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PC Capture Card for 480p Widescreen?

post #1 of 19
9/19/06 at 1:15pm
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Hi, I was looking to see if there was any way for me to affordably (under $100) capture 480p widescreen video from my Xbox 360. I'd probably wind up using a couple RCA splitters to split the Component video signal so it could display on my HD screen and go to my PC.

Sorry if this has been asked before, but I just couldn't find anything by searching Google and htis forum.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.
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post #2 of 19
9/19/06 at 6:29pm
No, not for $100 and not for $500. For $1000 or more I think there is a 480p max component card.

You could probably capture via svideo.

Troy
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post #3 of 19
9/19/06 at 7:42pm
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I could capture via S-Video, but deinterlaced video isn't the same as true progresive =(
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post #4 of 19
9/20/06 at 4:56am
480i via component is doable inexpensively and is considerably better than s-video.... and 480i widescreen captures an anamorphic image, unlike s-video's letter box...

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post #5 of 19
9/20/06 at 10:42am
Jim what card do you use for the component capture?
Stan
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post #6 of 19
9/20/06 at 10:44am
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Jim what card do you use for the component capture?
Stan

Here is the only one I am aware of. Have never used it though, so I can't tell you anything about it.

http://www.digitalconnection.com/Pro.../pdideluxe.asp

-Suntan
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post #7 of 19
9/20/06 at 1:23pm
I was using the PDI deluxe, but have switched to the Snazzi DVD V pro.... it sports a built in MPEG encoder (you don't have to use it) that is VERY flexible and yields VERY nice mpg files....

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post #8 of 19
9/20/06 at 1:41pm
Check this clip out. This is 480i deinterlaced and captured through S-video. If I had a new Core2 I could have done an interlaced recording that would have looked spectactular. This is pretty good though.

The last space shuttle launch.
http://download.yousendit.com/4FC0B2AF3A6F5A2F
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post #9 of 19
9/22/06 at 8:56pm
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S-Video can't carry an anamorphic signal? That doesn't seme right.. I'v eplayed games with S-Video hookups on widescreen TVs without cropping and having a perfect aspect ratio...

Oh, and to mpg, what do you use to deinterlace and make it 30FPS? That does look quite nice.

I'm going to be capturing Halo 2 off of the Xbox 360 to make a montage, and at the moment I have an ATi X1600 AIW available.
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post #10 of 19
9/23/06 at 5:55am
certainly s-video CAN carry an anamorphic signal, but MOST s-video sources aren't....

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post #11 of 19
9/23/06 at 1:47pm
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I just want to say thanks for all the help so far. I'm kind of a n00b to all of this and you guys are really doing a great job helping me out.

I think I'll settle for capturing S-Video out of my Xbox 360, I just want to find out how mpgxsvcd went about deinterlacing, cutting the framerate to 30FPS, and how he encoded.
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post #12 of 19
9/24/06 at 6:06pm
Patience, I will do a full write-up on how to do a 720x480 widescreen encode soon. I was able to eliminate the need for a core 2 now by doing the encoding after I had actually done the recording. I will explain it all soon. I am just too busy to do the full write-up at the moment.

The short story is Use Windows Media Encoder 9 and wmv9 advanced profile to capture then deinterlace and encode.

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Originally Posted by DWells55 View Post

I just want to say thanks for all the help so far. I'm kind of a n00b to all of this and you guys are really doing a great job helping me out.

I think I'll settle for capturing S-Video out of my Xbox 360, I just want to find out how mpgxsvcd went about deinterlacing, cutting the framerate to 30FPS, and how he encoded.
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post #13 of 19
9/27/06 at 12:00pm
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Originally Posted by mpgxsvcd View Post

Patience, I will do a full write-up on how to do a 720x480 widescreen encode soon. I was able to eliminate the need for a core 2 now by doing the encoding after I had actually done the recording. I will explain it all soon. I am just too busy to do the full write-up at the moment.

The short story is Use Windows Media Encoder 9 and wmv9 advanced profile to capture then deinterlace and encode.

Cool, I'll look forward to that.

Why wmv9? I've always been an XviD guy myself. How's the filesize and quality come out for say, a fast moving game, such as Halo 2 for 4 or 5 minutes?
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post #14 of 19
9/27/06 at 12:16pm
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Originally Posted by DWells55 View Post

Cool, I'll look forward to that.

Why wmv9? I've always been an XviD guy myself. How's the filesize and quality come out for say, a fast moving game, such as Halo 2 for 4 or 5 minutes?

XVID, DVIX, H.264, and WMV9 are all great codecs. I just prefer WMV9 because it is the most widely supported on Windows Platforms. It is also very easy to stream. Here is the write-up I did. Check out the samples before they expire.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=728462
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post #15 of 19
10/19/06 at 10:13am
I just wanted to bump this because I am looking for the exact same thing.

A device or card that can capture 480p and has a component input.

I'm not too concerned with price at this point, so if anyone can point me to some that actually record as this resolution it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
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post #16 of 19
10/19/06 at 11:04am
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Originally Posted by IanCube View Post

I just wanted to bump this because I am looking for the exact same thing.

A device or card that can capture 480p and has a component input.

I'm not too concerned with price at this point, so if anyone can point me to some that actually record as this resolution it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Did you actually look at the two mentioned in the thread?

-Suntan
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post #17 of 19
10/19/06 at 11:06am
From what I saw, they only supported up to 480i...did I miss something?
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post #18 of 19
10/19/06 at 11:56am
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Originally Posted by IanCube View Post

From what I saw, they only supported up to 480i...did I miss something?

Sorry, I got this thread confused with another one...

-Suntan
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post #19 of 19
10/19/06 at 3:37pm
No worries, but does anyone have an idea of where I can find one???
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