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myleene

01-18-2015 09:38 PM

Anybody used a product to transfer SD video from a camcorder or a VCR?

I'm shopping a small tool to transfer SD video from an old camcorder and a VCR. My laptop doesn't have a firewire slot and I have Windows 7.

Something like these two products:

August VGB100: August VGB100 USB 2.0 Video Capture Device Card - Grabber Lead to Convert VHS / S Video / RGB via USB Transfer Cable - For Windows 8 / 7 / Vista / XP: Amazon.ca: Electronics

Elgato Video Capture: https://www.elgato.com/fr/video/video-capture

I've never bought one of these before. Anyone used such a tool before that worked well?

American Psycho

01-18-2015 09:55 PM

I usually have Fred Flintstone do my vhs transfers

Lol

venus

01-18-2015 10:28 PM

laptops are under powered for converting video, you need to get a good desktop with like an quadcore i7 processor and at least 16 gigs of memory, then get a decent video capture card from winnov or similar
Videum 1010 Plus - Winnov

you start using those little plug in things and you will dropped frames

we have used winnov products since 1997 for doing live video and encoding video from cameras

MrBottomTooth

01-19-2015 01:26 AM

Elgato game capture hd works fine. No dropped frames. I see guys record their classic game consoles with it all rhe time without issue. Just dont get the newer hd60, as they've stripped the composite inputs from it.

NatalieK

01-19-2015 04:06 AM

would it not be cheaper to get a firewire convertor?

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NTI3WDY2OQ...HjQ~~60_35.JPG

ADAPTADOR CONVERSOR IEEE 1394 FIREWIRE HEMBRA 6PIN A USB 2.0 MACHO | eBay

Maybe the easiest option :2 cents:

myleene

01-19-2015 05:02 PM

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Seems excellent, but I only have a laptop at the moment.

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I'll probably pick a tool from this company. I saw good reviews wherever I checked on their products. Thanks for the info.

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Originally Posted by GspotProductions (Post 20363042)

I ordered two. Thanks for the suggestion, I didn't know these existed. I don't have high hopes in these, so I'll probably order something else, but who knows. I've had good success with similar convertors before.

NemesisEnforcer

01-19-2015 11:49 PM

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Originally Posted by myleene (Post 20362831)

I don't know if you have an HDMI port on your computer but I use my notebook computer with the Elgato Game Capture HD along with a Mini Composite AV CVBS 3RCA to HDMI Video Converter Adapter 720p 1080p Upscaler. I convert VHS videos (4:3) to 720p (16:9) and never dropped a frame. My notebook computer is an old ThinkPad T410 with a Core i5 processor and Windows 7. Works like a charm.

NatalieK

01-20-2015 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by myleene (Post 20363812)

Seems excellent, but I only have a laptop at the moment.

I'll probably pick a tool from this company. I saw good reviews wherever I checked on their products. Thanks for the info.

I ordered two. Thanks for the suggestion, I didn't know these existed. I don't have high hopes in these, so I'll probably order something else, but who knows. I've had good success with similar convertors before.

welcomed, yes, they look handy & good, but as you say, they may not do the job, hope they do, good luck :thumbsup

AaronM

01-20-2015 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by GspotProductions (Post 20363042)

Can you say "dropped frames"?

AaronM

01-20-2015 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by myleene (Post 20362831)

I haven't used either of those devices but I have used previous versions of this Pinnacle hardware and had good results.

Dazzle DVD Recorder HD - Video Capture Card

PAR	01-20-2015 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by venus (Post 20362868)

Laptops can encode simple SD video just fine.
Any of the 2 products the OP posted will work without problems.

A laptop made today is many times more powerful that any of the 120+ encoders we used to encode 65,000 DVD's for VOD sites a few years back...

NatalieK

01-20-2015 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by AaronM (Post 20364501)

I haven't used either of those devices but I have used previous versions of this Pinnacle hardware and had good results.

Dazzle DVD Recorder HD - Video Capture Card

We use pinnacle on our PC :thumbsup

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