Hello,
My very first post. I will be restoring and outputting vhs and svhs to DVD.
My video restoration chain will be:
JVC HRS9911
Data video tbc1000
Sign video proc amp
Sign video detailer
capturing to an ATI all in wonder x800xt.
Is the following way, the correct hook up for viewing the video on a calibrated video monitor as I am capturing it? I will be capturing using the
HUFFyuv codec via the all in wonder X800XT.
METHOD:
Take the S-video out cable from the Signvideo detailer (last componet in analog chain) and plug into the S-video input of my calibrated video monitor, and then run another S-video cable from the output of my monitor directly to my S-video input of my "All in Wonder" capture card.
The only other way I could think of would be to use some sort of Y splitter after the detailer intead of going thru my monitor as a pass thru.
What is the professional way?
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Speaking of the order of things. In my sign video manual it suggest that the proc amp be the first thing right after the VCR in the analog chain. Do you think they are over seeing the fact that one might be using the TBC1000? Would'nt you suggest the TBC1000 be the first componet after the VCR, and then the proc amp.?
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Also, you mentioned in other post about other capture cards i.e matrox R2500 that are more expensive than ATI all in wonder cards. As we all know using a lossless codec like
HUFFYuv is only as good as the digital source it is given.
In your opinion do the high end matrox capture cards have better analog to digital conversion specs. i.e higher bit depth, higher sampling rate and better color sampling such as 4:2:2 or even 4:4:4?
Are these matrox cards strictly only capture devices, and not also video cards?
If so, would it not be logical to assume that these matorx cards are doing a better quality job of converting analog to digital than my ATI all in wonder x800xt?
If the above is true I would think when using HUFFyuv that you would have much more of the original video signal converted to digital using the matrox card, which would then allow for better encodes down the line. Am I on the right track with this thinking?
Are the matrox cards and their software able to work with third party codecs like HUFFyuv?
Thanks,
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