications Port (COM2) Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)
Display: Video Adapter ATI Radeon 9550 / X1050 Series Secondary (256 MB) Video Adapter ATI Radeon 9550 / X1050 Series (256 MB) 3D Accelerator ATI Radeon 9550 (RV350)
Monitor Plug and Play Monitor [NoDB]
Multimedia: Audio Adapter E-MU 0202 | USB Audio Adapter Playback through TotalRecorder Audio Adapter Total Recorder virtual device.
Storage: IDE Controller (VT3149)VIA Serial ATA DMA Controller IDE Controller VIA Bus Master Ultra ATA Controller
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive WDC WD32 00JB-00KFA0 USB Device (298 GB, USB)
Disk Drive WDC WD800JB-00FSA0 (74 GB, IDE)
Disk Drive WDC WD800JB-00JJC0 (74 GB, IDE)
Disk Drive WD My Book USB Device (698 GB, USB)
Optical Drive ATAPI iHAP322 8
Optical Drive LITE-ON DVD SOHD-16P9S (16x/48x DVD-ROM)
C: (NTFS) 76308 MB (13506 MB free)
D: (NTFS) 76316 MB (18603 MB free)
G: (NTFS) 305242 MB (78747 MB free)
H: (NTFS) 715402 MB (380294 MB free)
Total Size 1145.8 GB (479.6 GB free)
I just wanted to provide as many relevant tech specs as possible.