Best Hardware For Making VCD's?

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Right now I have an ATI All In Wonder 32 MB Card and I am wanting to know if it is a good choice or is there something else better? I am looking to capture VHS to VCD and that is the main reason for getting into this. Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

-- Cale Ferguson (5150@onramp.net), April 16, 2000

Answers

There is a new stand-alone product called MPEG-2@Disk which will do this ...

You can find it at

http://www.tvone.com/products.htm

Hope this helps.

-- Jerry (jerryFD@hotmail.com), April 18, 2000.


the matrox g400. only certain versions of the card do vidcap. go here for more info http://www.matrox.com/mga/home.htm

-- ndumu (ndumu@hotmail.com), April 18, 2000.

http://www.matrox.com/mga/products/marv_g400/home.htm

-- ndumu (ndumu@hotmail.com), April 18, 2000.

AIW128 is a good, cheap choice. I think. It has many features, it can even capture MPEG-2, albeit ATI's support has problems. (I want my MMC 6.2!) I was told that the quality is comparable to similar priced (cheap) MPEG-1 encoders.

BTW, I believe G400 w/ capturing capability doesn't allow you to capture MPEG-1...

As for MPEG2@Disk, it is an EXPENSIVE hardware ($1400?). Also, since it is a stand alone product, if you want to edit your VCD files, you'll have to record it to a CD first. It's nice you can record to a DVD-RAM, but unless you're a millionaire, it's hard to afford...

-- Bora (taenggi@yahoo.com), April 19, 2000.


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