Originally posted by: gsellis
Yes, if you have another digital camera, it may allow pass-through conversion to digital. That may be setting in the camera menu.
I deal with the uncheap end, so not too much help. Kworld has some really cheap stuff at Newegg, etc. I have a All-In-Wonder, which works OK. BUT, you can get packages that include a PCI card, Pinnacle, for as low as $99 including the editing and author software.
Not really. With any Pinnacle software, anything ending in .0 will have bugs. V10 has a new bug fix which clears it up. Version 9.x (9.4?) was very stable. Version 8.0 sucked, but version 8.1+ was good.Originally posted by: Golgatha
Originally posted by: gsellis
Yes, if you have another digital camera, it may allow pass-through conversion to digital. That may be setting in the camera menu.
I deal with the uncheap end, so not too much help. Kworld has some really cheap stuff at Newegg, etc. I have a All-In-Wonder, which works OK. BUT, you can get packages that include a PCI card, Pinnacle, for as low as $99 including the editing and author software.
Pinnacle software is the biggest POS you can lay your hands on. Search around the net if you don't believe this ex-user.
There is no spyware in Studio. There is a component that checks registration (Hollywood FX). There is another component that does not work if there is a port blocked, but that is not evidence of spyware.Originally posted by: AnitaPeterson
Screw Pinnacle and theyr buggy, spyware-infested crap.
I've only good experiences with a piece of hardware called ADS Instant DVD 2.0... the hardware encoding is comparable with set-top recorders, and you have much more flexibility in tweaking the image.
The original question was how to store on HD. My advice: hard drives are the worst place to store/archive video. DV quality video will take up 13GB of HD space for each hour of footage, and hard drives do fail. Use your hard drives for temporary capture and editing. Tape is still the best medium for "permanent" storage.