Video Capture Device

hi everyone,

I have been wanting to buy a video capture device to put my VHSs on my computer and have decided the time is now. I have looked at the Dazzle Video Creator Platinum and am happy with the reviews but it doesn't have 64 bit drivers. So would do you guys recommend to me? If I have to I can buy the dazzle and just use it with my old xp machine but I would like one that I can use with my vistax64.


I guess a tv tuner would also work but what software would I use to record and seperate one video stream in to two files?

-Greg

hi,

this probably isn't much help to you but I solved this problem without software.

I purchased a used digital video camera on eBay that had analog video inputs and firewire output. I could then capture the firewire, and also had the option of recording to dv tapes. This cost about the same as the dazzle, and handles audio too.

I had some terrible experiences with pinnacle a while ago, not a fan.

Simon

I had great trouble with one of the Dazzle range and finally threw it in the bin.

I bought an old Video Recorder for a few pounds, connected it to my DVD recorder and copied all my tapes to DVD-R.

Pinnacle Studio recognises them and lets me edit them on my computer.

what if I got a composite to firewire cable and hooked up my digital camera to my computer. I don't have to have a hardware encoder right? I have a pretty beefy CPU so I think software encode would be fine.

Do they even have composite to firewire? lol My camera has composite out and s-video out.

As of now, my main question is what software to use to capture video? I guess windows movie maker could work. There is also Pinnacle studio but I have read so many bad reviews I hesitate to drop $50 on it.

I am going to borrow my friends pinnacle video recorder 80 and his pinnacle studio and test it out. I know I won't buy the recorder as it is not support under my vista machine but I mostly want to test the software. I am having a hard time finding drivers for the bugger. I'm now thinking maybe you don't need drivers for it. I'll experiment tomorrow.

all good TV tuner cards come with software to capture with. Just check the box

check out sony vegas. you can download a free trial. Sony Creative Software - Vegas Pro, Vegas Movie Studio, and Vegas Movie Studio Platinum Edition

Pinnacle Studio 11 works perfectly in Vista. The only problem I had was getting it to install in the first place.

The answer was to make sure that UAC was turned off.

I use Ulead Video Studio.... lots of ex Pinnacle users

It can capture most formats including HD....it edits...and authors DVD's or upload to youtube automatically.

Try the free DL but if you chose to buy it uninstall the free Dl version to avoid installation problems.

Yes, I'd heard that a lot of people had jumped ship

I've tried earlier versions of Ulead but Pinnacle suits me better. Horses for courses, I guess