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[mrklaw]

Want to transfer some of my child's VHS tapes over to DVD. May have macrovision. I have DV in, but my camcorder won't translate it (PAL camcorder being fed NTSC from VHS)

So I'm looking for a simple, cheap, USB2 solution to capture the footage (composite video+audio). Don't need software. If its compatible with Pinnacle studio or Premiere elements then all the better.

 

[gblues]

What's your budget?

I purchased the TDK indiCAPTURE, which is a USB 2.0 capture box that will capture composite and SVIDEO and encodes it into MPEG-2 on the fly. I haven't tested it with Premiere's capture feature, but the included software works well enough to capture the clips which can then be imported into Premiere.

I spent $110 on it at retail (Fred Meyers, dept store chain), you can probably find a better price if you look for it.

I'm pretty satisfied with the quality, too. I used it to make my father-in-law's christmas present (a couple U2 specials I had TiVo'd).

Nathan

 

[gblues]

I forgot to add, if you don't mind lowered quality, you can get USB 1.1 capture boxes for $60-80, but personally I'd spend the extra $30 on the USB 2.0 device.

Nathan

 

[ManDudeChild]

Slightly OT, but did anyone else read this thread title as: "best cheap way to capture HIVs?"

 

[mrklaw]

Nathan,

I'm in the UK, so will pay 50% premium on your prices, but that looks OK.

I've looked at the dazzle DVC 90 from pinnacle. Gives you composite and svideo in, USB2. But uses the PC for encoding which might be dodgy. It'd be nice to have a chip in there too.

Or Adaptec do the vide-oh :/ for a similar price. Same sort of box.

 

[gblues]

The TDK box does the encoding for you and sends the MPEG2 across the USB2 wire, so there's very little CPU overhead while you're capturing.

Nathan