On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 02:12:14 GMT, "Mattrixx"
<someone@nowhere.com> wrote:


>I`m primarily interested in archiving specific PVR recorded Sat.video
>eventually to DVD.
>The resultant DVD would be playable on any standard DVD player.
>I`m not necessarily capturing streaming video...if that would make any
>difference?
>So, this would mainly rely principally on MPEG2 ?

Yes, use MPEG2 for std. DVD players.


>
>Its almost Christmas time and I`m trying to narrow down a hardware
>replacement for my ancient "ATI All In Wonder". I probably am going with
>video card AND capture device this time! I get somewhat overwhelmed by all
>the devices and choices out there, hence my POST.

Agreed, it's better to buy them separate, not only to avoid
ATI drivers but also so you have the capture card to reuse
when you upgrade the video or even whole system later.
Plus, the AIW doesn't do hardware encoding which is
something you probably want if you only do MPEG2.


>
>As I have mentioned previously, I use "neoDVD7" and even "DVD Shrink" which
>I use for editing before (neoDVD) or compressing after (DVDShrink) the
>actual capturing ("neoCapture") to HDD, and before the burn to DVD.
>I`m NO great video producer, however I have tried my hand at editing home
>movies
>to DVD with limited (skill) success, so the simpler the better as far as any
>new software.

I can't predict what software you might find best, but in
general if you want to do a lot of advanced editing you
should capture to a non-compressed (very large files) or
lossless codec and then later convert to MPEG2. For more
basic cutting jobs you can often get by with capturing to
MPEG2 directly... which is what I'd plan if I were you, only
moving to a lossless codec if you can't get the jobs done
acceptibly.