easycap USB

[w1k]

today i found interesting thing - maybe for easy capturing audio signals from atari cassetes and converting to xex file (video capturing too)

 

 

http://www.dealextreme.com/p/easycap-usb-video-capture-adapter-5707

[AtariLeaf]

I use this for capturing game footage. It works pretty well, not perfect but pretty good. Doesn't seem to work well with Windows Vista (but what the hell ever did)

[OldSchoolRetroGamer]

Vista, Windows 7 or 64 bit OS causes issues or not working at all. Best for XP in my experience with the device.

 

I was pissed that a few of my capture devices failed in any OS after XP even a couple I have by Pinnacle DOH!

 

Got tired of the constant OS and driver issues, I do all my capturing on a stand alone DVD recorder! Has composite and RF Tuner, cost about $80 at Future Shop and once recorded is already in Digital format ready for editing, use re-writable or cheap DVD-r and you already have the original footage archived lol. No more driver or OS issues!

Edited June 26, 2011 by OldSchoolRetroGamer

[+remowilliams]

I've got an easycap DC60+ that works fine with Win7 x64. One problem with easycaps is there are a ton of fake devices out there apparently...

[potatohead]

I have this device, and the ADS HDTV USB.

 

The EASY CAP works great on Vista / 7 / XP. Just don't use the drivers that ship with them. Many of these devices are being sold on E-bay, for like $10. They come with a rather old set of drivers, and a reasonable video editing, capture program. The best thing to do with the EASY CAP is to let Windows load it's driver over the net. That works on Vista / 7 just fine these days, though it didn't earlier.

 

I've had the EASY CAP for a coupla years now.

 

It is a normal definition device. For composite video, it's OK. Captures are a bit smudgy, but useful. The device doesn't do well on higher resolution, interlaced signals, just FYI. For anything Atari 8 bit related, that doesn't matter, because the computer is below the resolution of the capture device. If you are capturing something newer, or that has a interlaced signal, like a NES, or C64, the resulting capture won't be at par, unless you feed it S-video.

 

The S-video captures from that EASY CAP are great. Recommended.

 

For higher resolution composite, PAL, or NTSC, I recommend the ADS device. It's more money, and it's HD, but it's composite capture is out of this world good. I've many samples in my blog where I've captured higher res NTSC, if you want to look. The one I have doesn't have the S-video input, so I can't compare a color S-video to a color composite. I just use the EASY CAP for S-video, and the ADS for composite.

 

The bonus is I get about 20 HDTV channels here on the goofy little antenna supplied with the ADS. Set to record to disk and watch later. The quality is insane good on digital TV.

[sloopy]

looks like a nice little toy... i have a Hauppauge PVR-500 in my machine so i dont really need one... i used to have one of those Compsite/S-Vid to usb devices, and it worked ok, pic was a little grainy, but this was probly 10 years ago, its nice they finally got it to the point where it is useable...

 

sloopy.

[potatohead]

I should post up another trick of mine. Put the composite signal into BOTH the luma and color inputs of the S-video input. What will happen is the detail will sharpen up. You still get dot-crawl and other things, but the color smearing is significantly less. YMMV

[StaxX28]

Hi,

easycap works perfectly on win7 (32bit + 64bit)

Just plug it and win7 installs the drivers itself !

 

I use composite video to record some of my videos...

 

for examples :

 

 

I think, the picture quality is not really bad for $ 8.60!

[ascrnet]

http://www.dealextreme.com/p/easycap-usb-video-capture-adapter-5707

 

I buy it but it works well with windows 7 x64 , but in windows xp without problems. His chip somagic so careful as this capture has several versions.

 

 

link

 

regards

[+remowilliams]

I believe only the DC60+ is guaranteed to be x64 compatible.

[keilbaca]

Vista, Windows 7 or 64 bit OS causes issues or not working at all. Best for XP in my experience with the device.

 

I was pissed that a few of my capture devices failed in any OS after XP even a couple I have by Pinnacle DOH!

 

Got tired of the constant OS and driver issues, I do all my capturing on a stand alone DVD recorder! Has composite and RF Tuner, cost about $80 at Future Shop and once recorded is already in Digital format ready for editing, use re-writable or cheap DVD-r and you already have the original footage archived lol. No more driver or OS issues!

 

That explains your superior quality compared to all of my capture cards. Looks like I'm going this route.

[w1k]

hmm, i have STUPID software..

i install drivers, in manual is written: run multiviewer which you installed..

 

LOL, ROFL.. shat multiviewer? i install everything from cd..

 

LOL, ROFL 2 - when i plug capture, windows install drivers.. when i unplugged and plug again, windows again install software..

 

windows 7

[Rybags]

Try using VirtualDub to do your captures.

 

It works better than a lot of devices own rubbish software.

 

But the #1 influence on how well your captures turn out will be the Codec used. If the device captures in MPEG 2, then you can probably control bitrate and not much else, but MPEG 2 is pretty OK for capturing anyway since it's fairly quick to encode in.

 

There's some free codecs around, the MJPEG ones are usually good for devices that capture to an AVI file.

[w1k]

i try different software:

 

 

no signal?

 

i use PAL, s-video

Edited July 8, 2011 by w1k

[AtariLeaf]

Vista, Windows 7 or 64 bit OS causes issues or not working at all. Best for XP in my experience with the device.

 

I was pissed that a few of my capture devices failed in any OS after XP even a couple I have by Pinnacle DOH!

 

Got tired of the constant OS and driver issues, I do all my capturing on a stand alone DVD recorder! Has composite and RF Tuner, cost about $80 at Future Shop and once recorded is already in Digital format ready for editing, use re-writable or cheap DVD-r and you already have the original footage archived lol. No more driver or OS issues!

 

I see more and more people going down this route and I may do the same eventually.

[w1k]

i now use composite:

 

 

no signal, black screen

[Rybags]

Has this thing worked at all for you ?

 

With the 3rd party apps like ulead or V-Dub, you'll usually need to select what capture device you want before you start preview/recording.

[w1k]

yes, i selecting SMI GRABBER DEVICE..

[StaxX28]

i now use composite:

 

no signal, black screen

it's seems that you have connected your easycap to your tv...

 

connect it directly to your Atari XE, not on TV !

 

I use composite cable with DIN (5pins) --> RCA/SCART, like this :

 

DIN connected to the "monitor" connector on the A8

Yellow RCA to the easycap yellow RCA female connector

Edited July 8, 2011 by StaxX28

[w1k]

jesus.. where i find that cable? im not electric man

btw - s-video doesnt work.. s-video - atari - easycap.. not tv connection

[StaxX28]

I bought it on ebay from this seller :

http://myworld.ebay....sid=p4340.l2559

 

his website : http://www.vectrom.com/?cat=1

 

unfortunatly no longer for sale...

EDIT: you can also use this cable !

Edited July 8, 2011 by StaxX28

[Jetboot Jack]

On most TV's the front jacks take a signal IN not OUT - now I've never seen that TV that you've got there, but I would be surprised if the front AV jacks output anything, unlike the headphone socket which would be audio out...

 

I use a Black Magic Intensity (internal PCIE card) - captures all signal types and resolutions PAL and NTSC...

 

sTeVE

 

i now use composite:

 

 

no signal, black screen

[DamageX]

I have the syntek 1150 based one. It works good in win2k and xp, as long as you have USB 2.0 ports. I use virtualdub for capturing. When capturing, make sure that "TV Tuner" is not selected as the source, because the device doesn`t even include an RF input, and furthermore in the USA at least there are no more analog TV broadcasts anyway. It`s also possible to use the "imaging" program that is supplied with win2k, or something like irfanview to take screenshots from the device.

[w1k]

 

i now use SCART with swithc - input, outpu.. i output use..

 

i install new win xp..

 

nothing work

[Fox-1 / mnx]

i now use SCART with swithc - input, outpu.. i output use..

 

As with the jacks on the front... Many older TV's also don't have output on the SCART, especially if the TV only has 1 SCART connector.

 

With newer TV's, and multiple SCARTs there's probably (at least) 1 SCART with output.

 

What you need is either a splitter to split the signals (1 set goes to capture device, other goes to TV) or just don't use a monitor at all. The capture device in fact REPLACES your monitor in this case.

 

edit: typo's

Edited July 8, 2011 by Fox-1 / mnx