Originally posted by: fwibbler
It needs to capture at full DVD resolution and in AVI format. New capture cards will, but the rest of your PC must be pretty fast or you will get dropped frames (esp. CPU and hard drive).
Originally posted by: fwibbler
...but I have the LD player and I have the time, and as this is something that I have an interest in, I'd like to have a go myself and see what results I can get.
Welcome aboard!It needs to capture at full DVD resolution and in AVI format. New capture cards will, but the rest of your PC must be pretty fast or you will get dropped frames (esp. CPU and hard drive).
Originally posted by: fwibbler
I don't like the idea of a card like the Hauppauge PVRs that only capture in MPEG as I want to convert the NTSC footage to PAL format which will require a re-encode (and thus more loss of detail). I'd agree that capturing to AVI (huffyuv or mjpeg) is preferable; but why would you want to convert NTSC to PAL? Most European DVD players will play NTSC just fine.
Originally posted by: fwibbler
I know I could probably get a better quality film if I bought one from someone here who has already done the work and with better Equipment than I have here (Pioneer CLD925)...
You can't get a better PAL player than the D925! (Well, maybe the 2950, but that's up for debate...)I don't like the idea of a card like the Hauppauge PVRs that only capture in MPEG as I want to convert the NTSC footage to PAL format which will require a re-encode (and thus more loss of detail). I'd agree that capturing to AVI (huffyuv or mjpeg) is preferable; but why would you want to convert NTSC to PAL? Most European DVD players will play NTSC just fine.
Originally posted by: fwibbler
Cards i've already tried are:
ATI All-In-Wonder 9600XT - This worked fine except would only capture in Black and White via the S-Video input.
ATI All-In-Wonder 9800SE - Same problem as above which is really annoying as the picture quality was quite good, as above. TBH this sounds more like a PAL/NTSC format mixup than a problem with the cards.
Originally posted by: fwibbler
MSI TV @nywhere Master - This worked fine but the picture quality wasn't really good enough (it's only a cheapish card) even through S-video.
My card is about the cheapest you can get (OK it doesn't have a tuner, which is one of the reasons why it's so cheap) but I'm happy with the results I'm getting so far.Cards i've already tried are:
ATI All-In-Wonder 9600XT - This worked fine except would only capture in Black and White via the S-Video input.
ATI All-In-Wonder 9800SE - Same problem as above which is really annoying as the picture quality was quite good, as above. TBH this sounds more like a PAL/NTSC format mixup than a problem with the cards.
Originally posted by: fwibbler
MSI TV @nywhere Master - This worked fine but the picture quality wasn't really good enough (it's only a cheapish card) even through S-video.
Originally posted by: fwibbler
I know I could probably get a better quality film if I bought one from someone here who has already done the work and with better Equipment than I have here (Pioneer CLD925)...
Originally posted by: fwibbler
...but I have the LD player and I have the time, and as this is something that I have an interest in, I'd like to have a go myself and see what results I can get.