X-Doug_Graham
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Jul 26, 2003, 4:35 PM
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Re: Video to PC
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: I have a vcr Tape that i want to transfer/edit to either my home pc which runs Windows 98......or my Dell laptop or Tosh Laptop which both run Windows XP....can anyone tell me what the best way to do this would be.......what hardware/software would i need!!!
Depends on your computer. Some display cards have a "TV In" port which allows you to play video directly on your computer, and should also allow you to capture the video in MPEG-1 format to your hard drive. This isn't real great quality, but it's cheap. Windows XP includes a basic video editing program, "MovieMaker 2".
A better way is to convert the video to DV digital format. This can be done by passing it through a DV camcorder and from there to the computer via a Firewire (IEEE 1394) connection. If your computer doesn't have Firewire, you can buy an inexpensive card for the purpose.
If you don't have a DV camcorder, you can buy an analog to digital converter box, such as one of the Canopus ADVC series.
For an all in one solution, Canopus sells a couple of DV capture cards which can also capture analog video. One is the fairly expensive real time DV Storm 2, the other is a less expensive ADVCIO (?) card, with bundled Vegas editing software.
When editing DV, the other thing you need, besides the Firewire card, is a lot of disk space. Add a second hard drive, or an external drive, with at least 30GB of capacity, preferably more.
A good source of info, as well as fair prices and good selection of video editing products, is http://www.videoguys.com
Regards,
Doug Graham
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