capture card question
capture card question
now that i have money im thinking about geting one but my question is do you have to put it into your computer or can you connect it to your computer externaly.
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gundamzuki
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That really depends on which you get. Both are available, but internal cards are much easier to find. I'd go with an internal one for the sake of not having a bunch of extra stuff hooked to your box. Beyond that, the decision will be goverened by just how much you want to spend, what else you might want the card to do and just how well you want it to perform overall.
I just built myself a new computer and dropped a $300 vid card in it, and I'm pretty sure it has capture ability, but since that wasn't a priority for me, I haven't really looked into it.
For some more info, you might also try poking around http://www.animemusicvideos.org. The people there make music videos, and to do that, a lot of the time they need to have a capture card. Here's a couple of links from that site.
This is a good guide to making a video. Even has a section on capture cards.
Thisis the Video Hardware Help section of their forum. Feel free to join so you can ask some questions, but remember to search for existing relevent threads first.
Lastly, there is the guide on Using Video Game Footage. The "guide about how to grab that video footage only available on game cut scenes."
These are probably not exactly for what you're wanting to do, but I'll bet they'll be usefull none the less, especially if you're planning on using cutscenes in a vid you'll be doing.
I just built myself a new computer and dropped a $300 vid card in it, and I'm pretty sure it has capture ability, but since that wasn't a priority for me, I haven't really looked into it.
For some more info, you might also try poking around http://www.animemusicvideos.org. The people there make music videos, and to do that, a lot of the time they need to have a capture card. Here's a couple of links from that site.
This is a good guide to making a video. Even has a section on capture cards.
Thisis the Video Hardware Help section of their forum. Feel free to join so you can ask some questions, but remember to search for existing relevent threads first.
Lastly, there is the guide on Using Video Game Footage. The "guide about how to grab that video footage only available on game cut scenes."
These are probably not exactly for what you're wanting to do, but I'll bet they'll be usefull none the less, especially if you're planning on using cutscenes in a vid you'll be doing.
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gundamzuki
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I'd go with the MSI VOX External TV Video Tuner/Video Capture Card since it seems to be more along the lines of making game videos while the AverMedia DVD EZMaker USB 2.0 AGP 4X Video Capture Card looks more tuned towards making movies from previously recorded footage. Either one will work of course, and that's just my opinion after doing a couple of quick Google searches.