Best video input for hooking up a VCR?

[bluemax]

I have a Radeon VIVO which has plain RCA input buy S-vid + RCA output. I wish it has S-vid *IN*....
Is it really necessary though? Would it improve VCR playback quality? (Or a game system like a Dreamcast?)
I would like to RECORD this input, so good recording in a standard format + compression is a good thing....

I found that the Radeon VIVO had some issues with recording, MPEG2 would not record audio along with the video. Only MPEG1 worked perfectly but that means huge files.


What card/solution would you recommend?

 

[joinT]

i believe there are inherent problems using MPEG2 capture.. why not just use TMPGEnc to convert your MPEG1 files to MPEG2 or SVCD

 

[rbV5]

I wish it has S-vid *IN*....
Is it really necessary though? Would it improve VCR playback quality?

If your VCR has S-video output, it definately makes a difference, but I used the composite input of my Radeon VIVO to capture video for several months in-between different AIW cards and it is definately satifactory for decent captures.

As for the audio issue, your soundcard handles the audio capture not the Radeon card, probably just a driver issue, and I've capped alot of MPEG-2 with my VIVO and AIW cards with very good audio and IQ, infact the new MMC 7.7 offers a SVCD preset that produces compliant SVCD files that burn perfectly in Nero.

Keep your VIVO unless you're not satisfied with its gaming power, its plenty capable of decent captures.

 

[bluemax]

Thanks for your tips, guys. I guess all I need is some decent video editing software.