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The Grumpy Editor's video journey, part 1The Grumpy Editor's video journey, part 1Posted Dec 13, 2007 16:30 UTC (Thu) by thoffman (subscriber, #3063)Parent article: The Grumpy Editor's video journey, part 1
Thanks for tackling this project! I was just thinking that it was long past time for me to convert our analog SVHS wedding videos into something more... digital. Then the VCR can go to the garage sale. However, I do not yet have any kind of capture card. Hmm, except maybe an ATI All-In-Wonder 7500 in a box somewhere? Must look. And one of those HDTV-PC Linux-only cards, but I don't think it does analog capture at all. So my question is: Should I buy a "Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250" and safely follow in the trail our fearless editor has blazed? Or is there a different card, available inexpensively (second hand on EBay) which would capture analog video well, and perhaps support the V4L2 streaming mode? Suggestions would be appreciated!
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PVR-250 Posted Dec 14, 2007 2:00 UTC (Fri) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954) [Link] I did a lot of research into this question before I bought a PVR-250, which I have been using with IVTV for a while now. I recommend the PVR-250. It is the standard, in that it's what everybody else is using, which means lots of people have blazed the trail for you.But it also costs more.
The Grumpy Editor's video journey, part 1 Posted Dec 19, 2007 19:41 UTC (Wed) by leoc (subscriber, #39773) [Link] I use a Plextor M402U which is an external USB attached device that has SVHS and audio in, and has GPL'd V4L2 drivers. I bought it a few years ago to use with MythTV and it works great, captures DivX natively. The only downside is that you have to patch your kernel because the drivers are not mainline yet. There's also a version with a built in tuner if you have cable.
The Grumpy Editor's video journey, part 1 Posted Jan 24, 2008 10:14 UTC (Thu) by thierryg (guest, #50061) [Link] I have used a Hauppage HVR-1110 (DVB-T and analog hybrid), with one of the TV viewer software (xdtv?). Connect VCR to composite in and soundcard audio in. Start the viewer, select composite in, start the VCR, select recording options on xdtv, start recording... The main problem is the need to be able to do real-time encoding and certain file formats limitations (for example, avi files are limited to 4GB).
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