Marc's Specs

Marc Peters · #1 (**permalink**) 11-09-2003, 03:40 PM

Benchmarks:
Time to encode 3mins 1secs DV AVI with

TMPGenc 2.5 Plus:
PAL DVD (MPEG2) 720x568:
- 8000K/bps CBR PCM 48KHZ (no de-interlace): 3mins 19secs
- 8000K/bps CBR Layer-2 48kHz 384kbps (no de-interlace): 3mins 33secs
- 8000K/bps CBR Layer-2 48kHz 384kbps (de-interlace): 3mins 33secs
- 8000K/bps VBR Layer-2 48kHz 384kbps (no de-interlace): 7mins 36secs
Video-CD PAL (MPEG-1) 352x288:
- 1150k/bps CBR Layer-2 44100Hz 224kbps: 2:02

Adobe Premiere (Main Concept)
PAL DVD (MPEG2) 720x568
- 8000K/bps CBR PCM 48KHZ (no de-interlace): 4mins 40secs

Specs:
Processor: Pentium 4 3.06Ghz
Motherboard: Asus P4G8X Deluxe
Ram: 1GB DDR2700
Harddrive:
1 x 120GB West Deigital 2MB Cache
1 x Deskstar 7K250 160GB SATA150 8 MB Cache
1 x Western Digital Caviar 120GB Special Edition 8MB Cache Serial ATA
Case: Cooler Master ATC110
DVD Writer (1): Phillips DVDRW 228
DVD Writer (2): NEC1300A
Graphics Card: Asus V9280 Video Suite 8x
Video Editing: On board Firewire for DV and video card breakout box for analogue

Camcorders:
Canon XM2
Panasonic NV-DS27

Software (used most often):
Adobe Premiere Pro (editing)
Nero 5.5 (VCD & DVD burning)
Sonic DVDit (dvd creation)
Tmpgenc Plus 2.5 (mpeg encoding)
VirtualDub (DivX encoding)
Cyberlink PowerDVD

mrlipring · #2 (**permalink**) 11-09-2003, 04:35 PM

i would ditch musicmatch and use eac and winlame if i were you. can't beat 'em.

Hen · #3 (**permalink**) 03-18-2004, 04:57 PM

whats a video card breakout box for analogue?

how much is it?

where can i get it?

whats the quality like?

Marc Peters · #4 (**permalink**) 03-18-2004, 05:40 PM

Some graphics cards have VIVO (Video In - Video Out) connections. Because of the amount of connections, most cards have what's known as a "break-out box", which plugs into the video card to offer all the connections in a convieniant box. Using this method, I can capture high quality video.

Hen · #5 (**permalink**) 03-18-2004, 09:00 PM

thanks

How much are these things?

would i be better off getting a movie box from pinnacle (USB)

You see, i am quite an experienced video editor (though i am only 14 im not bad.) I used to edit pictures but i allways have to use basics. with all my pictures the most powerful program i had was paint, and when ifirst started video with an analogue camera, it did not come with an edit lead so i did it all with 2 VCR's connected by scart recording and stopping to cut and paste. i then started digital video editing with movie maker 1, then later found out there was a free upgrade. Which, might i point out, is amazing for a peice of freeware. i know a lot about software but i never knew up until a few weeks ago that there was any such hardware which let you get analogue stuff onto digital format, so this is all new to me.

help is much appreciated thanks

Hen · #6 (**permalink**) 03-18-2004, 09:04 PM

is this what i might be looking for?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...976409-6053225

Marc Peters · #7 (**permalink**) 03-18-2004, 09:31 PM

Perhaps I was a tad misleading

Essentially I use my graphics card to capture video. I have a http://www.asus.com/products/vga/v9280td/overview.htm

Marc Peters · #8 (**permalink**) 03-18-2004, 10:10 PM

Something like this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...474101-2790251

Comnbined with this software:

http://www.iuvcr.com/iuvcr/index.shtml

and these drivers

http://www.iuvcr.com/drv/index.shtml

Have produced excellent results for most users...

Hen · #9 (**permalink**) 03-19-2004, 05:35 PM

i already own a pinnacle PCTV rave card. though i was going to take it back beacause the quality was far from perfect (as it claimed on the box).

will the software you suggested improve the quality from 2 frames a second?

whats a driver??

Marc Peters · #10 (**permalink**) 03-19-2004, 06:32 PM

A driver is the software that enables your harware to comunicate with the OS