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Requirements For Video Capture

This page refers to the hardware and software required to perform analogue and DV capture.

Hardware

You will need to following hardware items to perform video capture:

Minimum recommended PC specification

To perform top quality video capture (768 x 568, at 25 frames per second analogue, any DV):

To perform good quality video capture (384 x 284, at 25 frames per second, any DV):

To perform low quality video capture suitable for web pages or inclusion in multimedia presentations (160 x 120, at 15 frames per second):

This configuration of PC is unlikely to be able to capture DV video from a Firewire card.

Software

Generally, you will need an operating system installed (usually Microsoft Windows) and a capture program. Basic capture programs are usually supplied with the video capture cards.

To use Pure Motion Capture you will need to the following items: