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Re: Archiving Recorded Regionals 2008

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Originally Posted by aksimhal View Post
Thanks, I don't have a TV capture card, but I'll ask around. How large do you expect the files to be? (like 1 GB for an hour?). Also, is there any free (open source) software available to clip files. I also thought that the SnapStream could clip video.

Another question, since the VCU regional is broadcasted on NASA TV, is this a way to bypass the TV capture card?

Thanks a million,
Anish
Allright I was planning on doing this in one big post, but my advice (it was recomended to me last year) is to use the KWorld Xpert DVD Maker USB 2.0 Video Capture Device as a capture device. Its the cheapest USB capture device that I have found (if you do not already have video inputs on your computer). It takes video from the A/V component connection provided by FIRST and lets you record it directly to your computer. (I found a way to use this with a mac if anyone is interested, I used it with my PC last year but have recently upgraded to a mac)

For capturing it you can use any video capture program, quicktime pro does a great job of recording directly to .h264 at 640X480 (max resolution) at 1500 Kbps. Which looks great, and is probably higher bit rate then needed. I'll post more detail about how to use different capture programs, I am testing a bunch out trying to find one i really like.
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