My Osprey-210 Capture card experience
Hi all.
I thought I'd start this off w/ a new Analog Capture card discussion. Being that I'm currently waiting for an order to arrive Monday or Tuesday. The card: * Osprey-210 - - (Brooktree BT878, A/D: 8 bit) http://www.digitalfaq.com/archives/error.gif just realized that it may have ben modified, being that there's TWO pics. FROM: RealNetworks - read the specs there too. . or . http://www.digitalfaq.com/archives/error.gif This card seems to be fairly scares among Google searches etc. even on vcdhelp, there is limited discussion on this particular card. There is rumor that this card is based on the Brooktree BT878 chipset tipicle of most cards out their, though this is a newer card. I also noticed that there seems to be TWO picturials versions being displayed thus far. The only conclusion I have is that probably one of them have a design revision, OR one card probably offers a hardware feature - streamcast or something like that (will check spelling later) and some specs from www.ht.com Quote:
for straight .AVI capturing. Another side to this cards' research is the theory I have, that becuase this card is w/out a TV tuner, it will not exitbit any noise in my current MotherBoard setup, in my captures. I will find/prove this out sometime this week. The noise may well indeed be due to MotherBoard related issues. FWIW, by now, I guess you could call me a capture card junky/collector - as I have so many in my tool chest now: * DB100, ATIW, DVC I, DVC II, AIW, ATIRFP, WTVGO, ADVC-100, PCPVR, DC10+ and ..OSPREY-210 I'm also researching another card in addition, but I'll leave that one for another discussion. So, yes.. I've tried them all. Samples here: ------------------------------- 04.23.03 - - - SAMPLE Encodes.. KDVD; KVCD; CVD; SVCD; VCD and "x" Stay tuned for further details and my experiences. -vhelp |
Hey vhelp,
The first screenshot is a capture card. But the second one is a PCI Video Card :lol: -kwag |
hi Kway..
he he.. you are just too quick for me. You should've seen how messy my juggling 4 window and notpads just to split these topics up, re-reasch some of the data, so's to get better accurate info, and links then through all everything together. Pfew !! And, to top it all off, my fingers are so numb, from Guitar practice !! I'm only glad that the two posts made it w/ out issues. >> The first screenshot is a capture card. But the second one is a PCI Video Card Yes, Thanks. I guess I'll know for sure which one it is when I get it though. I can't wait. Thanks for looking out for me. -vhelp |
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Both pictures may be capture cards - the second one (that looks like a PCI video card) could have an external cable with the SVideo connectors located at the end of the cable (breakout box?), like the Dazzle DVCII card (so one doesn't have to crawl behind the computer to hook up the video cables) - might be the difference in the two versions vhelp noted. But then again, I'm not familiar with this brand of video card. --TonyK |
Evening peoples 8)
Well.. it's afficial.. My Osprey-210 card arrived safely in the mail today !! Just some quickies for those interested in a NEW capture card and review, case anyone is interested in my experience 8) Add this to your capture card shopping list decision making. Quote:
showing any Line Noise, then I may have NEW analog capture for my VHS sources (in addition to my already successful ADVC-100) I still feel that an analog capture card yields the best capture output quality over DV.. after all, DV is compressed (lossy) So far, I'm liking my new Osprey-210 card. Note also.. turns out that the card is the 2nd picture at top of this page 8O EDIT: pictures coming.. Stay tuned for more "honest" testing and evaluation. -vhelp |
Hi everyone. :D
This is truely an amazing analog capture card. It really is 8) 8) To get an idea of this card's potential, I've U/L'ed a sample clip. Another clip will follow, but it's really getting kind of late, as it's going on 2:00am here in NY. (see LINK on first page on this thread, at the bottom) Bring whatever comments you may have here, if you like :lol: Enjoy, and more to come.. -vhelp |
Basically, this is an update of my progress w/ my new Osprey-210 capture card.
So far, my Satellite captures have proven worthy of quality. I have no serious complaints that are worth mentioning here. Even noise is minute (next to ZERO) However, VHS projects are proving wip-lash on me from my past capture card experiences. Unfortunately, even though this card hase no TV-Tuner chip inside (was my assumpe thereitically) that it might be one possible cause of Noise, but turns out that my hunch was wrong. There STILL is Noise in my captured .AVI file. RATS !! Here is a recap of my experience thus far**: * No wiggles in video * No dropouts * No distortion in the video of any sort * and No dropped frames. A perfect score, and I can not think of any reason why I can't replace my ATI-TV Wonder and even DC10+ cards. However, I will continue to keep my DC10+ for now, but definately replace my WinTV-GO (RCA only) card w/ the new Osprey-210 in it's happy place :) in my 2nd pc. ** the above is based on some VHS tapes I used, that cause me lots of video issues (ie, all the above) These are tapes I used for the Osprey-210 testing, which, it passed w/ flying colors !! All except for the Noise. Now, I could get rid of most of the Noise through the use of Filtering, but I really don't want to have to resort to Filtering - though it looks like I'll have no choice (if I'm going to be doing any Analog capturing) The ADVC-100 does not exhibit any Noise. So, if I really must, then the ADVC-100 will take care of the rest for me. Mind you, I'm still testing the ADVC-100 w/ VHS sources. I am happy to say that the Osprey-210 does not drop any frames, even at my 720x480 resolutions. This is important. I don't think I'll get rid (return) this card, because it's the first Analog w/out any issues (xcept the Noise) So, I'll be keeping it. I have another idea to try. One of my other theories for Line-Noise was the fact that the MotherBoard could also be the problem (at least for Analog capture cards) I want to test this theory out on a MotherBoard I have, which I have YET, to setup STILL. It's suppose to be my 3rd PC (for internet only) but I've ben way too busy to set it up, though I have pretty much everything i need to get it up and running. It's just a matter of time, and pure Un-adaulterated Procastination and Lazyness on my part. The above board I'm talking about is: * Biostar M7VKQ, w/ VIA VT8361+ VT82C686B Well, we'll see sooner or later. Time will tell. That's all I have for now. -vhelp |
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