[MacDV] Re: capture everything on screen

[Nick Scalise]

Would you happen to know how the Folsom products compare to the Canopus 
TwinPact100?

I recently had to do some capturing of video coming out of a 
proprietary satellite reciever. It outputs standard 640x480 VGA video. 
The TwinPact100, while capturing the video adequately, wasn't what I 
was expecting.

The video that was captured looked as though it was captured at 320x240 
and then scaled up to 640x480 for DV. I was under the impression that 
it would capture pixel for pixel.

Were my expectations incorrect, do all scan converters just capture 
'low res'?

TIA

On Mar 26, 2005, at 7:20 PM, sb wrote:

> Use a scan converter. Depending on how crisp you need, you can rent 
> one for
> about $200-$400/day. Folsom makes a very good one.
>
> You can also buy an inexpensive one (I bought one for $85 at a Compusa 
> or
> similar store) that's aimed at presentations. It's not nearly as sharp 
> as
> the expensive scan converters.
>
> If you have access to a powerbook, they have S-Video output, which you 
> can
> record on a VCR.
>
> On 3/26/05 5:12 PM, "Ross Clark" <rclarkages at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> I have a need to capture everything on the Mac screen and send it to a
>> video tape machine. I have used Snap Pro X with movie capture to
>> capture portions of the screen and for not a very long time but I need
>> something that will capture the entire screen and send it to the VCR 
>> by
>> ?????.  I could send it to one of our VCR with firewire, or if there
>> was something else that could be used to send the monitor feed direct
>> to the VCR. I have a G5 tower that we want to use as the machine.  Any
>> suggestions or stories of what does or doesn't work for you? Thanks.

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Nick Scalise
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