[MacDV] Re: capture everything on screen

[sb]

The twinpact100 should capture at 640x480. However, I tried one out and
found it was not sharp enough for my purpose, so I wound up renting the
Folsom for $250 for one day.


On 3/26/05 8:23 PM, "Nick Scalise" <nickscalise at mac.com> wrote:

> 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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