Just got a capture card! :)

[Thunder]

Hey guys check it out. I just uploaded a random clip of mine to test it out but what do y'all think about the quality?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2wN5zI0Oo0

[Adrenalize]

Pretty good actually.

[Thunder]

it's my first capture ever but it looks like it came out pretty well :)

[vontoxic]

awesome, what bit rate are yo recording at?

[Thunder]

awesome, what bit rate are yo recording at?

It says currently encoding bit rate 6.0 MB. Is that good?

[vontoxic]

For the HD PVR, the best would be 13.5 MB/s but I record at around 6 MB/s because with my upload bandwidth it would take more time than desired to upload to youtube. I think If you have a decent connection and want to upload raw gameplay, 6-9 MB/s would be good depending on the video length. Some people record at the highest bit rate for editing and then they render at a lower bit rate that wont kill quality.

[Thunder]

Thanks for the explaination my brotha lol I'm new to all this so all the advice helps. You recommend any certain video editing software I can put together some montages and such with that is windows vista compatible and isn't a zillion dollars! lol

[vontoxic]

hmmm, I dont know lol. I use Sony Vegas. I know Vista has movie maker pre installed but you might want to download Windows Live Movie Maker. I think its a little different and lighter with a Direct upload to youtube option. I never made huge edits with it, just quick snips here and there (loading screens before/post game, Music). And the youtube uploader on it is great, it compresses the video as much as it can without any sort of quality loss.

[Ash]

Sony vegas is definatly the way to go, very good editing software and soooo easy to use.

[Thunder]

hmmm, I dont know lol. I use Sony Vegas. I know Vista has movie maker pre installed but you might want to download Windows Live Movie Maker. I think its a little different and lighter with a Direct upload to youtube option. I never made huge edits with it, just quick snips here and there (loading screens before/post game, Music). And the youtube uploader on it is great, it compresses the video as much as it can without any sort of quality loss.

how much is Sony Vegas and is it pretty user friendly?

[vontoxic]

Its like $500 :/. Its awesome though. If you know video editing basics you'll be fine. And when you want to get fancy, youtube is amazing, I learned so many tips/tricks from there and use sony vegas tutorials from youtube as reference all the time.

I've never heard of a good free alternative to vegas, Like what gimp is to photoshop. There has to be something out there though.

[Thunder]

Dang did you pay 500 for it or do you know of anyways to get it cheaper? :)

[vontoxic]

My dad got Vegas Pro 9, he wasnt using it, I took it :cool:. If you are still in school, you can get Vegas Pro 9 Academic Edition for $240. I dont know what the difference is.

http://www.edresources.com/product.aspx?p=90542&s=58790

^ thats an authorized reseller. Here are some others:

http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/education/academicpricing.asp

[chris_cr33p]

looks sick good choice

[Briimstone]

Wow thats some sick quality? Would by any chance capture gameplay for free? :)