I've found the quality of the PVR250 to be exceptional. I typically record at 720x480 and a low bitrate of around 2mbits... if you up the quality to the maximum of 16mbits, I imagine it'll be stellar.
I didn't find my Hauppauge TV card to have bad quality though, but it was a different model. Aubin On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 12:16:02PM -0400, Jason Tackaberry wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm sure this topic has come up a zillion times, but I thought I'd bring > it to the table again. I've googled for a while and read several > threads, but considering how fast things change, threads from 2002 are > already obsolete. > > I currently have a Hauppauge WinTV PCI card. More and more I am > becoming dissatisfied with the quality of video captured by this card. > Granted it's now a couple of years old. I've been looking at the WinTV > PVR-250/350 because hardware mpeg2 is attractive, but this isn't the > card I want to buy if the analog conversion process hasn't greatly > improved since the WinTV PCI. > > For my purposes I'm not specifically interested in tuner capabilities, > but just video input. So, another option may be a IEEE1394 Analog to DV > converter. These do seem a little costly, though. I'm like to keep > things sub-$200 (USD). > > So I thought I'd put the question out to the Freevo community: what are > your recommendations on a high quality video capture card? Obviously > Linux support is a must. Links to video samples would be most > appreciated too -- I'm especially keen to see high-bitrate captures from > the WinTV PVR-250/350. > > Thanks, > Jason. > > -- > Jason Tackaberry :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: 705-949-2301 x330 > Academic Computing Support Specialist > Information Technology Services > Algoma University College :: www.auc.ca > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email sponsored by: Enterprise Linux Forum Conference & Expo > The Event For Linux Datacenter Solutions & Strategies in The Enterprise > Linux in the Boardroom; in the Front Office; & in the Server Room > http://www.enterpriselinuxforum.com > _______________________________________________ > Freevo-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email sponsored by: Enterprise Linux Forum Conference & Expo The Event For Linux Datacenter Solutions & Strategies in The Enterprise Linux in the Boardroom; in the Front Office; & in the Server Room http://www.enterpriselinuxforum.com _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
