Hi all

I would really appreciate your advice as a newbie to this forum.

I'm spec'ing out a new PC and one of the objectives is to crack on with some video editing and converting numerous Hi8 tapes to DVD. The PC will have an Intel Core 2 Duo E6600, 2GB Ram, 250GB of space etc. and so on.

I also have a Sony EVC2000E Hi8 Editing player that I want to connect to the PC, that will enable me to capture the video for editing and burning to DVD. WHat I need your help with is recommending a good quality video capture card. I'm not fussed about using the PC for TV tuning but it will be used for light gaming.

I've got a All-In-Wonder 128 card in my current old PC but that's six years old. All I really need is the video capture facility.

I'm flogging my Hi8 camera (TR913E) and will get a digital camcorder at some stage. My main priority is to port my Hi8 priceless home video onto DVD before they all crumble.

Any advice on a graphics card would be very gratefully received.

Thanks in advance
Mo

This is generally well regarded for around £150,

http://www.canopus.com/products/ADVC55/index.php

Personally, I rarely digitise stuff so when i need to I do it a cheapskate way - I just play the footage into my 70 quid el cheepo but does the job dvd recorder then transfer the stuff to my pc via the dvd for editing.

Hey Mark

Thanks for the reply and suggestion from left field. With this I can get the video card I want and just use this for editing - top job.


Huge thanks
Mo