Want to setup 4 input / 4 DVD recorder PC

Leonard Leguizamo · February 21st, 2003, 01:53 PM

I want to setup a PC with 4 video inputs (analog and/or digital) and recorder simultaneously each one of these inputs onto a DVD recordable drive.

Can I just plug in 4 video capture cards and mount 4 DVD recorders in a fast PC? How would the software handle this? I will be using Vegas Video but am open to suggestions.

Robert Knecht Schmidt · February 21st, 2003, 03:47 PM

It sounds like you want to do real-time encoding and recording onto DVD, just as you might with videotapes. If each stream is to be recorded to a different DVD, why use a single PC to do this instead of four? I doubt there is any hardware setup available today that has the processing power to do what you require. You may or may not be able to achieve real-time burning of a single DVD.

This sounds like it's for a security system setup.

Leonard Leguizamo · February 21st, 2003, 04:16 PM

I have 4 hi-8 cameras using the analog outputs (L+R audio and composite video rca connections). I would like to take the video and audio to a pc to record on a dvd in real time. Processing power of the pc may be an issue, but is there a video card or other hardware that can do this?

Don Donatello · February 21st, 2003, 11:30 PM

the answer is NO ... i don't know of any software that allows 4 Video inputs and burns directly to 4 DVD's ??

vegas can capture 1 video track at a time ...

they do sell DVD units that record to DVD in real time .. buy 4 of them and run a camera into each ... approx 900 ea. unit

February 21st, 2003, 01:53 PM	#1
Leonard Leguizamo New Boot Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 9	Want to setup 4 input / 4 DVD recorder PC - What to buy? I want to setup a PC with 4 video inputs (analog and/or digital) and recorder simultaneously each one of these inputs onto a DVD recordable drive. Can I just plug in 4 video capture cards and mount 4 DVD recorders in a fast PC? How would the software handle this? I will be using Vegas Video but am open to suggestions. __________________ Thanks, Leonard Leguizamo Canon GL2 with: WD-58H (wide angle adpt) BP930 batteries Use Fuji DVM60 tapes (SP mode)

February 21st, 2003, 03:47 PM	#2
Robert Knecht Schmidt Wrangler Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 1,933	It sounds like you want to do real-time encoding and recording onto DVD, just as you might with videotapes. If each stream is to be recorded to a different DVD, why use a single PC to do this instead of four? I doubt there is any hardware setup available today that has the processing power to do what you require. You may or may not be able to achieve real-time burning of a single DVD. This sounds like it's for a security system setup. __________________ All the best, Robert K S Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| The best in the business: DVinfo.net sponsors

February 21st, 2003, 04:16 PM	#3
Leonard Leguizamo New Boot Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 9	I have 4 hi-8 cameras using the analog outputs (L+R audio and composite video rca connections). I would like to take the video and audio to a pc to record on a dvd in real time. Processing power of the pc may be an issue, but is there a video card or other hardware that can do this? __________________ Thanks, Leonard Leguizamo Canon GL2 with: WD-58H (wide angle adpt) BP930 batteries Use Fuji DVM60 tapes (SP mode)

February 21st, 2003, 11:30 PM	#4
Don Donatello Hawaiian Shirt Mogul Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: northern cailfornia Posts: 1,261	the answer is NO ... i don't know of any software that allows 4 Video inputs and burns directly to 4 DVD's ?? vegas can capture 1 video track at a time ... they do sell DVD units that record to DVD in real time .. buy 4 of them and run a camera into each ... approx 900 ea. unit