Hi,
I'm finally getting around to finalizing my PVR setup and my next part
of the project is to pick the best analog capture option out of the
hardware I already have available. I figured I'd try to capture
similar material with each option and then review the results.
However, I thought I'd throw a note out first to see if anybody has
already done the work for me :-) . I've looked around in the archive,
but I couldn't find answers to the types of questions I have.
My goal is to do analog captures of various programs to be archived.
I noticed that everybody seems to be using mpeg2 cards these days for
analog capture, but isn't that a big quality cut? especially for
material that should really be run through an inverse telecine filter
before encoding?
If I'll be using a card without mpeg2 hardware compression, is there
any card that really has a better Y/C filter than my good ol' JVC VCR?
Also, since I'll be capping from a cable box for the time being, has
anybody evaluated the Y/C filter on the motorola 6200 boxes? That has
an S-Video out. The firewire output of the 6200 on analog stations
seems to be pretty ugly (all kinds of block artifacts).
I've just got a really big matrix of things to check out in the
equipment I already own:
Capture Cards:
Mjpeg Hardware :
G400-TV
G400 + RR
Iomega Buz
No Hardware Compression
saa7133 based card
cx88 based card on hd-3000
Cable Video Source path
RF in from cable box
Composite from cable box
S-Vid from cable box
Composite from VCR
S-Vid from VCR
Thanks for any suggestions,
Jean
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