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Skeight or Die
03-11-2003, 10:23 PM
im stuck in a bad situation here. i wanna shoot some video of me and my friends but all i got is a camcorder that used the small VHS tapes. im totally broke and my parents dont have $300 for me to "borrow" to buy a digital camera. I know they have capture cards but you have to put them inside the computer. id do that but i use my laptop cuz its faster than the piece of shit desktop computer i have. is there any way that is cheaper than like $100 to get my footage onto my laptop for editing?
Craig Himself
03-11-2003, 10:38 PM
ermmm, well, search for a USB Capture Device (i use one belkin) its worth around £70 (stil under 100$) and download virtualdub to capture your stuff.
You get videowave 3 and photosuite for free with it too
Skeight or Die
03-11-2003, 11:01 PM
what is virtualdub? and where can i get it?
Craig Himself
03-11-2003, 11:04 PM
www.virtualdub.org i think
Its free and very simple video capture device and you can compress video files with it into divx and stuff. Its used alot and rly great
Skeight or Die
03-11-2003, 11:18 PM
dude i found a usb cable on belkin that will capture the video from teh camcorder or my VCR so its really great!! its like a 100 bucks but its alot cheaper than a Digital camera. now i just gotta discuss this with my parents. thanks
Craig Himself
03-12-2003, 07:27 AM
yuh i got that one lol
Skeight or Die
03-14-2003, 09:04 PM
o ya that video capture device thing it says it displayes 30 frames per second is that fast enough? cuz i got a web cam that shoots 30 frames per second and its slow (also the camera is ****ed up cuz i dropped it liek 50 times).
Skeight or Die
03-14-2003, 09:06 PM
and another thing craig, is the video quality good?
mikejl29
03-14-2003, 09:07 PM
webcams dont display 30 fps.... thats faster than motion pictures are filmed in.
Skeight or Die
03-14-2003, 09:14 PM
"Capture, edit and produce videos on your computer at resolutions up to 352 x 288 and 30 frames per second. " - thats what it says on their site. and i wasnt too sure about my web cam.
aronsamma
03-14-2003, 10:19 PM
TV shows are 23 fps, so 30 would be really good
mikejl29
03-15-2003, 07:26 AM
Depends where you live.... if you live in the states... which it says you do, they are actually done in NTSC format of 29.97 fps. In Europe, its PAL encoding of 25 fps. I don't remember what SECAM is.....
mikejl29
03-15-2003, 07:29 AM
Apologies on doubting you... I went back and checked that they do shoot 30 fps. Thats rediculous, the quality would suck so much and you would need it to be sooo bright its rediculous.
Craig Himself
03-15-2003, 07:57 PM
its prit-e gud qual yuh
Skeight or Die
03-15-2003, 08:52 PM
mike what shoots 30 fps? the webcam or cameras?
Blind Sheppard
03-24-2003, 05:12 PM
im gettin a digital camera for 80 quid of the net but my big bros goin halfers wiv me so he'll use it as well :(
Craig Himself
03-24-2003, 07:26 PM
80 no way on earth
Flip Boy
03-24-2003, 07:33 PM
U can get a £20 mini one lol.. 4 million pixles or some shit.. pretty cool
BlindSk8er
03-24-2003, 07:39 PM
where^^^website?
Craig Himself
03-24-2003, 09:32 PM
yuh but they horrible quality! and no sound
Blind Sheppard
03-30-2003, 02:45 PM
i got my one and its ded gud quality im gonna post sum skatin on here but i dont no how to upload it
blind
03-30-2003, 04:04 PM
You kids need to learn. Save up your money. Would you rather have a shitty camera and then show everyone, or would you rather have a decent one and have it much better? Just go do lots of stuff for cash, save up, and buy a camera.
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