#GETTING STARTED WITH NON
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WOULD APPRECIATE ANY "REAL-WORLD" ADVICE AND RECCOMENDATIONS TO HELP ME GET
STARTED – HAVE PC PENTIUM AT 90HZ WITH 2 GIGS HARD DRIVES AND PREMIERE
INSTALLED. PRESENTLY USING AN ANCIENT INTEL SMART VIDEO BOARD.
DO I JUST NEED TO GET AN UP-TO-DATE CAPTURE DIGITAL BOARD OR DO I NEED
SOMETHING MORE ELABORATE?
HAVE TRIED TO LEARN FROM THE VARIOUS MAGAZINES AND LISTENING TO SALES PITCHES,
BUT MUST CONFESS TO MY STATE OF CONFUSION.
AS A PUBLISHER I AM MAINLY INTERESTED IN EDITING INTERVIEWS AND ILLUSTRATED
LECTURES.
NOT TOO MANY WHISTLES AND BELLS NEEDED FOR EFFECTS BUT NEED SOLID GOOD
QUALITY HARDWARE SO THAT I WON'T NEED TO SPEND ANOTHER YEAR FIGHTING
THROUGH THE BUGS. BUDGET IMPORTANT BUT AM NOT INTERESTED IN THE
LOWEST END. EASE OF USE AND A DECENT OUTPUT TO TAPE IS PRIORITY.
Bernard,
You might take a look at a new product called the Perception board with the
AD-2500 Input module from DPS, Inc. This is a PCI based video capture board
with broadcast quality input and output from Composite-Y/C-Component sources.
It should work with Adobe Premiere when it is released and it will work with a
similar product called Razor.
-John
Bernand:
FYI, capital letters imply that you're SCREAMING! No need to shoot around
here.
Intel has made significant progress with the newer Smart Video Recorder Pro.
I'd say an upgrade to that could help your performance right away.
Jeff Sauer
Jeff:
Thanks so much for your tip. Also will take serious note of all caps comment.