Looking for suggestions re capture card/PAL 60/SECAM

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I'm currently using a MSI GeForce4 MX 460 and I can't seem to find a solution to be able to capture PAL 60 and SECAM (I'm in a PAL country) in color, and since I would like to safe some NTSC and SECAM cassettes from degradation, I have to do something about it.

I thought about buying an NTSC VCR from the U.S. but that's not really an option I think - the SECAM incompatibility would remain.

Any suggestions for a card that fulfills my needs and is affordable for me (around $100) are much appreciated.

Thank you for taking the time to read this.

[smiller667]

Hi,

you might want to ask this question in the capturing forum (http://forum.doom9.org/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=10) - afaik the Matrox Marvel (I have seen reports using a G400, perhaps also the G200? I am unsure, better consult the Matrox user group forums (http://www.matroxusers.com/)) can capture PAL60, some older Asus cards are also capable of doing so (V3800 using the Asus Live software?). The old Matrox Rainbow Runner Studio Addon card could apparently also do this. Before you buy, please verify these assumptions - they are really from the back of my mind.

I have no idea about SECAM whatsoever ... playback is OK for you, I guess? Apparently Thomson (used to?) makes some nice VHS players in France which offer PAL, SECAM as well as TRUE (i.e. no PAL60) playback - some Sony models also offered to output either PAL60 or true NTSC.

Good luck.

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Thank you very much for your input. I posted this, together with your reply, in the capture forum.

The new thread can be found here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?threadid=69671) .