You might want to look at some cards that use same chipset as PVR250. Hauppauge seems to be pricey with their cards. You might be able to get same thing for less $$.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Aubin Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 10:39 AM Subject: Re: [Freevo-users] Highest quality video capture card > 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 ------------------------------------------------------- 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
