Analogue video capture

I am soon to be switching from PC to Mac mini (as soon as it is delivered). I will be using this mainly for DV video editing using iMovie, however some of my video footage is on the Hi-8 format. Will the "Belkin USB2 DVD Creator" work on the Mac for capturing analogue video, Belkin do not seem to supply drivers for the Mac. Also is iMovie capable of handling analogue video?

Do you have a DV camcorder at the moment? Some DV camcorders have analogue inputs which are great. You can play and capture your analogue footage through the DV camcorder straight into iMovie.
Otherwise, Formac offer some products that you might be interested in.
www.formac.co.uk
Hope this helps,
Stu

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Searching Mac for analogue video capturing

I want to purchase a mac (not necessarily a minimac) and connect an analogue video tool with it. This video tool has a RGB output and a S-VHS output. Unfortunately there is no basic mac setup, I can connect it with. All the current macs only support digital video input. Is there a solution to my problem? The mac I'm looking for should be able to:
* display the analogue video signal in realtime on the mainscreen and! on a second connected screen
* take a high quality screenshot from the current video stream and safe it on the harddisk
Professional video editing and cutting is not necessary, only the overlay and the screenshots are important for this mac.
Thank you for your help.

Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
...display the analogue video signal in realtime on the mainscreen and! on a second connected screen
There are no current Mac models which include the hardware to import/display analog video built-in. You will have to purchase some kind of third party analog-to-DV converter. (You may be able to simply use a DV camcorder to do this.) There are several available and each may include different kinds of features (for example a TV tuner). The ability to display a video image on two different screens will depend on the type of Mac you get and the hardware & software you're using to display the video. iMovie (which comes free on a new Mac) will not allow you to do this directly. Higher-end DV editing programs like Final Cut Express and Final Cut Pro will allow you to use an external monitor (TV) to display the video you're editing. However, they may not be the best for displaying video in real-time as it's being imported (for example, Final Cut Express does not produce audio while capturing video).
You might consider using a device like El Gato's EyeTV. You could have a G5 tower with a regular monitor/display and a DVI to video adapter plugged into the second DVI connector and then connected to a TV.
...take a high quality screenshot from the current video stream and safe it on the harddisk...
Of course, there isn't really any such thing as "high quality screenshot" of an analog video screen on a computer. If you use an analog to DV converter, NTSC DV is 720 x 480. I suppose you could consider a full resolution capture "high quality". This can be done with several different video editing applications including the software which may come with an analog to DV converter with a TV tuner. But, it's not like you're going to get a higher resolution screen capture than the technology uses. I guess we'd have to know a little bit more about what, exactly, it is you're trying to capture before we could make some more recommendations.
-Doug

Analogue Video Capture Not possible with CS3

Using the Premier Pro 1.5 Matrox RTX Xtreme Pro 100 Card, which gave so many problems with Field order in PAL. ( A true nightmare), having upgraded to CS3, I have no ability to injest analogue video. In Dual Core PC.
I had 4 track Audio on DV, and could not injest the 3rd and 4th tracks via firewire, so I had to injest using Premier Pro 1.5, via analogue. Then transfer the files into CS3.
I needed to injest all 4 audio tracks, but couldn't. I was stuck with stereo on Audios 1, and 2 only, in the SD Domain. I gather I may have been able to do that in HD.
But it was an SD shoot, combining other material from an XL2 Canon.

The Matrox Xtrem Pro has analog ports, which will not allow injesting with CS 3, they work with 1.5 This was a combined package with Premier Pro, and the Xtrem Pro 100 card. I dont see why I must get further hardware, when it worked with your earlier version of the edit software.
So with Hi 8 / SVHS material I have to injest using Premier Pro 1.5, which fortuantely I have, as I got the CS3 as an upgrade.
I have now picked up the increasing rare JVC Mini-DV/ SVHS combo which has firewire. So its possible injest anlooge material using that.
But why no CS3 drivers for the Xtrem Pro 100 card???

PE7 - capturing analog video (VHS/Analogue video camcorder)

I'm a complete novice, so please excuse my ignorance on this subject.
Re the subject heading - To quote from the Help System:
1. To use video from analog sources in your Adobe Premiere Elements project, you must first convert (digitize) the footage to digital data, because Adobe Premiere Elements only accepts direct input from digital sources.
2. Use an AV DV converter to bridge the connection between your analog source and the computer. Connect the analog source to the converter and connect the converter to your computer. Adobe Premiere Elements then captures the digitized footage.
OK as far as it goes.
In my case I intend to use the Canopus ADVC300 as the digital video converter. The connections to this from analog devices (VHS/Analogue camera) and to the PC (via Firewire) appear straightforward.
In PE7 when starting a new project one has to choose from the following input sources - DV Camcorder; DVD (Camcorder or PCDVD Drive); Digital Still Camera; Webcam or WDM Device; HDV Camcorder; AVCHD or other hard disk/memory camcorder; Mobile phone & players; PC Files & Folders.
As far as I can tell there appears to be no means of selecting digitally converted analogue video, which is where I came in.
Perhaps the digitised analogue stream from the ADVC300 is saved to a file, in which case one would select 'PC Files & Folders'. Is this what is meant by 'Adobe Premiere Elements then captures the digitized footage'?
I would appreciate any advice on this subject. Responses from experienced ADVC300 users would be especially welcome.
Regards
Leonard

You want to load these files from PC Files and Folders, Leonard. Just browse to them.
You could also simply capture directly into your project using your DV bridge (the Canopus). Here's more information on capturing analogue, from the FAQs at the top of this forum.
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.3bb95e46
By the way, if you're interested in more detailed information on capturing video as well as more detailed information on all of the tools in this program and how to use them, you may want to look into "The Muvipix.com Guide to Premiere Elements 7," written by that esteemed expert Steve Grisetti, who hosts this forum, co-founded http://www.muvipix.com as a site for supporting amateur and semi-professional videomakers and has written over 160 of the FAQs at the top of this forum.
It's available at Amazon.com or through the Muvipix.com store:
http://astore.amazon.com/chuckengelsco-20/detail/0615248993/104-3709942-5611121

Trouble Capturing Analogue Video

I have been successfully using a canopus card to convert analogue video from a VHS tape deck to digital video in PE4.All of a sudden it stopped working. I can still see video when I run stop motion, but when I return to capture mode there is no video and no sound. I've tried changing all the settings in capture settings and device control, to no avail. I'm probably missing something simple, but it's driving me nuts. Any ideas?
Braham

Braham,
Maybe un-seat, and re-seat the actual card - power off, of course. If that does not work, carefully remove the card and use a normal pencil eraser to clean the gold contacts. I always run the eraser down the length of each contact - both sides. Do
b NOT
touch the contacts with your fingers! I use compressed air to blow any eraser dust off, and then re-seat the card.
If this does not help, you may have a chip on the card going out.
Good luck,
Hunt

Using captured analogue video (avi) files

I have captured analogue video from an old camcorder via pp6 .and use cs4 to edit and produce dvd.
However , no matter what the settings set in the capture project the frame size remains at 320 x 240 with the cs4 sequence set at 720 x 576
Tried lots of changes in the original capture and to the cs4 settings but cannot find solution.
I have previously successfully done this operation but cannot repeat it.
Maybe a very simple answer .
Can anyone help.

What conversion hardware are you using, and what are the camera settings when you play the video to go to the capture device?
I used to use a Pinnacle DV500 card and the settings for DV AVI were for 720x480

SHOWBIZ DVD 2 captures analogue video on my E10

Showbiz DVD 2 captures analogue video on my E10.
Stu

Ivan25 I too would like to capture from my analogue in. I don't think it's right when you get programs with your computer that just don't work as configured.
I don't use my modem that came with my laptop as I have broadband but I'm sure I would take it back if it didn't work, regardless of whether I use it or not.
Something seems to have happened to the ability to capture from the analogue in now that MCE is involved. I know others that can capture from their Toshiba analogue in but they don't have MCE.
I have my MCE configured for use as my TV and don't want to have to mess with the setup each time I want to capture one of my old VHS tapes.
It's also not about buying software as I've tried 5 trial programs for capturing and all of them say that the video in is either being used or not available.
I would be happy if it was only a matter of ending a running process and then restarting it when I'm finished but it seems to be more than that.

Video capture card for 64 bit operating systems

We capture video that comes in analogue from a satellite feed. It comes in 24 hours per day. I have taken that and fed into a pci Green Valley Canopus capture card ACEDVio, (RCA fittings), and then I capture using Scenalyer. I have done this for three years, with great success. Since I am now using Windows 7, I have discovered that The Green Valley card does NOT work with 64 bit. I contacted Gree Valley and they admit that it will not work. The EXTERNAL Canopus 110 does work, but it is not reliable for 24/7 use, because sometimes it will shut down. I need an internal card that will stay on all of the time. Can anyone help with this?

John,
Thank you for taking the time to offer a responce. As to the "dual boot" suggestion: I do not know how to do that, although I could research just how to do it. My conserns are: XP is being completely abandoned by Microsoft. I am challenged every time that I have to do a re-install using XP, (I manage 26 computers for a company). For about a year now, it has been more and more time consumng, because Microsoft seems to be making it that way. I am guessing that the "XP" part would be for running 32 bit and the Win 7 part would be for the 64 bit, is that true? More on the subject would be good. Where to find inforation as to using that option.
It would be great if there was a video capture card that would work with Premiere and the Win 7 64 bit operating system. There must be someone that makes one. A guy at Tigert Direct suggested a Haupauge WinTV-HVR1250. I am going to have to call Haupauge to confirm. The biggest thing is ALWAYS that it will work with Premiere, and our Scenalyzer program

Streaming from composite video capture

I need a USB video capture device that accepts an NTSC color 480i composite signal and presents itself as a video input device that works with QuickTime (or iChat, EvoCam, etc). That last point is important: it can't depend on its own application software (except the drivers, of course) to do the recording. It must appear to the system as a video input like a camera.
Most Mac compatible capture devices I have looked at do not make this easy to figure out, and so far the few devices I have found require their own software to do the entire capture process. Does anybody have any experience or recommendations?

Hi,
A DV Converter that is Firewire to the computer is going to be preferable for iChat.
iChat can accept USB 1.1 input from a device with driver.
We tend to be talking USB 1.1 web cams here as many Converters don't do Drivers for USB in a form iChat can "See"
iChat can accept USB 2.0 UVC complaint Camera input as the Driver has been there since 10.4.9 (and working with iChat).
Again you don't tend to get Converters or Camcorders with UVC Compliant software - only web cams.
I have a Hollywood Dazzle but unfortunately it no longer is fully functional. (it works only as a Firewire Hub at present)
Pinnacle bought out Dazzle but do not support the older products and don't make anything Firewire capable themselves.
The Hollywood Dazzle had two Firewire ports and could in fact allow a camera connect by RCA connectors to be outputted to two computers.
It could also of course take Firewire from the computer back out over the RCA ones to a TV so you could see what iMovie was producing.
iChat will accept Firewire.
That means the Original External iSight (there were three models but only mounts really changed)
Firewire CamCorders - and as has been mentioned some will act as Analogue to DV converters
There were more Firewire Web cams at one stage but only the Fire-i seems to have survived.
If I was looking to buy another converter then a Canopus would be my choice. (Preferably something that could replicate what the Dazzle would do).
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Video Capture with WinProducer

Hello,
I just bought a Ti4200-VTD8X and I'm trying to capture DV type 2 avi using WinProducer. The hard drive that I am capturing it to has 50gb free but yet I am getting an error after 30-40 min that my hard drive is low on disk space. The resulting AVI file is a little over 9gb in size so there is still plenty of space left. I have captured DV type 2 avi using Studio 8 and Edition 5 with no problem. Does anyone know a fix to this problem?
WinProducer 2.0
WDM driver 1.08 (driver without Macrovision)
Detonator driver 45.23
Windows XP SP1
Thank You,
-pjman

I have found WinProducer 2 to be feeble at doing anything other than the most simplest of editing. I did try analogue capture using the DV codec and had simular experiences. It may be memory/harddrive space but I am very sceptical though as using a decent (Media Studio Pro)video editor/capture program it does not exhibit these problems.
Also do not get confused between firewire transfer and analogue capture they are 2 total different operations. If when you used Studio8 etc you used Firewire transfer you are only transfering a file from camera to the harddrive so very little CPU time and memory is used. Where as Analogue capture using what ever codec requires lots of processing time, memory and hardrive space to process and convert/compress the video stream. Analogue video will benefit from having a dedicated harddrive just for video purposes. It may also help to kill all background tasks prior to any analogue captures, i.e. just the neccesary system programs (no virus checker etc.) and the video capture program running in memory.

Hauppauge High Definition Video Capture

Does anyone have experience of the "Hauppauge HD PVR USB Hi-def H.264 Video Capture Device,high Definition USB 2.0 Video Capture With Hardware H.264 Video Encoders"?
If so what do you think of it?
Leaving aside PVR (it isn't in my opinion as it needs to be connected to a PC for recording) and the over emphasis on recording gaming sessions it sounds as though it might be a handy High Definition equivalent of the Canopus ADVC analogue to digital converter range.
Cheers,
Neale
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Neale,
I have never used one, nor have I read many articles from those, who have used it. The exception has been some users, who have had issues with Hauppage capture cards, but I do not know of any, who used this device.
Good luck, and wish that I could help, but will follow the thread, in hopes of learning something new.
Hunt

Analogue Video Interfaces

I work for a retail chain here in the UK, and frequently get customers wanting to buy a new computer with the intention of collecting all the analogue video footage they have built up of family holidays, grandchildren etc (since it's only when these people retire that they actually get the time to do this).
I normally sell them a 17" iMac G5 2.0GHz and shove an extra 512MB of RAM in, but need a little advice on analogue capture cards. Previously I have been supplying them with the Pinnacle MovieBox DV:
http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObjects/ukstore.woa/91001/wo/ul3gDPlKrBbI2ZAqncF 13EsbhDu/1.0.11.1.0.6.12
Which is fine with the iMac (the included software doesn't work, but I just leave that in the box, plug the device in, and use iMovie, it's better that way).
However I have recently come across the Canopus ADVC-110:
http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObjects/ukstore.woa/91001/wo/ul3gDPlKrBbI2ZAqncF 13EsbhDu/1.0.11.1.0.6.12
Is this worth the little extra over the Pinnacle product, and if so, why? It seems to me that it can be used without a computer, just plugging a DV camcorder into the DV out socket, and an analogue source into the S-Video / composite jacks, is that the only difference?
Thanks
Edit: I really need to merge my old Apple ID with this one somehow.

I would heartily recommend the Canopus product over the Pinnacle. I have and use the Canopus ADVC-100, an earlier version of the now current ADVC-110, and don't have single thing to say against it.
Some important features, especially for anyone bringing in long run time video from VHS tapes (or other sources), is the ability for the Canopus to lock the audio and video sync together. This ensures that the audio stay in sync over any length video you import. The loss of audio sync is a common and recurring problem with many analog (er analogue) video hardware importing systems.
Other benefits of the Canopus ADVC-110 is that not only can it import video, but it can also export your finished iMovie (or any movie from your favorite video editing application) back to tape, either in an analog form such as back to a VHS tape, or digitally, back to a DV camera. This allows you to share your edited movies, with people who may not have a computer or DVD player. Or it can be used as a form of backup, when sent to a high quality backup tape such as one on a DV format.
Well, thats my thoughts on the Canopus.
Tom N.

Converting Analogue Video onto Mac....HELP!

Not sure where to post but hopefully I'll find some help here...
I want to convert some old family videos (on VHS) onto DVD but edit them first. I'm using a MacBook (the late 2008 aluminum model), and I have iMovie '08 installed. So, the process (as I understand it...) is to convert the old analogue video format into digital and import into my Mac (iMovie if possible), edit, and then burn to DVD.
Could somebody tell me if this is correct -- I have to buy 1) an analogue to digital video convertor, and 2) a SCART to Phono cable (which plugs one end into the VHS player and the other end into the convertor). And then the convertor plugs into my Mac via USB?
Also, could you please let me know if I could use iMovie to import the videos and to edit? (is it supported etc...),
And if possible could someone please recommend some analogue-digital video convertors as lots that I've looked at so far don't specify whether they are supported by Mac or not....
THANK YOU for your help, your feedback is much appreciated!!!
Regards

I use the EyeTV Hybrid fro El Gato, along with MPEG Streamclip (free).
Another option is to check out the Digital Analog Convertors from Grass Valley. Many people like these.
Finally, many DV camcorders have a "pass through" mode that lets you attach an analog source and pass through a DV signal without actually recording the DV signal onto tape. You can capture it directly on your Mac with a Firewire cable.

Pinnacle Video Capture for Mac

After talking with a bunch of salesmen (considering getting a DvD writer), I took the advice of someone in the Apple Store and bought a Pinnacle Video Capture for Mac to copy my laserdiscs. It was $100 before tax, and didn't do stuff I don't plan on doing anyway. I did spend another $25 to get an S-video cable.
I installed the software and connected it up to my LD. I started capturing the movie, and selected S-Video (although in the small window they showed, I didn't see any difference between that and video out. I selected a max time from a limited selection, and let it record.
After a while, I went downstairs and saw that the audio and video were not synchronized at all. I let it continue.
After a while I came down again, and the movie was finished, so I stopped it. I found the MP4 - it was in the iTunes movie directory, and played it in iTunes. I fast-forwarded it to near the end, the voice and video were way off-set.
I haven't tried burning this yet.
Quicktime player doesn't think this is a valid movie file. I selected "open with" and "other" and the recommended applications had iMovie greyed out.
Why in the world would the audio and video record at different speeds?
Do I have to buy software to edit the movie down to the correct size?
My Mac has:
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac7,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.8 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
Boot ROM Version: IM71.007A.B03
SMC Version: 1.21f4
I noticed the Pinacle Video Capture program was still running, so I tried to quit it, and got a window asking for my administrator ID and passsword to allow Pinnacle Video Capture to make changes. Why?

The audio drifted out of sync because the Dazzle doesn't support locked audio. For short videos (say, under 10 minutes) this won't be very noticeable but when you capture longer videos it becomes progressively worse over time.
What do you want to do with your Laserdisk copies? Watch them on your iPod? Edit and/or burn to DVD?
A device like the Canopus ADVC-110 will do the video/audio conversion properly, keeping the audio and video in sync regardless of the length of your video. It converts to DV, not to MP4, and you would use it with iMovie or Final Cut (not iTunes). However you can export your video from iMovie or Final Cut to iPod/AppleTV formats.
The Dazzle device will not work directly with iMovie or Final Cut.
ps. If all you really want to do is transfer your Laserdisc videos to DVDs, it will be a whole lot faster & simpler to get a DVD player/recorder that has analog inputs and record directly to DVDs. There are many brands & models to choose from and many good ones are as inexpensive as the $100 you spent on the Pinnacle converter.

Elgato video capture versus digital 8 camcorder to import hi 8 movies

Hi!
I have hi 8 video tapes which i want to import into my MacBook.
I would like to work on them with iMovie 09, cut them, set titles etc. put music on and so on.
Earlier I plugged my hi 8 camcorder into my panasonic DMR E85H dvd recorder with built in hdd.
Then i importet them via handbrake into my MacBook.
Then i importet them into iMovie 08 an did some cutting and so on.
Then i recognized, that there where horizontal interferences in the movie.
On the dvds the video is ok!
It doesn´t matter if i play the videos in Quicktime or in iTunes or iMovie.
If i would use a Elgato Video Capture to import or a digital 8 camcorder to import the videos to my MacBook would i be able to get a better result?
Which one should i prefer - i have to buy each of them!
Would the size of the camcorder-imported videos be bigger then with the Elgato device?
Now i´m using iMovie 09.
Thanks a lot for helping me out!

Based on your comments about horizontal interferences, it may be that you are seeing interlace artifacts. The solution may be to deinterlace the clips.
You might try checking the settings in handbrake to deinterlace.
You might also take the clip you have produced in HB and deinterlacing using a free tool like MPEG Streamclip or JES Deinterlacer.
Your MPEG2 on DVD is already compressed from the original on tape. Then HandBrake decompresses and recompresses it to h.264. You generally want to cut out compression steps in your workflow whenever possible, because each generation of compression will introduce noise and loss.
You could also reimport from DVD using MPEG Streamclip (and the Apple QuickTime MPEG2 Playback Component). You could deinterlace at this step if needed.
You could certainly import through a camcorder with passthru capability. It will be DV which will be a very high data rate and potentially high quality, but it will never be higher quality than the underlying analog material. But you will have eliminated a compression step so you will be closer to the original.
ElGato products will certainly work as well. I use the ElGato EyeTV hybrid to capture from a VHS Deck, as well as to record high definition TV shows. My ElGato will capture to MPEG2, although the newer models may capture directly to MPEG4 (not sure). You would then use the ElGato software to export to iMovie in an editable format such as h.264 or Apple Intermediate Codec.

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