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    Default rec me a good capture card guys

    i just got 260 dollars for my birthday. whats a good mac-compatible capture card i could use? (16:9 obviously, I got some roxio thing and then returned it to find that it doesn't record in 16:9 and the playback screen is so goddamn tiny i need to squint to see anything)

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    Hauppauge HD PVR.

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    Quote Originally Posted by XILENTZ View Post
    Hauppauge HD PVR.
    this ^

    you will need eyetv software for it to work on your Mac. Im pretty sure it was around $250 or so for the PVR and the software.

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    yup, hauppauge is the way to go. no idea about the eyetv software, i use hdpvrcapture. the demo is limited to record 2 minutes max, which is perfect for skate.

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    if your willing to spend your whole loot.... then pvr's are real clean looking (costing 200 bucks new)

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    yeah I'm on a mac and I run with the hd pvr and eyetv software
    google both and your hd capture problems will be solved.
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    the guys over at tested.com gave it a quicklook

    they wanna test more capcards, so far the only other one they tested is the roxio game capture which doesn't look promising.

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    so hd pvr and then the demo version of the mac encoder should work for me?

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    Total Media (the soft. that comes with the PVR) doesn't work on Mac?

    That sucks. Love the PVR, you will too. Easy to setup/use. Great quality.
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    Quote Originally Posted by i am a snail View Post
    so hd pvr and then the demo version of the mac encoder should work for me?
    yup. i found HDPVR capture on the official Hauppauge site, so it's kinda official. install, plug in, go, easy as that. like i said, no idea about the eye TV thing, but I assume it's just as easy.
    My most favourite thing about the HDPVR is, that i can set it up once, use my Xbox as usual, and when i wanna cap, i just plug the USB in and hit record. Very convenient.

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    Quote Originally Posted by i am a snail View Post
    so hd pvr and then the demo version of the mac encoder should work for me?
    yup. i found HDPVR capture on the official Hauppauge site, so it's kinda official. install, plug in, go, easy as that. like i said, no idea about the eye TV thing, but I assume it's just as easy.
    My most favourite thing about the HDPVR is, that i can set it up once, use my Xbox as usual, and when i wanna cap, i just plug the USB in and hit record. Very convenient.

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    does the demo version have some kind of time constraint on it? like a month of usage or something?

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    Quote Originally Posted by i am a snail View Post
    does the demo version have some kind of time constraint on it? like a month of usage or something?
    the only constraint is the 2 minute capture limit. which is more than enough to cap skatereel stuff. if you wanna cap more, i'm sure you'll find a serial or something for it. or you use the eye TV thing. but yeah, 2 minutes is more than enough usual. and there's no watermarks or anything.

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    alright, thanks stev!

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