Hi Graham,
Thanks for those recomendations. I've checked out the websites and they
sound the business. I'm going to buy a "Take 2" device. The scart
version
of
this is quoted at nearly a ?100 cheaper at ?293.75. Although both
versions
get a 5 out of 5 rating in the SimplyDV review. I can't think of any
disadvantage of using the scart. Even if using a non scart input this
can
be
converted with an inexpensive adaptor. Am I missing something ?
Will let you know how I get on.
Thanks,
Garry
:
Hello, just popping in
To get the best as Wojo says you need to connect the vhs to a
convertor
which will output dv-avi files and this has to be done using a
firewire
connection to the pc. The better quality makes will also use tbc,
which
is
time base correction, this will keep the audio and video in sync. When
you
capture them seperately the video card often processes the video and
the
audio card the audio signal. As these work at different clock cycles
you
end
up with audio drift over time.
If you are UK based then PC World is not the best place to go, they
have
lots of usb based products and often they are next ot useless.
Check out these two makes, superb quality, at a higher price, but one
of
only two options to get the quality you say you want.
http://www.canopus-uk.com/US/products/ADVC_selection_guide/pm_advc_selection.asp
http://www.miglia.com/products/video/director2/index.html
http://www.simplydv.co.uk/Reviews/av_digitisers.html
The other option si to get a minidv camcorder which has analogue in.
--
Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
www.dvds2treasure.com
www.simplydv.com
Hi Garry
I will try to help you further but as I don't capture analog myself
I
am
not sure how much more help I will be. Hopefully Graham will chime
in
here
as this is more his area than mine.
First one of the recommended digital converters is called Dazzle. It
is
a
piece of external hardware that connects to your computer via
firewire
and
is capable of capturing analog signals through RCA cables and
convert
them
to digital. There is another one that Graham always recommends but
the
name of it slips my mind at the moment.
Next you are correct, you can't capture through WMM to DV-AVI using
a
USB
connection. A firewire connection is required to achieve this.
Outside of what I have said here and in my previous post I am not
sure
if
I can shed any more light on the subject for you but I am certain
that
either Graham or papajohn can.
-Wojo
Hi Wojo,
Thanks for the response. I followed up on the options that you
presented
but
I'm still having difficulty.
1. My Digital video camera does not appear to have the ability to
input
an
analogue signal.
2. The largest retail shop where I live "PC World" does not sell
external
devices with firewire outputs. The external devices they sell all
have
USB
connections. My PC is a small form computer and I have no room for
internal
cards.
3. The Hauppauge software can create AVI files but the quality of
the
file
is no better than the wmv's created through MM2. The files are
reasonable
in
small inset but are very poor in full screen.
My primary objective to preserve the optimum quality of the
analogue
signal.
The second option is I think still the best option.
Am I understanding you correctly that it is not possible to import
an
AVI
file through any USB port regardless of the source ? This could
explain
the
Hauppage poor AVI quality.
Can you recommend a dedicated analogue conversion to AVI external
device
?
In terms of quality is mpeg2 less than AVI ?
Can you shed any further insights.
Thanks again
Garry
:
Hi Garry,
Part of the issue is that you can't capture to DV-AVI with a USB
connection.
So you really have three choices here.
1) Use a digital camera with a firewire connection that allows
pass-through
and hook the VCR to that.
2) Purchase a capture device that has a firewire input to the
computer.
3) Capture to MPEG2 using the Hauppauge software and convert that
file
to
AVI.
Hope that helps.
--
Wojo's Place:
http://wojos-web.tk
Also Please visit.....
http://www.remember-christopher.dostweb.com/christopher/
Dedicated in loving memory of our son Christopher Lee
Hi,
The discussion on this topic is of interest to me. I am having a
problem
converting my old analogue home video tapes in VHS to AVI. The
MM2
screen
greys out the Digital device format (DV-AVI) option. It allows
conversion
to
wmv but the quality is very poor.
I am playing the tapes through a VCR into a Hauppage WinTV USB
connection.
I
read on the papajohn site that
"The Hauppauge devices are meant to capture TV signals to MPEG-2
files. As
Movie Maker doesn't work with MPEG-2 files, they are not a good
choice
if
you're looking for something to use with MM2. If you have one
already,
you
can work toward ways to convert your captured files to align
with
Movie
Maker. "
Is my problem an incompatability with the Hauppage USB capture
device
? Is
there a work around ? Could you recommend a more suitable usb
device
?
Hope you can help.
Garry
:
Awesome, Happy editing!
-Wojo
thank you very much wojo! i think it works.
degefu
:
Click2DVD (Sony's own proprietary software product) works
for
analog
capture
but Movie Maker doesn't. The easiest way to get your video
into
Movie
Maker
then is to capture with Click2DVD and then convert the file
to
an
AVI
file.
Import the AVI into Movie Maker. For help with conversion go
to
this
site:
http://www.videohelp.com/convert
Hope that helps.
--
Wojo's Place:
http://wojos-web.tk
Also Please visit.....
http://www.remember-christopher.dostweb.com/christopher/
Dedicated in loving memory of our son Christopher Lee
hello Cari,
thanks for replying to my post...
i don't think i know exactly what kind of capture card my
computer
has,
but
i was successful in capturing analog video in click2dvd .
plus
i
coundn't
be
able to import video from click2dvd due to the format it
was
captured
is
not
the type of file that the movie maker can accept...
thanks for ur help again
degefu
:
Windows Movie Maker is not designed to capture analog
video.
What
kind
of
software came with your capture card? I've used WinDVD
Creator
v2,
PowerDirector v3 and 4 and ATI's Multimedia Center and
all
seem
to
work
fine.
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging
message
helloGrham,
i'm trying to capture video from analog video[from vcr]
to
my
movie
maker
but when i hit capture from video device, it
says,"video
capture
device
is
not detected check the device is connected and turned
on
and
try
again". i
tried every thing i know but it didn't work out. any
help
please?
degefu
:
Thanks Graham! I hope this works...
:
Basics then.
