PC capture card for S-Video and older recording devices.

[Robert T.]

Hi,

I am not in subject at all, so any suggestions I have not thought about are appreciated.

Been tasked with getting footage from older video cameras to a computer file. Devices have s-video output port and some sort of micro-DV port of sort..?? Not sure about what does it do etc..
So - external or internal capture card with S-Video input is requred. Since I am buying it anyway, it would be appreciated if it can act as streaming support - if it's a thing with them..?

Price - my ideology is that I prefer to spend more on device that will be flexible, sort of like second best in class - I always prefer function over form, so not looking for budget options here, but for one that will give me really good final results.
As per platform to run it on - main PC is [email protected] with 64 (soon 128) GB of RAM, but would prefer to put it into i7 3770 3.5GHz (4cores/8threads) with 32 (may go to 64 if need be) GB RAM - would that 3770 be capable of capturing video without dropping frames/deteriorating quality of of output file?

Thanks for any input..

 

[Robert T.]

Wow,

That's a fairly comprehensive reply, if I see one..

Streaming - just dropped it to indicate I can spend some more for more feature-rich device, but wasn't hopeful TBH . So that's out of way.
Cheap USB devices - as mentioned, they were out of question, I know what 'efficiency' they would offer.

I will be capturing from miniDV camcorders and I do not have any supporting intermediate VHS unit at ready (see below). I knew about reading heads positioning issue from times when I had to adjust my Commodore64 tape drive, so maybe not directly but was aware of that, was just not aware of implications of TBC for this purpose, so thanks for explanation.

Regardless - cannot find your card anymore, cannot see any similar in fact and for those few tapes I was hoping for something less expensive than several hundreds of pounds worth of equipment..
Will skip that subject for now, maybe will get back to it once I will get my hands on a VHS/DVD combo I have at location 2000km from my current location.


EDIT:
Just got back from my holidays, so not been watching any Youtube, and not realised that Linus made a video about just that topic less than 2 weeks ago.