[MacDV] Re: AV/DV Card

[Frank Flynn]

I do like the Camcorder idea - it is the most flexible.  If your Mac has a
Firewire port your set otherwise you'll have to get a card and you may want
to consider saving up and getting a newer Mac since it would be fairly old
at this point if it has no FW port.  Do check that it does pass through not
all do and there Sony models which will play your old Hi8 tapes (again
verify this  feature before you buy - not all do).  Having that feature will
let you sell your old Camcorder, even if you got $100 for it you could put
that towards the new camera.

iMic from Griffen http://www.griffintechnology.com/ will plug into your USB
port and do stereo in - no video but for $35 it will do your LP's.  Onkyo
also has a similar product.

Good Luck,
Frank

On 12/17/02 10:34 AM, "James Hays" <jhays at post.harvard.edu> wrote:

> Why not pay a bit more and get a Sony Digital8 camcorder, instead?
> Most models will: 1) play Hi8 tapes digitizing them for Firewire
> transmission, 2) pass thru analog Hi8 from your present Hi8 camcorder
> to Firewire DV, and 3) give you a good DV camcorder (that uses Hi8
> casettes).
> 
> I've never used mine for audio, but it should take analog audio input
> and produce an audio DV stream output.
> 
> --Jim Hays
> 
> At 10:09 -0800 12/17/02, Macintosh Digital Video List wrote:
>> From: "Randy Scholl" <goscholl at hotmail.com>
>> Subject: [MacDV] Re: AV/DV Card
>> Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 08:46:24 -0500
>> Message-ID: <F99df519Njrh9vTV5u50001444e at hotmail.com>
>> 
>> Actually, it's not a dv camera it's a Hi8 video camcorder so I assume I'll
>> need a PCI video capture card.
>> 
>> I'm looking to buy a card that I can also use to input analoge audio and
>> record LP records from my stereo to my G3 233 desktop.
>> 
>> Can anyone suggest a good AV/DV PCI Card for under around $200?
> 


-- 
Frank Flynn
Poet, Artist & Mystic