New Subscriber, Probably an Video Old Question ...

Sat, 13 Dec 2003 19:01:30 -0800

Dear PCI Mac Owners:

Bear with me ... this is my first use of your system ...

I have a PowerPC 8500/180 with the following specs (I actually have a second 8500/120, with other specs for a Music Studio Application ... later on that):

IN-HOUSE MAC PowerPC 8500/180

Sonnet Crescendo G4/450/225/1MB
OS X 10.2.8
512MB RAM
Sonnet Tempo Trio FW400/ATA133/USB2
        Pioneer DVR-106D in OWC FW/USB External Case (as FW)
        Verbatim 32x12x40x CDRW in a PiranhaTech Oxford 911 FW External
        2 Internal Seagate ATA/100 Hardrives, Both Masters
        Kensington USB StudioMouse
        Kodak USB 6-in-1 Card Reader
        Lexmark USB Z13 Inkjet
Internal SCSI/other
        No SCSI Harddrives
        8x CDROM
        Iomega Zip 100
        Floppy Drive (OS 9.1 Only)
External SCSI
        UMAX Astra 2400S run with VueScan
ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Edition
        SONY G420
Sound Out: Altec Lansing Speakers (Base plus 2 Satellites) (OS X)
                     AV: Composite RCA / S-Video I/O (OS 9.1 only)
ADB Keyboard and Mouse

I'm trying to capture Video from a VCR, and have resorted to restarting in OS 9.1 and am trying to use BTV Pro 5.4.1 via my built-in AV unit.

What is the best I can hope for as far as quality is concerned? Any suggestions for capture parameter selection to help speed up my learning curve?

I looked at Miglia's AlchemyTV DVR, but they said it wouldn't work in my "unsupported" machine. Any other PCI cards, or external devices that might be better than the on-board unit via OS 9.1? Or is my 33MHz PCI bus just going to be a bottleneck, no matter what (FW, USB, etc) ?

Any tips and insights welcomed ...

I'm really liking OS X ...

Thanks for your notice,

Regards,

Billy C.


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