Video Capture

[psp83]

Hi,

I'm looking at buying a video capture device sometime soon as i wanted to get some video from old vhs tapes.

Just wondering if anyone got some tips about what one to get etc.

Regards,
Paul

[drummer]

Hauppage kit usually gets rave reviews and, having seen a VHS-DVD conversion, it is pretty impressive.

http://www.hauppauge.co.uk/pages/products/prods_pvr.html

PS - Are you the psp83 that partook in the MaxDSL trials with Tisc***?

[Odos]

I've been using a Hauppauge PVR250 PCI card for years, it's still going strong. Like all vid capture hardware I've looked at, it can be a little quirky to use, but once set up it's just a case of put the vhs tape in your player and hit play then hit record on your desktop.

One thing I will say, is that I believe it's best to capture ( in mpeg2 format ) your video first and then author your actual DVD afterwards. I've tried some all-in-one-go solutions and found they didn't give the same quality. Though of course your never going to get dvd quality from vhs anyway 

Cheers
  Tony

[psp83]

Hauppage kit usually gets rave reviews and, having seen a VHS-DVD conversion, it is pretty impressive.

http://www.hauppauge.co.uk/pages/products/prods_pvr.html

PS - Are you the psp83 that partook in the MaxDSL trials with Tisc***?

Thanks, i'll take a look at that one.

Yeah i'm that psp83
As soon as andy left, none of the problems got looked at or fixed so i left after being stuck on speeds less than 512k 24/7

Though of course your never going to get dvd quality from vhs anyway 

Not really worried about the quality, Its only for a website we're building.

Regards,
Paul