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  1. Re:Ars Technica has a guide on this by JoshRoss · · Score: 4, Informative · on Preserving VHS Recordings For Another 20 Years?
    I would have to say the Ars dropped the ball with this article.. I would have suggested using a DV bridge, then compressing the DV stream into something like ISO MPEG2 or ISO MPEG4.

    Dazzle has a $99 Bridge that works great. Composite in, DV out or DV in, Composite!

    http://www.dazzle.com/products/hw_bridge.html

    And, no I do not work for Dazzle.

  2. That's the "old" way, and it's a pain... by sdo1 · · Score: 2, Informative · on Video Capturing Guide at Ars Technica
    I've been working on capturing my laserdiscs to put them on SVCD (and eventually DVD). It's a royal pain to get it even close to right using those methods. It is the method that will allow you the best quality though.

    BUT, the MUCH easier way is to use a device with a built in MPEG2 encoder chip. Plug in analog and it spits out an MPEG2 file. As mentioned previously, the Dazzle Hollywood DV-Bridge. The Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350 is another product with a hardware MPEG2 encoder.

    But probably the easiest way to do this is to just go buy a Standalone DVD recorder.

    -S

  3. much simpler solution by g4dget · · Score: 4, Informative · on Video Capturing Guide at Ars Technica
    Get yourself a DV-Bridge like this one. It will convert your analog video into digital video just like from a camcorder. That's probably a much better solution than mucking around with PCI boards.

    If you want control and easy scripting, get Linux and capture with something like "dvgrab" and compress it with "ffmpeg" or "transcode" (search on Google, they pop right up). You can view with "xine" or "mplayer", and there are a bunch of editing solutions for Linux as well (although probably not as good as the commercial stuff).

    If you want a no-frills, no-thoughts solutions, just get a Mac and use iMovie. It lets you capture, do some edits, then compress and burn to disk. Very easy to use (but nowhere near as flexible as the Linux solution).

  4. Dazzle Hollywood DV Bridge by red_dragon · · Score: 3, Interesting · on Review: EyeTV

    For those who'd rather have a FireWire device, there's the Dazzle Hollywood DV Bridge, which I've been wanting to buy for some time now. The DV Bridge, however, is bidirectional (D->A and A->D), has S-Video and Firewire ports, doesn't have a TV Tuner, and goes for about $100 more, making it more geared towards video editing than just video recording á la TiVo.

  5. Re:Poor-Man's DVD Recorder by johnstown · · Score: 1 · on Mac PVR Coming Soon

    It is the Hollywood DV-Bridge by Dazzle. It is about $270 at MacMall.

  6. recording on PC , from VCR by wiredog · · Score: 3, Informative · on ATi's All In Wonder Radeon 7500
    Yeah, the AIW sucks at that. Massive frame droppage. I bought a Dazzle DV-Bridge. It's a device that converts NTSC video in to DV out on a 1394 link. Works beautifully. The only problem is that DV takes up HUGE amounts of space. The plus is that there are tons of video editing software that work with it.

    Another advantage is that it's a stand-alone device. You can plug a VCR in one side, a DV camera into another, and do the conversion automatically. Works with ANY platform that has 1394 inputs and drivers.

  7. Re:Edits by White+Shadow · · Score: 2 · on The Napsterization of TV
    By the time you get done editing the commercials out of a 2 hour TV show -- you will finally feel like you are getting your money's worth out of that new Athlon :) In other words: It takes a steady hand and a little patience and alot of spare time to make these edits.

    I would say it depends on the video format you're using. MPEG-1 files are a piece of cake to edit, I've cut commercials out of many things that I've recorded into MPEG-1 using Dazzle. VCD Cutter makes it a snap to do, the only time it takes it the time it takes to copy the data to another file, which is a hard drive limitation rather than a CPU or video card limitation.

    On the other hand, I imagine editing commercials out of AVI files would be a pain.
  8. VHS to DVD by wiredog · · Score: 4, Informative · on HP DVD100i DVD+RW Burner Tested
    Now you can move your vhs tapes to dvd for less than $1,000. The Dazzle Hollywood DV-Bridge is $300 (it comes with a ieee 1394 card (Lucent chipset)) and converts analog inputs (from the composite video jack on the tape deck) to digital video, which goes over the 1394 link. The VCR looks like a digital camcorder to the card. Be advised that DV takes up about 15Gb/hr.

    I have one of those (DVD recorder is on the list to get) and it works fairly well. Get the Pinnacle DVD authoring software ($40 at Best Buy) because the bundled software isn't any good.