All-in-wonder purchase help please

[SDR]

I have a 9800 pro AIW at present and am upgrading the system. I think
I want top go PCi-e route but need an AIW card.

I am totally confused about the various X series options now. I need
this as I have a lot of VHS tapes which I need to convert to DVD. Also
I am in UK so PAL is a must.

Any recommendations will be very much appreciated. I want to keep the
spend to the minimum. Incidentally I will be using it with AMD 64
3700+, 1gb memory system.

 

[Tom Scales]

I have a 9800 pro AIW at present and am upgrading the system. I think
I want top go PCi-e route but need an AIW card.

I am totally confused about the various X series options now. I need
this as I have a lot of VHS tapes which I need to convert to DVD. Also
I am in UK so PAL is a must.

Any recommendations will be very much appreciated. I want to keep the
spend to the minimum. Incidentally I will be using it with AMD 64
3700+, 1gb memory system.

If you're upgrading, I'd suggest you separate the output from the input.
Buy a good video card and then buy a Hauppauge PVR-150 card. The AIW are
software encoders and more trouble than they're worth.

 

[Jim Bailey]

Tom - sorry to jump in - but I'm thinking of doing this also. What video
card would you recommend to compliment this ? I have a Dell 24" flat panel
at 1920x1200, a 2.8GHz P4, 1 GB, and I'm not a gamer - I do DB development
but like to occasionaly watch TV while working.

Currently using All InWonder 2006 PCIExpress and it's simply flaky- want to
move away from it to something more stable.

Thanks.

jim

 

[Tom Scales]

Darn near any decent card will work for you. I happened to pick up a nice
nVidia 6600 recently and it works flawlessly on my 1920x1080p LCD panel.

If you want two tuners, go with the Hauppauge PVR-500

Tom

 

[SDR]

If you're upgrading, I'd suggest you separate the output from the input.
Buy a good video card and then buy a Hauppauge PVR-150 card. The AIW are
software encoders and more trouble than they're worth.

I was under the impression that the ATI AIW cards are hardware
encoders as it captures MPEG2 on the fly. For Hauppauge option, is the
250 worth considering? I do not need the 2 tuner 500 option.

Am I correct in saying that these Hauppauge cards can capture from a
Hi8 analogue camcorder using composite leads?

 

[Tom Scales]

I was under the impression that the ATI AIW cards are hardware
encoders as it captures MPEG2 on the fly. For Hauppauge option, is the
250 worth considering? I do not need the 2 tuner 500 option.

Am I correct in saying that these Hauppauge cards can capture from a
Hi8 analogue camcorder using composite leads?

As far as I know, NONE of the AIW have a hardware encoder. Just because it
saves to Mpeg does not mean hardware encoder.

The 250 is fine (I have one), but the 150 is cheaper and a little newer
(read better).

You'd be surprised how many tuners you need. I have 7!

Tom

 

[xmradio]

As far as I know, NONE of the AIW have a hardware encoder. Just because
it saves to Mpeg does not mean hardware encoder.

The 250 is fine (I have one), but the 150 is cheaper and a little newer
(read better).

You'd be surprised how many tuners you need. I have 7!

Tom

I got a 150 happ and the aiw. They both work okay for me. Some differences
between them. The mainconcept software will capture from the happ, but not
my aiw.

I need avi files sometimes. The aiw will capture that, but not the happ.
The other way is to record to my sony camera, it outputs avi. I mostly
capture cable tv stuff. Use it in several editing packages, premiere, edius,
then dvd it.

xman

 

[SDR]

I got a 150 happ and the aiw. They both work okay for me. Some differences
between them. The mainconcept software will capture from the happ, but not
my aiw.

I need avi files sometimes. The aiw will capture that, but not the happ.
The other way is to record to my sony camera, it outputs avi. I mostly
capture cable tv stuff. Use it in several editing packages, premiere, edius,
then dvd it.

xman

Have you captured from an analogue source such as VCR please? If so,
which card, in your opinion, performs better?

 

[xmradio]

Have you captured from an analogue source such as VCR please? If so,
which card, in your opinion, performs better?

No captures from vcrs. Got rid of them a year back.

xman

 

[Gato Loco]

Be warned that if you are going to run XP x64, that ATI software
support for AIW products is non existent. I mention this since you
designated a 64 bit processor. SO capture is a bit tough.

cheers
gato loco