hardware for Video Editing

[andrewln]

Hello..i'm planning to do some video editing and i need an encoder card

i will be doing analogs (from camcorders) and digitals (dv, firewire)
i don't have firewire for my computer so I appenetly need a card is video in and firewire

my pc specs are:
Amd Athlon 1Ghz
512MB 266mhzDDR cas#2
Maxtor 60GB HD7200rpm (HDTach - avg 42MB/sec)
WD 160GB HD 7200rpm with 8mb of cache (HDTach - avg 49MB/sec)
Geforce 4 MX

I will like to covert my analogs and digitals to at least Mpeg 1 (vcd) quality to about MPEG2 quality
will i see any drop frames on my analogs? which card is the best bet for me?

my budget is about $100 (max $120)
i found Leadtek DV2000 pretty neat. Comes with firewire, 10bit encoding, etc
or is there a better card more suitable for me?
do i need a mpeg encoder chip? (since my CPU is quiet weak)

Thank you
Andrew Lin

 

[andrewln]

help =\

 

[andrewln]

bump?

 

[lifeguard1999]

The Leadtek DV200 is a good card to use. I have an older ATI TV Wonder, which I would recommend against due to poor driver support from ATI. ATI is more interested in supporting their All in Wonder cards than their TV cards. Still, the ATI card works for me.

As for dropped frames, make sure your two disk drives are on separate IDE channels. Record the video to your non-O.S. hard drive. I have found I tend to have fewer dropped frames that way. Also, I tend to experience dropped frames at the beginning of the capture and very few if any after the first couple of seconds.

I run with a 1.46 GHz tualatin.

 

[andrewln]

ahh...thanx
the the ati one have firewire? or mpeg encoder chips?

 

[AnitaPeterson]

ADS USB Instant DVD+DV is the answer to all your needs...

 

[andrewln]

wow that is some neat stuff..the the price range is not within my budget =/

 

[GullyFoyle]

Those are pretty tight requirements, that budget and that weak system. But you can do it!

Analog: ADS DVD Xpress Video Editor, Model: USBAV701 $99.99 at Circuit City
Digital : $20 for a firewire card from the vendor of your choice for DV.

You can get fantastic quality analog captures if you have USB2. Otherwise, you can still get better than VCD quality.
The DV stuff will look fine too, but your transcoding time from DV to MPEG could be a biatch.

 

[andrewln]

Cool, thanx
i'll check some stores here for some CND prices. (Canada)

does 10 bit encoding and 9 bit encoding make a huge difference..?
leadtek is 10 bit...the ads dvd xpress is 9 bit

 

[GullyFoyle]

I don't think the difference between 9 and 10 bit will be as apparent as the difference between being able to capture at full DVD quality with the ADS Xpress vs. half that with the Leadtek, because your machine can't keep up.

 

[andrewln]

ah ok..
thankx for the replies...

more suggestions/comments are still welcome =)