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Hauppauge PVR 150 MCE and capture options

#1 User is offline   kirkifer 

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Posted 13 December 2006 - 02:25 PM

:) I am not sure what is going on here...

Roxio Media Import finally seems to work well with analog video capture when I use an approved card. I am using a brand new Hauppauge PVR 150 MCE (32 bit drivers installed) capture card.

I have one big problem... I can only capture in the three MPEG-2 levels. According to the help menu, I should also be able to capture in VCD and DV. I believe both 1of these files are less compressed formats. I prefer the bigger, less compressed, files for editing.

Does anyone know why I do not have the DV or VCD option available to me? I am using a supported capture card.

This post has been edited by kirkifer: 13 December 2006 - 02:26 PM

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Posted 14 December 2006 - 05:47 AM

But does the CARD support those formats? Probably not. VCD is MPEG 1 and is not as high quality as MPEG 2.
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Posted 14 December 2006 - 06:07 AM

View Postggrussell, on Dec 14 2006, 07:47 AM, said:

But does the CARD support those formats? Probably not. VCD is MPEG 1 and is not as high quality as MPEG 2.

No, this card is a hardware MPEG2 encoder. MPEG1 is not supported.
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Posted 14 December 2006 - 06:24 AM

:) Man, that is funny.... This is more rocket science to this than folks realize...

I have heard of people building super computers that do nothing but video editing (i.e. no virus protection, e-mail, etc...)

So, what is the best consumer/prosumer grade capture card that Roxio supports?
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Posted 14 December 2006 - 06:40 AM

I went through about 10 analog cards and ended up just buying a digital camcorder that has pass-through feature. Better supported and have a new digital camcorder to record future family events, too. <G> With the prices dropping, that may be a better choice.

Prices are also dropping on set top recorders which could be another choice, but some users still have trouble getting those recorded videos into Videowave/MyDVD.

A TV card is good for watching and recording TV. :)
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Posted 14 December 2006 - 07:45 AM

:huh: Yes, here is the rub....

I only have a limited need for AVI capture since I now use mini-DV as my recording medium... IMHO, mini-DV will be the medium that stays around in the better consumer/prosumer video cameras.

The biggest crisis I have with any MPEG encoder (Hauppauge card or desktop recorder) is that highly compressed formats are not ideal for editing and re-compression. I am sure that is why camcorders that write MPEG to a HDD or a DVD are not prefered by people wanting super crisp image files.... :)

This post has been edited by kirkifer: 14 December 2006 - 07:49 AM

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