Capture Cards and Graphics Cards

[notorious_BUC]

First, thanks for the forum. I've enjoyed lurking and finally mustered up the courage to post.

I would like to convert my SVHS taped football games (will need to edit commercial) to DVD. My computer (VAIO...I know, ugh) isn't great...P4 2.0;1.5 gig ram; 80 gig internal hard drive; 250 gig Maxtor external (USB 2.0 or firewire) hard drive. The system has onboard video memory (32 meg) but supposedly has an empty 4x AGP slot.

I am thinking about getting the Pinnacle Studio Deluxe 8 capture system, but my question is...will I need a graphics card as well? If I get a graphics card do I need the Pinnacle system? I'm confused because to me it seems as if there is a lot of redundancy between the two.

Oh, and if you can't tell, I'm nowhere near the level of most of the folks here, but I'm trying to learn. Any guidance you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

 

[NanooK]

As far as I know, the Pinnacle Studio package is just the software you need for editing the videos as well as creating the interactive dvd menu. You will need some sort of hardware to capture/convert the video, and there are many options (USB devices, all-in-one graphics/capture cards, separate PCI capture cards, etc).....

hope this helps...

 

[varghesejim]

Powerful graphics cards are meant for playing games.It cannot capture video like specialised capture cards
In your case you have to buy a capture card.(You have to select a capture card.Pinnacle offers very good cards but top end cards are very expensive).

 

[Crashman]

You input (ie, from your TV or tapes into your PC) via a capture card, you output (ie, to your TV or VCR FROM your PC) via your video card.

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