Video capture card recommendations

[Loring Hutchinson]

I am getting set up on my computer to convert my Camcorder tape
collection to DVD's. I have a P4 computer with 256 MB of RAM, Win XP
HE, 2 hard drives, (one 40 GB and one 80 GB) a new Pioneer CD burner,
both Nero and Ulead software. My next step is to purchase a video
capture card. I had a bad experience with an el cheapo Video capture
card, (lip sync problems) and when I went to the manufacturers web
page in hopes of downloading an instruction manual, they didn't have
one. (This was an ATI product) I returned that video capture card and
got my money back.

Looking for recommendations from those of you that have walked this
trail before me on video capture cards, the good ones and the ones to
stay away from.

TIA Loring H

A post thought. My camcorder is an older one that is analog, not
digital. Is that going to be a factor in my video capture card
selection?

 

[decoder]

I am getting set up on my computer to convert my Camcorder tape
collection to DVD's. I have a P4 computer with 256 MB of RAM, Win XP

(Also Your PC's FSB is critical for successful analog capture)

HE, 2 hard drives, (one 40 GB and one 80 GB) a new Pioneer CD burner,
both Nero and Ulead software. My next step is to purchase a video
capture card. I had a bad experience with an el cheapo Video capture
card, (lip sync problems) and when I went to the manufacturers web
page in hopes of downloading an instruction manual, they didn't have
one. (This was an ATI product) I returned that video capture card and
got my money back.

Looking for recommendations from those of you that have walked this
trail before me on video capture cards, the good ones and the ones to
stay away from.

TIA Loring H

A post thought. My camcorder is an older one that is analog, not
digital. Is that going to be a factor in my video capture card
selection?

For analog I would opt for an external USB hardware encoding capture
device from the likes of Pinnacle, Hauppauge etc.

 

[Loring Hutchinson]

What do you mean by my "PC's FSB"?

(Also Your PC's FSB is critical for successful analog capture)


For analog I would opt for an external USB hardware encoding capture
device from the likes of Pinnacle, Hauppauge etc.

 

[decoder]

What do you mean by my "PC's FSB"?

FSB = Front side bus
Audio capture/formats are easy enough for most PC's
But, video capture is CPU and Memory intensive, in
such conditions as real time video capture, hi-spec PC's
depend on efficient FSB for all the hardware to
function without glitch:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_side_bus

http://www.thetechdictionary.com/term/fsb_(front_side_bus)