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Question

Pelicase video recorder

Apr 10, 2018 11:24AM PDT

Hi.

We have a pelicase with a 22inch display in the lid and a DVD recorder in the main body. It's pretty old school. The end goal is to copy the video to an USB stick or cloud server. Which means we have to copy to dvd, rip to a separate computer, copy to USB stick (or upload)

We want to build a new system where we can copy to USB stick, or upload to cloud server, on the spot.

I'm thinking something in the lines of :
1 : ASUS VivoMini UN45H + Blackmagic Design Intensity Shuttle USB 3.0
or
2: the smallest desktop with pci express around + Blackmagic Intensity Pro 4K

Any suggestions?

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Clarification Request
What is this about 4K
Apr 10, 2018 12:39PM PDT

That needs clarifying since 4K editing, capture is pretty intensive work. DVD ripping is not that hard and most run of the mill PCs can do that.

Also, why isn't this just a laptop? Why build this?

Me? Just someone that has been video editing for so long. Example. Acer ter-600 was my first portable video producer. Only 6 hours to render a work to DVD. Times have changed so much that I think this takes about 10 minutes today.

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PS. Welcome to Hades. This just in.
Apr 10, 2018 12:54PM PDT
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Not 4k. 700-720
Apr 10, 2018 2:12PM PDT

The video signal is from a subsea camera, composite sd. 700 tvl.
A laptop might be the way to go.

How to connect the RCA video plug to the laptop?
Something similar to Easyday EasyCap DC60?

Worried there will be video lagging, but maybe not as the resolution below HD

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Video lagging?
Apr 10, 2018 2:53PM PDT

Haven't heard of this happening in old NTSC work for over a decade. I wonder if the system you had is dated. Tell more.

Me? Just some engineer that did camera and DVR design work (chips, software, etc.) long ago. Back when NTSC and PAL were used. As to video capture, there are so many today I won't pick one for anyone. Go get it and done.

What is this lag you are asking about?