Advantages: Pretty small and easy to connect to your PC, can work (sometimes) with Movie Maker v 1 Disadvantages: Doesn't work with Movie Maker v 2, never fully worked with XP, output files can be massive
...internet for 'Windows XP install Belkin Videobuss II' or something similar. As it happens, its not too hard to install with the instructions, although im very aware of the fact that part of it involves you saying 'yes, continue anyway' when Windows shows a warning message about detecting that the device hasn't gone through or passed Windows Logo Testing, which does make me a little uncomfortable, especially considering some of the problems I endured ... ...(which I'll mention).
Now to start with, after I'd installed it, I was able to use not only the supplied program to capture video & audio (called MGIs Videowave II) but other programs like Windows built in Movie Maker program, which I preferred as I could select it to capture video to a smaller file size (ok the quality isn't as good but the file sizes can be much smaller). However, I did end up having some problems with this device and after a ...
IzzyS 18.10.2007
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Advantages: Quick and easy to install and set up. Disadvantages: You need more cables to connect to your VCR/Camera
Once installed, and with the necessary extra cables, it was easy to capture video from my VCR and save it in digital form on my hard disk.
The quality of the result depends entirely on the quality of the input, so a more recent VCR provided a better quality signal in most cases.
The supplied software MGI VideoWave is straightforward to use. I used all this, together with a DVD Writer to get some old tapes into the digital age.
The cable also works ... ...was also able to use these to vary the video compression needed to fit the videos into smaller files.
It is a pity that the SVideo connection appears to produce only black and white out of a SCART adapter. The sound was also too robust to go straight into my computer - I use a line-in option on my sound card. ...
PhillofEwell 26.02.2004
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