s-video to Epiphan DVI2PCIE?
 

Hey there,

I'm just starting out on the VHS transfer road and could do with a bit of early intervention to set me on the right path!

I've got a Panasonic NV-HS950 player - and as above an Epiphan DVI2PCIE card

A nice frame grabber which will passes an uncompressed signal to software. There is an S-Video input daughter board for the card but it's quite pricey (£270) so I'm looking for a budget way to get my S-Video into DVI-I for the card to ingest.

Alternatively, I've got an Atmos Ninja 5 monitor which will put an HDMI signal down in ProRes no problem

Do any of the S-Video to DVI converters work without affecting the quality?
What would be best with the above kit - and what would be acceptable/cheapest? :)

Thanks in advance,

Steve

When you start looking for "adapters", it means you're trying to force a tool to do something it's not meant to do.

I actually question if the Epiphan DVI2PCIE is even a good card to use for converting analog videotapes.
- What resolutions does it allow? If not 720x480/576 interlaced, it's the wrong tool.
- What software are you attempting to use for catpure? Know that OBS is wrong tool/software for analog videotape capture.

Hey, quick reply thanks. I linked to the spec sheet for the card in the original post, the URL is:

https://www.epiphan.com/wp-content/u...e-brochure.pdf

It doesn't specify 720 or 576, but does allow S-Video with the AV kit so I assumed it would cater for an interlaced signal ... could be wrong though! It seems targeted at VGA capture, the S-video aspect might have foooled me.

I see nothing on that sheet that specfically lists 720x480/576.

"up to" resolutions mean nothing, and very often mean (for example) 720p and 1080p only, since those are HD cards.

That specific card you discuss here appear to entirely be for graphics/display usage, not video. HDMI is not "video" (misnomer), but actually a universal display resolution, which is also used for HD video. 1080p was an attempt to unify graphics and video in a single display.

I see nothing here to suggest it's properly suited for analog SD ingest.

Why bother with that card when you can go directly from S-Video to PCIe? It's a no brainer.