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Im thinking of buying one of these :thumbsup:

http://www.aver.com/2005home/product/videocapture/ezmakerusbplus/ezmakerusbplus.shtml

Now ive had a read n it seems to do the job i want doing :D

These are the requirements but i dont fully understand everything its saying...can anyone help :$ :thumbsup:

CPU: Pentium® IV 2 GHz or Higher /AMD™ 2100XP or Higher
Operating System: Windows® 2000/XP (Supports PC only)

Not sure where to look for this information on my pc:confused:

Interface: USB 2.0 ·
Not sure what this means?

Audio Line-in from Sound Card
Think we have a line in on the sound card :thumbsup:

AGP 4X Graphic VGA Card
Dont know anything about graphics cards nor whether i have one?

Memory: 256 DDR (Direct DRAM)
We have a gig of ram...is this ok?

CD or DVD Burner Required for Recording CDs or DVDs (CD/DVD burner not included)
Im almost positive we have dvd burner-although never used it :thumbsup:

NOTE: AVerMedia DVD EZMaker USB2.0 requires the system to support isochronal transfer. At present, VIA KT400, KT333 and K266A chipset motherboards are not supported

Anyone understand what this garble means:p :confused:
 
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if youve got a gig of ram you should be pretty much covered on everything you have mentioned

get the sys info tool off that link posted and check what chipset your motherboard is...if it aint mentioned there your alright
 
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Most Graphics cards are 4x agp at least so if you have one in your pc you should be ok:thumbsup: If not you'll have to buy one:p

Post your motherboard and graphics card specs from that tool when you get time and we'll have a butchers
 
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Ford Prefect said:
Most Graphics cards are 4x agp at least so if you have one in your pc you should be ok:thumbsup: If not you'll have to buy one:p

Post your motherboard and graphics card specs from that tool when you get time and we'll have a butchers
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Your an angel ;)

havnt a clue if i have a grphics card or not but ill do a spec check when i get home n post the results mwah :thumbsup:
 
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Northern Star said:
Your an angel ;)

havnt a clue if i have a grphics card or not but ill do a spec check when i get home n post the results mwah :thumbsup:
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Debs wat pc do you have. Is it that new one ya got a bit ago. If you give us the model number i am sure i can answer all the remaining questions as your system specifics will be on the manufacturers webby
 
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turpieaj said:
Debs,

Do the leads get round the Macrovision protection system on some tapes and discs?

Andy
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loool :confused: eh foreign language turpie hun :$

andy.....dans had a look the pc itself wont be suitable as its only 1.8 ghz but the lap top is perfick we think.....just a matter of sorting what graphics card is int here :$ cus we dont know :( :p
 
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TBH recomended specs are well over estimated anyway, your PC could cope with doing the tasks, but may take longer although you've boosted system performance with adding extra RAM. Just try it if it struggles then use the lappy:thumbsup:
 
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Northern Star said:
loool :confused: eh foreign language turpie hun :$

andy.....dans had a look the pc itself wont be suitable as its only 1.8 ghz but the lap top is perfick we think.....just a matter of sorting what graphics card is int here :$ cus we dont know :( :p
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Correct me if i am wrong but i am sure laptops dont have agp cards hun. I was under the impression that agp is just for actual computers as its quite a big connection on the motherboad and with the space restrictions on laptops i think they use other methods.

I could be wrong but i aint took many laptops apart hun.

Andy
 
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RetroAndy said:
Correct me if i am wrong but i am sure laptops dont have agp cards hun. I was under the impression that agp is just for actual computers as its quite a big connection on the motherboad and with the space restrictions on laptops i think they use other methods.

I could be wrong but i aint took many laptops apart hun.

Andy
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Correct they arent AGP (as thats the term only given to the connection), but as long as the graphics chip can ship the data as near as fast as the AGP can (TBH if it was that fast there would be no need for PCI-X), and a lot of onboards match the speed of the raedon 9250 or higher anyway!

Andy
Shouldn't be a problem Debs.
 
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johns_ar said:
if it says 2ghz pc is needed for it yours will do it no problem

as turpie said itll take slightly longer
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Really:eek: !! Im not fussed about the time it takes tbh ;) as long as its done right thats the main thing :thumbsup:

thanks everyone for your input :thumbsup:

Cog's m8....60 quid is reasonable for this sort of thing....been reading reviews of test done on various packages for ripping vhs and even the really expensive ones arnt that much better for quality....they jus have more featueres :thumbsup:

small price to pay for keeping those memories intact eh :p ;) ;)
 


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