Analog Video Capture

Whats the difference between Mp1 Mp2 and Mp4?
Which is best

oh and is there a difference between external and internal capture cards? or are they both as good as each other?

decob

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Whats the difference between Mp1 Mp2 and Mp4?
Which is best

Google/ wikipedia is your friend...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG-1_Audio_Layer_I
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG-1_Audio_Layer_II
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP4

yeah I had a google and read up a bit before, I have a choice of an internal video capture cardwith mp1 and mp2 capability
or an external with mp2 and mp4
what would ye pick

all the compression stuff blows my mind
I have 5 hard disks with another 1 in the pipeline so disk space will not be an issue
and a 2.8 dual core for doin this
oh and an ANCIENT analog camcorder and loads of old videos to put onto the PC for my father!!!!

ircoha

have u a friend with a DV camera such as the canon 750i or similar which will take the analogue in, convert it to digital and pass it on to the pc, saves the cost of the card.
just an idea, i did 300hrs this way

no unfortunately! I had heard thats the best way to do it to prevent sound and video losing timing!