Best Software/Hardware for converting to MPEG

[Tanner]

Purpose: converting VHS, DVD, Hi8, and other formats to MPEG to shoot through a projector run w/ MediaShout

Needs:

Software to cut, slice, dice, whatever you do w/ video and compress it to MPEG


Hardware to import the various formats into the PC.


So, which card/software is the most cost/effecient for these purposes?

Thank you video gurus! I appreciate your input and value your knowledge!

 

[IceNineJon]

Here's what I do...not sure if this is the best way though:

Capture your video, edit it in Premiere, Final Cut, AVID, whatever, output to AVI and send it through TMPGEnc.

 

[modedepe]

A leadtek winfast tv2000 xp for around $50 is pretty good for the price for capturing video.

 

[Tanner]

so is IceNineJon got a good idear there or what? I think it sounds good....

modedepe I think that I'm leanin' toward the leadtek for the capture...

does anyone know what kinda inputs are on the leadtek?

thx!

 

[Tanner]

anyone else have any other idears recommendations?

 

[IceNineJon]

Silence is consent under the law .

 

[Tanner]

heheheh

thx

 

[AnitaPeterson]

hmm.... judging from the username, we have a(nother) Depeche Mode lover in here...

I'd buy the USB Instant DVD 2.0... If I had the money.

Otherwise, people seem to be raving about the capture quality of the ASUS TV Tuner.

 

[Tanner]

thx for the info!

 

[AnitaPeterson]

keep us informed, come back and post about what you got and if you're pleased with it, to round things up nicely

 

[nimo]

Well I can't afford the best so I don't look
but a good place to start is the matrox rtX100
If that?s out of your budget go for the rtX10