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