DVRaptor anyone?

[Scotty]

I hope this is the right place to post this!
Just wondering if anyone has any tricks or tips on using the DVRaptor capture card?

[SonicVanguard]

What tricks/tips? It's a professional level IEEE1394 capture card with onboard DSP. Use compatible capture software and capture away. There are no tips/tricks to use.

[Scotty]

:eek: Sorry I asked!! Merry Christmas and have a :) new year!!

[TwoRails]

Hi Scotty,

Not sure what you're asking. That card is just plain out of my league, price wise... but after Googling it, it is "just" a capture card. With my non-pro experience with capture cards is that you do just that: capture. It's the work after (and before in many senses) that the "tricks / tips" come into play, like editing, authoring, etc.

What kind of tips / tricks are you looking for?

[Scotty]

Sorry :( I was looking for tweaking tips and what ever else I can find. It seems to be a pretty good card. (actually I have 2 of them and I got them at a price that was half of the cost of one!) Otherwise I don't think I would have spent the money for new ones. I have been using a non DV camera with them and I get great video capture but no audio. Got all the updates and patches but other than that there isn't very much support unless you upgrade to a Raptor RT or something like that. Sorry for not expanding on what I was looking for... Pre-Thanks all, Scotty

[SonicVanguard]

There really isn't any tweaking to a IEEE1394 card - the DVRaptor's biggest advantage is onboard DSP - it can handle some of the rendering after your video's been captured. But so many of todays prosumer and professional NLEs have on the fly rendering, even onboard DSP is not that much of an advantage.

Canopus is a great company and they make quality cards - but - The Raptor (and other DV cards with analog inputs) are notorious for missing the audio track during capture. You're best bet is to capture video through the Raptor and run a seperate stereo cable directly to your sound card (if your software will support two device capture). If not, capture both seperately - sync wouldn't be a hassle with DV (video) and PCM (audio).

[Scotty]

I was just trying that!!! Funny how these things fall into place. Thanks for the info and sorry I was so snappy. I have been working on some old CF-25s and what a pain to format... I want to thank you again and really have a great Christmas and a healthy new year. Scotty