-_-; help me before I scream loudly and break your eardrums.

Org Profile · Post by **808-buma** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 10:15 pm

Kionon wrote:I distinctly saw a video capture card there. Do you have a standard DVD player? If so, then hook up your card to the DVD player and open up the software that came with the card. It should come with capturing software as well as viewing software. If you have an ATI card, I can go into more detail. I have successfully captured footage this way more than once.

Maybe I should write up a guide.

Not that I doubt your capability of writing a guide for this, but is there really a reason? For the cost of the capture card alone you can purchase a dvd drive for your computer, and for about $20, you can buy a dvd burner. If you can install the capture card, you can install the dvd reader/burner.

Now, back in the day when dvd drives were in the hundreds of dollars (never mind burners), I could see doing it this way, but with the advance in technology and the drop in prices...

but who am I to limit the flow of information on the internet...

dokool · Post by **dokool** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 10:30 pm

808-buma wrote:Not that I doubt your capability of writing a guide for this, but is there really a reason? For the cost of the capture card alone you can purchase a dvd drive for your computer, and for about $20, you can buy a dvd burner. If you can install the capture card, you can install the dvd reader/burner.

Now, back in the day when dvd drives were in the hundreds of dollars (never mind burners), I could see doing it this way, but with the advance in technology and the drop in prices...

x2. The first burner I got (it was the Sony 4x DVD+/-RW) was $350. I just ordered a 16x NEC burner for $50. Considering the advantage that DVD drives have over capture cards (you can rip a DVD and multitask, but you can't capture and multitask unless you want a bunch of dropped frames), the upgrade is worth the money.

YouTube · Post by **Kionon** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 10:44 pm

This person already HAS a card, or so they say.

Besides, when I got into editing, dvd rippers were crap. I last attempted to use one in 1999. It took my seamless ripping with Mac the Ripper and my Mac Mini to convince me to give rippers a realistic second go.

I admit, I am convinced.