Re: Need Recommendation for VHS to Digital Hardware

I have 2 ADVC 100s at work and I've never even opened the manual. Just
plugged them in (using Sony Vegas) and they work. No software/driver/manual
is needed as this is a product that DOES work as advertised. BTW, it works
with Windows 98 & W2K and any other NLE software I've thrown it at.

Mike


Paul wrote:
Larry, have you *seen* the ADVC110 manual? I just took a look at it,
and it's 18 pages long with only 9 pages of useful information. It
comes with *no* software/driver/manual CD in the box. Granted, it's
supposed to automagically work with Windows XP and certain software
packages listed on the box, but it's a bit disconcerting to buy a
$300 piece of hardware with little to no instruction on how to use
the thing, or even detailed info on what software/version is
compatible with the device. "Here's your $300 hockey puck and a
firewire cable. It's so easy to use you don't need instructions.
GOOD LUCK !!"

-- Paul



"Larry Johnson" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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Actually the ADVC models are very good. The way to use the capture
from analog to DV is to open the capture module and then hit the
play button which opens the 1394 port. You then begin either capture
and then hit play on the VCR, which leaves a little blank video at
the beginning - or hit play on the VCR and then record on the
capture module. This is a normal way of dealing with analog to DV
capture devices where there is no device control due to the fact you
are capturing from an analog source. This method is also described
in detail within the manual that ships with these types of capture
devices, whether it is an ADS Pyro A/V Link or the Canopus ADVC
models... If you folks would just read the manual before trying to
use the device it would save you plenty of time and headache. --
Larry Johnson
Digital Video Solutions
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"Paul" <paule-nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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What digitizing hardware would you recommend?

I originally purchased a Canopus ADVC110 which seems to be highly
recommended but could never get the thing to work correctly with the
right combination of firewire drivers and capture software. After
a couple days pulling my hair out with that and numerous
installations of various bloated video editing/capture packages, I
ended up buying an LG LRY-517 VHS/DVD Recorder combo (Circuit City)
to transfer VHS tapes directly to DVD. It worked great, and I
could transfer the VOB (MPEG2) files to the computer for editing
and further encoding.

-- Paul

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