How do you take screenshots off a VCR?

Shadow WarChief · Post by **Shadow WarChief** » 2003-10-08 08:09pm

Well? I'm getting into a debate (not STv.SW) on another board and a I need some pictures to support my position and I don't have a DVD copy of the series in question.

So how do you take screenshots off a VCR?

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-10-08 08:39pm

Uts and I use an external Dazzle capture card for screencaps. Should set you back ~$100-250, I think...

YT300000 · Post by **YT300000** » 2003-10-08 09:57pm

I always pause the VCR, and take a pic with my digital camera.

Then in PSP I try to get rid of the fuzzy lines.

Since my camera makes images 2400x2400+, when I shrink them, they don't look too crappy.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-10-08 10:35pm

That's a pretty poor way of doing things. Capture software would be your best bet, after some post-processing to clean it up.

YT300000 · Post by **YT300000** » 2003-10-08 10:42pm

phongn wrote:That's a pretty poor way of doing things. Capture software would be your best bet, after some post-processing to clean it up.

Yes, but I'm a cheap bastard.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-10-08 11:03pm

I think your best bet is to get them of Kazaa or some such.

Vertigo1 · Post by **Vertigo1** » 2003-10-08 11:59pm

Or get a dedicated video capture card.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-10-09 12:02am

Video capture cards are cheap. Pinnacle Studios even sells one that's a USB device, so you don't need to open up the box.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-10-09 09:10am

The Brooktree-based ones are also pretty cheap and you can use toys like VirtualDub and AVISynth with it.

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2003-10-12 10:17pm

Darth Wong wrote:Video capture cards are cheap. Pinnacle Studios even sells one that's a USB device, so you don't need to open up the box.

But doesn't that mean piss poor quality, as it's limited by the bandwidth of
the USB port?

Vertigo1 · Post by **Vertigo1** » 2003-10-13 12:40am

MKSheppard wrote:
Darth Wong wrote:Video capture cards are cheap. Pinnacle Studios even sells one that's a USB device, so you don't need to open up the box.
But doesn't that mean piss poor quality, as it's limited by the bandwidth of
the USB port?

Given that most of them are USB 1.1 devices, yeah. Thats why most people recommend firewire capture devices if you want an external module.

Seggybop · Post by **Seggybop** » 2003-10-13 01:10am

My Radeon 9000 I got for $60 has video in/video out that can have television video input by RCA and S-video. Its quality is quite good.