Analog video capture on Beige G3
I've recently come across a beige G3 500 with analog video and S-video input. I'd like to give it to my girlfriend to use with her VHS-C camera for editing. Does anyone know the best way to capture 29.97fps @ 720x480, if it's even possible? <img src="confused.gif" border="0">
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<strong>I've recently come across a beige G3 500 with analog video and S-video input. I'd like to give it to my girlfriend to use with her VHS-C camera for editing. Does anyone know the best way to capture 29.97fps @ 720x480, if it's even possible? </strong><hr></blockquote>
beige G3 500?! I thought 300 or 333 was as high as they went.
Media 100. It's expensive. FCP could probbaly do it, and is less expensive. Premiere too. Check Apple Video Player, it should be included in OS8.1, which is what the beige G3s shipped with. I haven't used it in a VERY long time, so I'm not sure if it will fullfill your specifications, but it's cheap (free).
[ 09-12-2002: Message edited by: Stroszek ]</p>
<strong>it didn't start out at 500.. it's been upgraded. So premiere will do it? yay...</strong><hr></blockquote>
Oh. I don't know why I didn't figure that one out by myself. Little slow, I guess. Premiere should do it, I haven't used it in years either, and I never really used it very heavily, you might want to get some opinions from some premiere users before you spend money on it...
The beige G3 card supports up to 640X480. But at that resolution, I got the full 29.97FPS on the screen, but only 18-24FPS recording to the drive. (Perfect for capturing still pictures) It may work with your processor upgrade. The most compatible thing is to buy a cheap firewire card.
(Ha! Just try to tear this post apart Brad!) J/K
[ 09-13-2002: Message edited by: Ebby ]</p>
Thanks all
<strong>Ahh, my area of expertise...
The beige G3 card supports up to 640X480. But at that resolution, I got the full 29.97FPS on the screen, but only 18-24FPS recording to the drive. (Perfect for capturing still pictures) It may work with your processor upgrade. The most compatible thing is to buy a cheap firewire card.
(Ha! Just try to tear this post apart Brad!) J/K
[ 09-13-2002: Message edited by: Ebby ]</strong><hr></blockquote>
Would upgrading to a new card solve that?
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[ 09-13-2002: Message edited by: Ebby ]</p>
As far as I remember, Apple only lists 32x240@30FPS and not 640x480...Also if you capture with sound, picture and sound will fall apart in timing very quickly and you'll soon have the picture lag behind the sound for several seconds.
Tell her to get a modern Mac and a DV cam.
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Tell her to get a modern Mac and a DV cam.
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No, I want her to spend that money on me! lol... no, we're both college students so we pretty much gotta make do with what we've got.
Anyone know how well a 6500 with a G3 upgrade could capture video? I'd be interested to know. How much of the capture slowness is Apple Video Player's fault?
It just sucks. Without sound, it's fine though.
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If you're commited to the built in capture card, then the only way to get 29.97 FPS @ 720 x 480 is to have a really fast harddrive (a RAID 0 configuration) and lots of RAM. It's most likely not possible with 1 drive, unless you max out the RAM and only make small captures.
Just to be clear, even the FUSE required fast drives to do high quality captures. It just did really high quality at high framerates and resolution, considering the price.
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But she has a tub full of VHS-C cassettes from projects she's started, so we need an analog solution. On the upside, she's had them in that tub for quite a while, so a little while longer won't hurt.