jfweber@bellsouth.net wrote:
Yeah, I know it's a wide stretch there, but there are two different projects going on, one would be a "kiddie" semi solution and the other would be a more "grown up solution.. <g> I need to be able to setup video transfer form analog ( old tape) .. editing is easy enough, The kiddie solution will be analog ( hi 8 tapes) until the price for digital stuff drops into kiddie range.. I mean, it's a bit pricey still , to find, perhaps in the fish bowl or terrarium , or the dogs dinner dish, or his bed , for that matter.. Cinelera looks pretty spiffy for serious work ... confusing to start , perhaps but ultimate usefulness should be worth the time... I hope it doesn't die before it's fully useful..
Okay, I can chime in with some (not-so)-successful news. . . . I'm trying to do the same thing - transfer VHS tape to digital, then burn DVDs, VCDs, SVCDs, what have you. Using a Pinnacle DC10+, and a (admittedly old) ProAudio Spectrum sound card. On a 500 MHz PIII I can do 320 x 240 wonderfully. Scaling up to, say, 640 x 480 results in dropped frames, losing sound sync, what have you. So, you say, what about other machines? On a 1.8 GHz P4, 1G memory, I can get 720 x 576 great, but the sound continues to be a problem. (Dang, no ISA slots for the PAS16 .....). Tried it with both a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz and a (vanilla, I think) SB PCI16. I've yet to sort out the sound errors with either card. But, I think it's definitely doable, and just takes a little more time and tweaking. Hard drive speed also needs to be adequate - 7200 rpm. Here's some further poking around to do: - The SuSE module(s) never worked for me, but following this link http://www.cicese.mx/~mirsev/Linux/DC10plus/ did. - Use lavtools. Works great. I've had success viewing with xawtv, also, but KWinTV bombs. - I agree, Cinelerra looks great. I've also played with MainActor, but not enough yet to decide whether I'd use it or not. - search the list archives (I probably have the message saved somewhere, and will dig it out if you need it) for a subject "Video Capture Suggestions" sometime back (late 2001, early 2002). Lots of good info there as well. So, post back if you want/need more info. This is something I'm d*mned determined to do SANS Winblows. Rich