Affordable capture cards that can handle VGA are on the market.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?It … N82E16815158317

That card is identical to the one sold by Micomsoft (makers of the XRGB line of upscalers). It has DirectShow support and works with a variety of applications.

When I say older desktop...I mean 1992.
But I'm looking for an external solution, since I'd like to use this method on various computers.

All pre-XP...if that helps >.o

I use this:

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Computer-VGA-Outpu … 7c5c8f08&_uhb=1

It has a VGA out, so you can capture and use the monitor like normal. Works very well, but only up to 640 x 480 with decent quality. Anything higher and it gets too blurry.

Looks like it's exactly what I need 😀

Any demonstrations out there on it's video quality?
Have you had any glaring issues with the unit?

The two options are basically what Maur1wurf1977 linked to, or a more expensive VGA capture card.

Here is a "demo" of DOS VGA capture with my card (mainly Doom):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0e77uZHvBs
S-video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBm_qK5jvPI

Ultimate Race in 800x600:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJKradGC9ao
S-video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC5x8o5hN8Q

Remember that if you intend to capture higher resolutions the difference in quality will just increase. If you think the quality increase is worth it, is up to you 😉

A VGA capture card might be out of the question, since this is intended for more then one computer. Among other issues 🤣

The capture card goes in a modern machine. USB devices that capture VGA are practically non-existent as most only do HDMI and component. I'd say its a decent trade off for a massive increase in quality. Crystal clear nearly 1:1 video quality vs. a fuzzy, interlaced, macro block filled mess.

NJRoadfan,

...I'm aware the card goes into a modern PC (PCI Express). This thread is not relating to modern computers.

To be clear: the card has a VGA-in port. You insert the card into a modern PC, and then you connect it to your various other computers whose output you want to record.

Doing high resolution quality video capture with nothing but older technology is pretty difficult; I don't think it's possible to stream the data to disk fast enough without some sacrifices.

I did try a method of direct capturing to a modern computer with an external unit (USB 3.0)
It works, but due to resolution variances, especially with DOS games, it becomes a bit erratic.

Hence why I moved to the DVD option. 🤣

silentwulf wrote:

Looks like it's exactly what I need 😀

Any demonstrations out there on it's video quality?
Have you had any glaring issues with the unit?

Check my YT channel 😀

and for some comparison videos done with a VGA capture card you can go here: ftp://78.46.141.148/videos/