You shouldn't. If you have the firewire port then you should be video
capture ready.
I don't work with video capturing myself yet, my camera records right to CD,
but AFAIK the firewire card should be all you need.
"Peter" <Peter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:97A2F4C4-56A6-4F22-82AC-983E124BC3B5@microsoft.com...
> One very important question I forgot to ask earlier is do you need a video
> capture card if you have a firewall port to capture video from miniDV?
>
> "Peter" wrote:
>
>> Thanks so much fot the speedy response Wojo. The really helps. At least I
>> know I don't have to waste the money on the graphics card which I may not
>> need later. One last "stupid" question, are you from Microsoft or
>> affliated
>> with Uncle Bill?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> "Wojo" wrote:
>>
>> > I am saying the on-board 128MB is sufficient for now. Upgrading later
>> > may be
>> > something you want to do but not because of the 128MB so much as the
>> > quality
>> > of the card which, of course we don't know yet, but for now I would say
>> > don't waste your money.
>> > And yes I would definitely say WMM is the perfect video editing tool
>> > for a
>> > novice.
>> > Yes if you read this forum there are many people that have problems but
>> > there are also solutions. You will also read that many people posting
>> > their
>> > problems here didn't read through the forum first or they would have
>> > seen
>> > there problem, in most cases, addressed and fixed many times in the
>> > past.
>> > As you familiarize yourself with WMM I guarantee you will add other
>> > tools to
>> > your video editing software other than WMM but I would bet you will
>> > still
>> > use it along with these other tools. I have many different programs I
>> > use
>> > for different things but usually put them together with WMM.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Wojo
>> > www.remember-christopher.dostweb.com/Wojo's_Place/
>> >
>> > "Peter" <Peter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:AB7D99A8-F3E8-4672-B884-458EFD131060@microsoft.com...
>> > > Thanks very much for the reply Wojo. Are you saying the on-board
>> > > (integrated)
>> > > graphics with up to 128MB of memeory is sufficient? Or are you
>> > > assuming a
>> > > dedicated grahic card? Also, would you recommend MS Movie Maker for a
>> > > novice?
>> > > I read from this forum that this is not the easiest tool to use.
>> > > thanks.
>> > >
>> > > "Wojo" wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> If your current graphics card is 128MB I see no reason to purchase a
>> > >> different one at this point. I do a lot of video editing and I only
>> > >> have
>> > >> a
>> > >> 64MB graphics card and it works just fine.
>> > >> If you end up doing a lot of video editing the things I would look
>> > >> at
>> > >> first
>> > >> are:
>> > >> 1 - Additional memory - 512 is ok but 1024 is much much better and
>> > >> memory
>> > >> is
>> > >> cheap
>> > >> 2 - The size of the HDD - Video clips, especially when rendered to
>> > >> DV-AVI,
>> > >> take a lot of space plus you need a place to store them until
>> > >> projects
>> > >> are
>> > >> finished etc... I personally have two 160Gig HDD's in my system but
>> > >> that
>> > >> is
>> > >> likely overkill for most.
>> > >> 3 - Make sure your computer has a DVD burner and decent DVD
>> > >> authoring
>> > >> software (there's a list of quite a few different programs I have
>> > >> worked
>> > >> with on my website in the "DVD Programs" section. Even if you don't
>> > >> think
>> > >> you will be making DVD's I assure you once you start video editing
>> > >> you
>> > >> will
>> > >> be hooked and it won't be long before your making DVD's and using
>> > >> DVD
>> > >> disks
>> > >> as storage for seldom used clips etc...
>> > >> --
>> > >> Wojo
>> > >> www.remember-christopher.dostweb.com/Wojo's_Place/
>> > >>
>> > >> "Peter" <Peter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > >> news:E486BC99-CAC0-476C-A10B-8C98223CE5A9@microsoft.com...
>> > >> >I am planning to get a PC to do some occasional video capturing and
>> > >> >editing
>> > >> > from my miniDV tapes. Will the following spec suffice for such a
>> > >> > job:
>> > >> >
>> > >> > Pentium 4 3.0Ghz, 512 RAM with on-board graphics memory (up to
>> > >> > 128MB).
>> > >> > Specifically, I would like to know do I really need a separate
>> > >> > graphics
>> > >> > card
>> > >> > instead of the integrated one? This is what the salesman trying to
>> > >> > sell
>> > >> > me.
>> > >> >
>> > >> > Thanks for any advise in advance.
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> >
>> >
>> >