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CrC-3rr0r original said this ( )
One cheap option would to use your graphics card if it's VIVO

ATI Radeon VIVO cards are pretty good the last time I checked.

Originally Posted by CrC-3rr0r

ROFL Come on read the posts binlada whats a cheap n cheerful jobie just to watch TV.
As so far as encoding with a VIVO is concerned COME ON would you do it ? :p

'Come on read the posts' what £17 to much you think ?, ROFL

seeing as YOU mentioned VIVO CrC
the best priced current ATI board VIVO x1600 i can find is £82.24 Including VAT although theres a x1300 at £64.61 Including VAT
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatal...ics_Cards.html
would that encode ok.

OOPS those wernt VIVO LOL

well it would seem they dont do a cheap current generation ATI VIVO as far as i can find, strange....
the best i can find is the X800 chip and i seem to remember thats a broken/relabeled chip ?.

CrC said:encoding with a VIVO is concerned COME ON would you do it ?

i dont know CrC, i dont currently have one to try, thats why i asked, i do know that the software Encoding part of the AVIVO* package uses some of the hardware in the X1000 series chips to do the Encoding and hence makes it far faster than CPU only bound encoding.

thats old news, i cant find the original url from wayback when but this should help
http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/video/avivo_1.html

---------- Post added at 23:13 ---------- Previous post was at 23:10 ----------
Heh nice : I have 9800pro somewhere I might try it... The only capture I do these days is from a DV source never tried composite.

? so how are you capturing this DV, or do you mean just copying the original DV MPeg to your PC ?.

*AVIVO does not mean VIVO (aka Video-in/Video-Out), its a brand name for the whole software/hardware package.