VHS to MPG/AVI/Quicktime conversion?

From: Aaron Christopher Finney <af-list_at_wfi-inc.com>
Date: Tue May 2 17:13:15 2000

What I bought was one of the last of the original stock of Real3D's
Starfighter PCI cards. It's a 16-meg card based on the Intel i740 chipset,
cost $49. I still see them on eBay for about the same amount...

On Tue, 2 May 2000, Stan Sieler wrote:

> Re:
> > Anybody on these lists have the ability to digitize/convert video
> > from VHS tape (NTSC) to a computer-readable (MPG preferred, but AVI or
> > Quicktime would also work) format?
>
> If you look, you'll find that video capture devices range from cheap and
> lo-res (< $100 and about 150 pixels across) to mid-range ($200 to $300,
> about 250 to 300 pixels across) to expensive ($300+, about 300 to 640 (or
> more?) pixels across).
>
> There appear to be 4 basic interfaces:
>
> 1) USB
>
> 2) parallel port
>
> 3) backplane (i.e., card plugs into your system)
>
> 4) FireWire
>
> I found one low cost device in the mid-range performance category,
> made by Belkin. It's a USB device and cost me about $89. Not counting the
> cable, it's about the size of a pack of gum. Inputs: SVHS and regular
> RCA jack. The included software uses your sound card to get the audio.
>
> It captures to MPEG format.
>
> I'm not a video expert...but the quality seems acceptable to me.
>
>
>
> Stan Sieler sieler_at_allegro.com
> www.allegro.com/sieler/wanted/index.html www.allegro.com/sieler
>
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