Video Capture & Editing with Studio PCTV 3.0 from the Year 2000 - Retro PC Pyros - Part 04

From the Year 2000!!!!

Yes, Pyros is back with what made this PC special: Video Capture.
In the year 2000....it was very uncommon to have a capture device at all.
Usually you had to spend quite a lot on hardware & software or own a Power Macintosh with the right personality card... but I digress.
Pinnacle bundled their video editing software with RealProducer G2 (which resembles modern day OBS). Together, this was how I spend the early 2000s instead of doing homework. Let's take a look at a DTV box and some old VHS tapes. Keep in mind that the tapes were not stored in the best of conditions so the quality may have suffered.

Hardware in use includes the following:
ASUS P5B ATX Motherboard
Intel Pentium II @ 400 MHz
512 MB of SD-RAM, PC100
3DFX Voodoo 3 3000G AGP Graphics card
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live!
Linksys LNE100TX 10/100 Ethernet Card
Studio PCTV PCI TV Tuner card
SD-IDE Adapter + 32GB SDHC SD Card
Apple 8x DVD-ROM
52x CDROM

DTV box: RCA ATSC Converter Box DAT800B1
VCR: Quasar Digitune

Software used:
Pinnacle Studio PCTV 3.0
RealProducer G2

Clips:
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (English Dub)
VH1 I Love the 80s
Married with Children Special/Promo

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