Which card should I buy for use with MediaStudio? at DVinfo.net

Tony Jones · December 28th, 2005, 04:17 AM

I am just about to shoot my first documentary as a learning excercise. I have chosen MediaStudio 8 (on my PC) as the eventual editing software as I used earlier versions several years ago and liked the ease of use.

My plan at the editing stage is to use the PC connected to a TV to monitor things as I go, then burn the finished documentary straight to DVD. I think this is all we need for now - the capacity to view on an external monitor.

I'd like some recommendations as to which card to use, up to about $300. My PC is a few years old (Pentium 4 2.4g, with 1 GB of RAM). It does have Firewire already as I use it primarily for music production.

Stephen Finton · December 28th, 2005, 08:41 AM

An ATI All-In-Wonder is very useful. Theater Mode plays fullscreen video via the TV-outs so you can monitor what you are doing as you go along.

Tony Jones · December 28th, 2005, 01:11 PM

Thanks Stephen. I have googled and ebayed for the All In Wonder and have the following results:

http://shop.ati.com/searchresults.asp?dept_id=16

http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/sear...&fsop=1&fsoo=1

There's several models available - is there one that would be particularly suited to my needs or are they all much the same? As some of them seem geared to gaming I may not need all the bells and whistles provided.

December 28th, 2005, 04:17 AM	#1
Tony Jones Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 28	Which card should I buy for use with MediaStudio? I am just about to shoot my first documentary as a learning excercise. I have chosen MediaStudio 8 (on my PC) as the eventual editing software as I used earlier versions several years ago and liked the ease of use. My plan at the editing stage is to use the PC connected to a TV to monitor things as I go, then burn the finished documentary straight to DVD. I think this is all we need for now - the capacity to view on an external monitor. I'd like some recommendations as to which card to use, up to about $300. My PC is a few years old (Pentium 4 2.4g, with 1 GB of RAM). It does have Firewire already as I use it primarily for music production.

December 28th, 2005, 08:41 AM	#2
Stephen Finton Major Player Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 344	An ATI All-In-Wonder is very useful. Theater Mode plays fullscreen video via the TV-outs so you can monitor what you are doing as you go along.

December 28th, 2005, 01:11 PM	#3
Tony Jones Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 28	Thanks Stephen. I have googled and ebayed for the All In Wonder and have the following results: http://shop.ati.com/searchresults.asp?dept_id=16 http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/sear...&fsop=1&fsoo=1 There's several models available - is there one that would be particularly suited to my needs or are they all much the same? As some of them seem geared to gaming I may not need all the bells and whistles provided.