Video capture

[maltaron]

Has anyone used the cheap video capture devices available from ebay,

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VIDEO-CAPTURE...raphics_Video_TV_Cards_TW?hash=item3ca888ec0b

I am interesting to know if they are any good. TIA

 

[Deluks]

Probably works ok, the conversion chips inside costs pennies to manufacture. My mate bought a K-World branded one from Scan for about £20 that he's happy enough with, and he's a fussy git!

 

[dave.m]

£23-50 on Price Grabber for exactly the same thing:
http://tinyurl.com/yam5szm

Against £10 inc p&p on your link.

Go for it, if you are thinking of getting one.

 

[ericmark]

I use a TV card from Aldi but it requires the sound to be input through sound card and only video is through TV card. Is it worth using a unit which is limited? I would look at USB or Card able to combine functions. I kick myself for getting digital only TV on card.

 

[madder]

I used a typhoon TV capture unit bought in Lidl. It was very good but some of the stuff taken from older VCR tapes was well out of sync. I find it you use a program such as VLC player on a PC you can set the audio to arrive earlier and it can really help to sync the stuff up better.

 

[oldtechie]

It depends how much power your PC has. The encoding for the USB captures are done in software.

I bought a Diamond VC500 USB and it worked, but doing anything else while it was recording caused problems. I picked up an old analog Hauppague WinTV card on Ebay and I like it better.