Hardware for converting VHS tapes to VCD

[pitsi]

Please let me know which PCI card you suggest buying, for converting a few VHS tapes I have to VCD. Please note that I need something *cheap*. We are talking here about 10-20 tapes, captured with an analogue camcorder, so nothing special regarding quality. Newegg has <font color=red>TV LEADTEK WINFAST "DELUXE" TV2000XP TV/FM MULTIMEDIA CARD - RETAIL BOX</font color=red> for $51. That would be perfect for my budget but do you know whether this card is suitable for my task?

I have an Athlon XP 1800+ @ 2GHz and 512MB RAM, and I don't mind if I will have to use a lot of system resources, as long as I get the job done cheap and good.

Any information/suggestions would be appreciated. I have never tried something like this before so basically I am as noob as it gets at this

 

[Crashman]

Sure it's OK for your task. VCD is only 352x240, which looks "VHS" quality on a TV. And nearly any capture card can do 352x240 without problems.

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[the_Prisoner]

I prefer Hauppauge and Pinnacle cards, although it might depend on if you need some video editing software, then I would get Pinnacle systems cards.

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[bigtesla99]

pinnacle has always worked really well for me; try checking out videoguys.com or one of those type sites

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[pitsi]

Do you know whether a TV tuner card sold in the USA (or Leadtek's Winfast Deluxe), can also support PAL? For example, a few years ago I bought Asus V7700 Deluxe which had a jumper that allowed you to choose between NTSC or PAL. The reason is because I live in Europe and it would be much cheaper for me to buy this video card from the USA (and have it shipped to me via a friend), but I don't think I would like to buy it and then find out that it does not support PAL.

 

[Crashman]

Some hardware is switchable in the driver, in fact all of my past hardware has been. But I can't vouch for any parts I've never tried.

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[Grub]

The leadtek card is either NSC or PAL, but not both. However, you can convert VHS to either fromat with the supplied software.

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