well, display adapter, graphics card, and numerous other terms, is an item of personal computer hardware whose function is to generate and output images to a display. It operates on similar principles as a sound card or other peripheral devices.

Whereas Video capture cards are a class of video capture devices designed to plug directly into expansion slots in personal computers and servers. Models from many manufacturers are available; all comply with one of the popular host bus standards including PCI, newer PCI Express (PCIe) or AGP bus interfaces.

These cards typically include one or more software drivers to expose the cards' features, via various operating systems, to software applications that further process the video for specific purposes. As a class, the cards are used to capture baseband analog composite video, S-Video, and, in models equipped with tuners, RF modulated video.

On the other hand the Video editing cards have specialist hardware built into the cards. This hardware is dedicated to video editing tasks like rendering and MPEG encoding. The better video editing cards are real-time editing cards.

Answered by R.P. Singh , an ibibo Master, at 2:13 PM on July 23, 2008

well, display adapter, graphics card, and numerous other terms, is an item of personal computer hardware whose function is to generate and output images to a display. It operates on similar principles as a sound card or other peripheral devices.

Whereas Video capture cards are a class of video capture devices designed to plug directly into expansion slots in personal computers and servers. Models from many manufacturers are available; all comply with one of the popular host bus standards including PCI, newer PCI Express (PCIe) or AGP bus interfaces.

These cards typically include one or more software drivers to expose the cards' features, via various operating systems, to software applications that further process the video for specific purposes. As a class, the cards are used to capture baseband analog composite video, S-Video, and, in models equipped with tuners, RF modulated video.

On the other hand the Video editing cards have specialist hardware built into the cards. This hardware is dedicated to video editing tasks like rendering and MPEG encoding. The better video editing cards are real-time editing cards.

Answered by Rocky , an ibibo Master, at 11:14 AM on July 22, 2008

The difference between video card, a video capture card, and a video editing card are given below-

All PCs have a video card, also called the graphics card. If you didn't have one you'd have nowhere to plug your monitor into. The video card fits either into the AGP slot or the PCI slot of the motherboard, depending on what type you have. (Some cheaper PCs have the video card integrated into the motherboard). At the back of the PC you'll see a bit of your video card which has a socket for your monitor.

Video capture and video editing cards are additional cards that fit into PCI slots and co-exist with the video card. Video capture cards are the cheaper ones. They provide you with a socket for your camcorder. Some of them provide you with plugs for both analogue (S-Video input/composite) and digital (DV or digital video) camcorders. With analogue capture cards you want to enquire whether there are both input and output sockets. Digital connectors can both send and receive video clips.

Video editing cards have specialist hardware built into the cards. This hardware is dedicated to video editing tasks like rendering and MPEG encoding. The better video editing cards are real-time editing cards. Most people see these as very expensive. We see them as free. Yes, free... When you pay £500 for a good video editing card the chances are that in addition to the card, cables, manuals etc you are also getting a professional video editing software package that would normally cost £500-£600 on its own, like Adobe Premiere.

Answered by Nagendra , an ibibo Master, at 6:05 AM on July 18, 2008

well, display adapter, graphics card, and numerous other terms, is an item of personal computer hardware whose function is to generate and output images to a display. It operates on similar principles as a sound card or other peripheral devices.

Whereas Video capture cards are a class of video capture devices designed to plug directly into expansion slots in personal computers and servers. Models from many manufacturers are available; all comply with one of the popular host bus standards including PCI, newer PCI Express (PCIe) or AGP bus interfaces.

These cards typically include one or more software drivers to expose the cards' features, via various operating systems, to software applications that further process the video for specific purposes. As a class, the cards are used to capture baseband analog composite video, S-Video, and, in models equipped with tuners, RF modulated video.

On the other hand the Video editing cards have specialist hardware built into the cards. This hardware is dedicated to video editing tasks like rendering and MPEG encoding. The better video editing cards are real-time editing cards.

Answered by Yash , an ibibo Master, at 10:19 AM on July 17, 2008

well, display adapter, graphics card, and numerous other terms, is an item of personal computer hardware whose function is to generate and output images to a display. It operates on similar principles as a sound card or other peripheral devices.

Whereas Video capture cards are a class of video capture devices designed to plug directly into expansion slots in personal computers and servers. Models from many manufacturers are available; all comply with one of the popular host bus standards including PCI, newer PCI Express (PCIe) or AGP bus interfaces.

These cards typically include one or more software drivers to expose the cards' features, via various operating systems, to software applications that further process the video for specific purposes. As a class, the cards are used to capture baseband analog composite video, S-Video, and, in models equipped with tuners, RF modulated video.

On the other hand the Video editing cards have specialist hardware built into the cards. This hardware is dedicated to video editing tasks like rendering and MPEG encoding. The better video editing cards are real-time editing cards.

Answered by .... ..... , an ibibo Master, at 10:25 AM on July 16, 2008

well, display adapter, graphics card, and numerous other terms, is an item of personal computer hardware whose function is to generate and output images to a display. It operates on similar principles as a sound card or other peripheral devices.

Whereas Video capture cards are a class of video capture devices designed to plug directly into expansion slots in personal computers and servers. Models from many manufacturers are available; all comply with one of the popular host bus standards including PCI, newer PCI Express (PCIe) or AGP bus interfaces.

These cards typically include one or more software drivers to expose the cards' features, via various operating systems, to software applications that further process the video for specific purposes. As a class, the cards are used to capture baseband analog composite video, S-Video, and, in models equipped with tuners, RF modulated video.

On the other hand the Video editing cards have specialist hardware built into the cards. This hardware is dedicated to video editing tasks like rendering and MPEG encoding. The better video editing cards are real-time editing cards.

Answered by Raksha , an ibibo Master, at 9:31 AM on July 16, 2008

well, display adapter, graphics card, and numerous other terms, is an item of personal computer hardware whose function is to generate and output images to a display. It operates on similar principles as a sound card or other peripheral devices.

Whereas Video capture cards are a class of video capture devices designed to plug directly into expansion slots in personal computers and servers. Models from many manufacturers are available; all comply with one of the popular host bus standards including PCI, newer PCI Express (PCIe) or AGP bus interfaces.

These cards typically include one or more software drivers to expose the cards' features, via various operating systems, to software applications that further process the video for specific purposes. As a class, the cards are used to capture baseband analog composite video, S-Video, and, in models equipped with tuners, RF modulated video.

On the other hand the Video editing cards have specialist hardware built into the cards. This hardware is dedicated to video editing tasks like rendering and MPEG encoding. The better video editing cards are real-time editing cards.

Answered by Ni .. , an ibibo Master, at 7:04 PM on July 15, 2008

well, display adapter, graphics card, and numerous other terms, is an item of personal computer hardware whose function is to generate and output images to a display. It operates on similar principles as a sound card or other peripheral devices.

Whereas Video capture cards are a class of video capture devices designed to plug directly into expansion slots in personal computers and servers. Models from many manufacturers are available; all comply with one of the popular host bus standards including PCI, newer PCI Express (PCIe) or AGP bus interfaces.

These cards typically include one or more software drivers to expose the cards' features, via various operating systems, to software applications that further process the video for specific purposes. As a class, the cards are used to capture baseband analog composite video, S-Video, and, in models equipped with tuners, RF modulated video.

On the other hand the Video editing cards have specialist hardware built into the cards. This hardware is dedicated to video editing tasks like rendering and MPEG encoding. The better video editing cards are real-time editing cards.

Answered by Romi , an ibibo Master, at 11:37 AM on July 10, 2008

All PCs have a video card, also called the graphics card. If you didn't have one you'd have nowhere to plug your monitor into. The video card fits either into the AGP slot or the PCI slot of the motherboard, depending on what type you have. (Some cheaper PCs have the video card integrated into the motherboard). At the back of the PC you'll see a bit of your video card which has a socket for your monitor.

Video capture and video editing cards are additional cards that fit into PCI slots and co-exist with the video card. Video capture cards are the cheaper ones. They provide you with a socket for your camcorder. Some of them provide you with plugs for both analogue (S-Video input/composite) and digital (DV or digital video) camcorders. With analogue capture cards you want to enquire whether there are both input and output sockets. Digital connectors can both send and receive video clips.

Video editing cards have specialist hardware built into the cards. This hardware is dedicated to video editing tasks like rendering and MPEG encoding. The better video editing cards are real-time editing cards. Most people see these as very expensive. We see them as free. Yes, free... When you pay ?500 for a good video editing card the chances are that in addition to the card, cables, manuals etc you are also getting a professional video editing software package that would normally cost ?500-?600 on its own, like Adobe Premiere.

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Answered by Madhurima , an ibibo Master, at 6:22 PM on July 07, 2008

All PCs have a video card, also called the graphics card. If you didn't have one you'd have nowhere to plug your monitor into. The video card fits either into the AGP slot or the PCI slot of the motherboard, depending on what type you have. (Some cheaper PCs have the video card integrated into the motherboard). At the back of the PC you'll see a bit of your video card which has a socket for your monitor.

Video capture and video editing cards are additional cards that fit into PCI slots and co-exist with the video card. Video capture cards are the cheaper ones. They provide you with a socket for your camcorder. Some of them provide you with plugs for both analogue (S-Video input/composite) and digital (DV or digital video) camcorders. With analogue capture cards you want to enquire whether there are both input and output sockets. Digital connectors can both send and receive video clips.

Video editing cards have specialist hardware built into the cards. This hardware is dedicated to video editing tasks like rendering and MPEG encoding. The better video editing cards are real-time editing cards. Most people see these as very expensive. We see them as free. Yes, free... When you pay £500 for a good video editing card the chances are that in addition to the card, cables, manuals etc you are also getting a professional video editing software package that would normally cost £500-£600 on its own, like Adobe Premiere.

Answered by Sharad Singh , an ibibo Master, at 6:13 PM on July 07, 2008