Video Capture

[crxrocks]

I have a bunch of 8mm videos I need to convert to DVD and was looking at some video capture cards. Does anyone have any decent experience w/ any? I know that in the past that the external USB ones were supposedly pretty bad when compared to the PCI alternatives, but it has been a while since I have looked much.

This will be running in my old POS
AthlonXP 2500+
512MB ram (gonna upgrade to a GB soon).

Thanks guys!

Chris

[Weston]

I've always been a fan of the WinTV cards. However, the "Recorder 2" (http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?B=41776&U=211326&M=8602) looks pretty handy: (I'm tempted to use one for a second camera in my race car)

[nolimitsoldier]

i have this one here http://www.hauppage.com/pages/products/data_pvrusb2.html

and i'm pretty happy with it. I just converted my bands last show to DVD and it turned out pretty well. I've yet to try converting 8mm since I don't have a camera to hook up to it. Do they make those tape things (that you put the little tape inside) for 8mm? I've only seen ones for VHC

[Weston]

Definitely check out the Neuros Recorder 2 (http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?B=41776&U=211326&M=8602)... The one I ordered for my race car got here yesterday. It's actually designed more for what you're trying to do. It will record video to MPEG 4 files on a Compact Flash or SD / MMC/ MS card (you'll need the "PLUS" version for SD / MMC / MS). It can also play MPEG 4, music, and pictures on your TV. All you need is one of those memory cards and a reader for your computer, which you can get for pretty cheap from http://www.MeritLine.com