Quality of VHS/8MM imported through DAC 200 anolog converter

I purchssed a data vision DAC-200 to convert my VHS and 8MM tapes and import into iMovie. However, when I import there are breaks in the import and the quality of the import is poor, even though the quality on the TV (VHS) and camcorder is good.
Mac OS X (10.4.8)

To tell you the truth I've read complaints/questions about configuring this and several other datavideo units but none about quality.
Any other suggustions
No, other than double checking other selectable features on the converter.
Is it possible that the DAC - 200 is defective?
Sure, that's a possibility. Or maybe the best quality this unit can produce doesn't meet your expectations.
If either is true I would suggest purchasing an inexpensive Mini DV camcoder w/passthru feature (HD Camcorders will drop in price soon and become the defato, no since in spending a lot of money), then you could record, convert, play etc. (more features than purchasing another converter)
Note:
If you setup your converter on another computer using the same VHS player/8mm camcorder and input source, you'd have a comparison to base your next decision on.

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I have a DAC-200 to hook up my VCR to my G5 in order to capture video from VHS tapes into Final Cut. I had this set-up working a few months ago, but it was disconnected to rearrange equipment and now I can't get it working again. I have followed the advice from the DAC-200 installation instructions and advice from other forum topics but can't seem to get it to work. I finally was able to get something in the log and capture window besides "preview disabled" and "cannot capture because there is no video." I now can get Final Cut to capture video, however it only captures a blank black screen (and this is all I can see in the preview window).
I've triple-checked every cable hook-up, the G5 recognizes the converter box, the video tape plays fine to a tv. I've even had our IT-guy here at work come check out my set-up for help and he can't figure out what is wrong either. (He did get my log&capture window to get white fuzz in the black screen at one point though. Does that mean anything?)
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hey, i'm capturing footage from vcr and tivo using a dac-200 analog to digital conveter and once ive captured my footage in imovie the audio is silent. I can hear it while importing through the mac but when i come to play it back there is no audio.
is there something i'm missing here ? apart from sound !

Check out this larger thread
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I'd like to convert VHS cassettes from JVC VCR to imovie HD. I've got a DAC-100 converter (made by datavideo), and I can't see what I'm doing wrong. I'm using the s-video connection. I've checked all that I can (dipswitches are different on datavideo website to the instructions), but I'm just getting a blue screen (it says camera connected, and there's an import button at the bottom of the screen - when I press that it says camera playing). Nothing else happens.
I'm probably not doing something really obvious (I got the DAC=100 because it seemed the least complicated way to transfer vhs - i tried some other means, but I couldn't figure those out either...).
Any assistance would be really appreciated.

Hi Ian and welcome to the forums!
I am not familiar with the DAC-100 (I use a Canopus to do this, which is very similar) but having looked at the specs there is no obvious reason why it shouldn't work.
You need to connect your VHS player to the DAC by S-video (for the video, but this does not not carry sound) and by the red and white RCA cables for the sound. The DAC has to be connected to your Mac by firewire cable or iMovie will not work.
You should set sound as 16 bit, 44,100 hz. You do this in Audio MIDI setup, which is in your utilities folder.
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DataVideo DAC-200: anyone using this?

I've been researching the various methods of getting my old analog Hi8 tapes into iMovie and I've come down to getting a external converter over using a DV camcorder with pass-through. There seem to be 2 converter in the price range I'm in, the DAC-200 from Datavideo and the ADVC-110 from Canopus. I've read a few negative things about the 110 so I'm leaning towards the DAC-200. A search here doesn't seem to turn up anything on that so I'm wondering if anyone uses it or has heard any good or bad things.
BTW, I assume it would be compatible with intel iMac's and iMovie 6 HD but the Datavideo site doesn't say so. Does anyone know if it will work with this setup?

I don't know anything about the DAC-200, but I have used the Canopus ADVC110 to convert/import about 25 three-hour VHS family tapes to iMovie (not all at once!) with no problems whatever.
I can thoroughly recommend it.

Troubles w/ Analog video transfer DAC-200

Setup - S-Video out from VCR (RCA DRC8320N) to in on Datavideo DAC-200
- red/white audio out from VCR to in on converter.
- white/yellow out from converter to white/yellow on monitor
- Firewire out from converter to Mac
- converter settings - "AV" and "16-bit"; DIP switches - 4 and 5 on and
the rest are off
Results - "Camera Connected" on iMovie screen. I play video from VCR. I press "Import" Nothing but bluescreen (counter stays at zero), but message says "camera playing". When I press the stop button on iMovie the converter switches from AV to DV.
PLEASE HELP!

Here is an alternate solution:
If you have a digital video camera, attach it to your VCR or other analog device. Set it up to record from the analog device - see your owner's manual. Record the VCR material onto dv tape. Then, connect the camera to your computer using firewire or USB. Import into iMovie as if you had shot the footage yourself on your camera.
I have been successful using this method for old VCR home movies, laser disks, etc.
It is time consuming and takes many steps, but it works!

DAC 200 to iMOVIE Connection Problem

I know this came up in 2005, but those solutions did not work for me, so far. I want to convert VHS from my VCR to DV and edit. I do not see the DAC200 on my iMOVIE "DV" screen. Screen just says "camera not connected". iSIGHT works fine, I tried the GarageBand trick after shutting down the MAC and removing the iMOVIE plist, and the DAC200 dip swithes are set at 4 & 5 per the manual. Any new fix ideas in the last year? Do I need to get iLIFE (or maybe a-LIFE?) I have iMOVIE HD 5.
Thanks in advance to all you "brains" out there!

Hi k
three places to locate the origin to this:
- DAC 200 - try it on another Mac/Computer - ONLY FW-connection (there
are converters with USB - no good with iMovie)
- FW cable - test another one
- Your Mac - here there are lot's of posible origins:
∆ Do you have FCE/P on this Mac too - some versions interferes
∆ Version miss match of: Mac OS + iMovie + QuickTime
◊ Mac OS X.4.8 + iMovie 5.0.2 + QT 7.0.3 or 4 should may be work
◊ iLife 6: OS X.4.8 + iM 6.0.3 + QT 7.1.5 should also work OK
∆ Re-setting the FW-port can sometimes help. Un-plugg the Mains for about
10 - 30 minutes. Really manual un-plugging !! Not just turning off.
Please keep in contact on progress.
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Hi
Don't really know what DAC-200 is so I guessed.
Yes there is a copy-protection signal on most commersial DVD AND VHS.
Canopus ADVC-300 sence this and destruct the video signal so it will not work.
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I use two different ways to achieve this, depending on the situation.
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Quality of VHS/8MM imported through DAC 200 anolog converter

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