Video help needed

[maxyedor]

So recently I started to get into video, I've been shooting on an XL-2, capturig on a DV deck, and editing in Final Cut, no problems there. But I decided to try and digitize and store all my old video footage so I don't have to wory about my super 8 camcorder dying and not being able to veiw the footage.

So what I need is a device that I can plugh the red/white/yellow cables into and capture the footage from. I need this to work on my G5 tower, and idealy on my MacPro (near future). I have found a few options but they are $800-$1200, I would like to find something under $100, any suggestions?

[ALEXIS_DH]

are video capture cards for macs that expensive???????????????''

[binary visions]

Hunh? $800-1000?!

The Plextor PX-TV402U is very well regarded and is well under $200. It's an external USB unit, has a hardware MPEG encoder and all the features you could want.

If you don't mind putting the burden on your CPU to the all the MPEG encoding, you can easily drop down to the under $100 range...

[maxyedor]

Alexis DH, I knew there had to be a cheaper option I just couldn't find one.

B.V. Any links to the sub $100 converter, burdening my computer is one of my favorite things to do.

[Transcend]

A few of those usb2 and FW tv ins will give you this functionality. As BV said tho, the CPU will need to do all of the encoding. With a high end machine it is no issue. With a g4 powerbook or something you will want to blow your brains out (not sure if you are on mac or pc).

Just be careful it will spit out a format you like. My dad has some dazzle thing that uses a proprietary format, so he is pretty much screwed.

[maxyedor]

O.K. I'll hit up Fry's tomarrow see what they have to offer. That widget that B.V. mentioned seems like the right idea, but isn't Mac compatable.

Transcend, I have a quad core G5 so that end should be covered.