Problems importing Hi8 to a PC for editing / archiving

Hey Video Experts,
I'm trying to import Hi8 video from my cam-corder through a PCI-E TV Tuner card (s-video) installed in my PC.
In PElements, I'm importing the video by "getting media," using the "Webcam or WDM device" option.    The video does import, but very poor quality, excessive artifacts, packet loss, start/stop, little or now audio... something is obviously wrong.
From several other forums I've seen, it may be that the TV Tuner card is sufficient to digitize the video - this was the intent of including the card in my PC. 
So, my questions are:
     1.   Is there a way to use the TV Tuner card and achieve satisfactory results?
     2.  Or, do I need some other way to do the conversion from analog to digital.
Footnote.... I purchased Pinnacle Studio several years ago.  Using the same set up (PC with TV Tuner card), I got very good results with this.  However, the SW went out of date and upgrades were not supported and the SW would no longer load and fuction in it's original state.   This set-up seemed to work before; maybe not with this SW....

It's better not to ask the same question in different discussions. It makes it hard for us to see the whole discussion in a single thread as you might get different answers in the different threads.
However here is a copy of the reply I made to your other thread:
Connect your camera through a FireWire connection. You can then use PRE9 to control and capture directly. If your camera doesn't have FireWire then using an Analog --> Digital bridge is your best option.
Here are links to the FAQ that go further into these options:
What tools can I use to convert my video to DV-AVI?
What is the best device for capturing analog video?
And from Tips & Tricks:
Analog Signal to Digital a Primer
The solution I use is Camera --> Canopus ADVC-300 --> WinDV. This creates the DV-AVI Type 2 video file that can be directly used in PRE with no further conversions needed.
Cheers,
Neale
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