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Alright so your thinking about buying a capture card, cause you wanna make some awesome montages or just play around with them, or just all in all, have one ready just incase you make that shot to where you throw your controller out the window. If so, read on

What do you need to make your capture card work?
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Your gonna wanna make SURE! You have these accesories
When you recieve your capture card.
Video and TV Capture Cards vary in the inputs and outputs they come with. Some cards capture only with a Firewire input (also known as IEEE 1394 or i.LINK), others capture with only Analog inputs (RCA and S-Video), while still others capture both Digital (Firewire) or Analog signals. Capture Cards that work like DVRs will also capture TV signals with coaxial inputs and include TV outputs.
Also it makes it easy to have
-Splitters
-AV cables
-Alot of room


If your brand new to capture cards, and dont really know to much about them, and kinda just want to get one to test out and see how it is. EasyCAP Is your best bet.
These range from anywhere to 6$ To 13$

There the most cheap and honestly more easy to use.
Here a pic.
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Now easycap's are defiantly not the best quality in the world, but you can usually mess around in the options and make it better, In my opinion have a pretty fast computer, it makes your recording experience ALOT better.

If you need help setting up your easy cap follow this video!





Now if your wanting a more better quality
And more easier use, Your going to want to buy a Dazzle Capture card
These are much better quality, but are a little more pricy then the EasyCAP.

The Dazzle, is a more complexed capture card, because you have more options, and its the most popular recording device like gamers use. Its also more easy to edit your videos with Dazzle.
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These are a little bigger, but in length wise, are more organised.
These range from 45$USD To 55$USD

Heres a video to explain how to setup a dazzle



HD-PVR
Now if your going to go ALL out, and want to get the absoulute BEST quality you can get, and the most expensive Capture Card there is, buy the HD-PVR. This is by far the best one you can get.

And hd-pvr. Is Anywhere between the Price range of 100$USD to 120$USD.

Its an amazing Capture card,
Heres a pic of it
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Heres a list of everything a HDPVR can do
HD PVR has these features:

Record high definition video to your PC over USB
Includes built-in hardware H.264 high definition encoder, for high performance, high quality TV recordings
HD PVR has component video input from most high definition cable TV and satellite TV receivers. Optical audio or stereo audio inputs, too
Record your game play in HD with component video and optical audio from the Xbox360 or PS3
Record high definition video at up to 1080i resolution, 720p or VGA/D1
Record at datarates from 1Mbs to 13.5Mbs
Create Blu-ray format AVCHD HD recordings, and then burn your TV recordings onto a standard DVD disks (DVD disk burning software included). Up to 2 hours of video can be recorded on standard DVD-R disks at 5MBits/sec. Playback your recordings on Blu-ray DVD players
Create HD recordings which can be played back on the Xbox 360 and PS3
Includes HD software video player, so you can playback recordings to your PC screen
Audio / Video component video loop through to allow HD recording and viewing at the same time
High Performance Noise Reduction Function
NTSC,PAL and SECAM Support
Includes built-in IR receiver so HD PVR can "learn" the remote control keys for your cable TV or satellite set top box
Includes built-in IR Blaster, to change the TV channels on your set top box





Feel free to ask me ANY questions about a capture card, i will glady help you.

Thank's guy! -Blake


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Also, pm me, on where to buy these at for these prices.
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Real nice post bro, I've been looking for information like this.
Thank you.
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Bluefusion wrote Real nice post bro, I've been looking for information like this.
Thank you.
Not a problem, pm me bro if you have any questions.
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Hey,
what are the specifications that your PC needs to have in order to fully edit and render videos in 720P without lagging?
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Bluefusion wrote Hey,
what are the specifications that your PC needs to have in order to fully edit and render videos in 720P without lagging?

Have pretty good ram
Have a good Graphics card
Dont have alot of programs open while recording.
And have all of your options made the way you want them
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KillBornBlake wrote
Bluefusion wrote Hey,
what are the specifications that your PC needs to have in order to fully edit and render videos in 720P without lagging?

Have pretty good ram
Have a good Graphics card
Dont have alot of programs open while recording.
And have all of your options made the way you want them

Alright, thanks.
I might buy one later on.. when I get the money.
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Bluefusion wrote
KillBornBlake wrote
Bluefusion wrote Hey,
what are the specifications that your PC needs to have in order to fully edit and render videos in 720P without lagging?

Have pretty good ram
Have a good Graphics card
Dont have alot of programs open while recording.
And have all of your options made the way you want them

Alright, thanks.
I might buy one later on.. when I get the money.
Yeah some of them are just expensive,

Which one are you planning on buying?
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Well this is a good detailed post.. but there are 2 stickys in the youtube famous section about this stuff. but i dont think there as detailed so good post. thanked
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