ClimaxDigital EzCAP_Version 3.3D USB 2.0 Video capture with Audio + DVD/VCD Maker from video source: VHS, V8, Hi8 for laptop/PC,video recorder, camcorder, DVD player or Satellite TV receiver +Supports Xbox 360/PS3 colour recording +**FREE Licensed Blaze Video Magic 3.0** +**FREE AV cable**
Product Description
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**FREE AV cable***
***IMPORTANT***: Be aware of those faked products. ClimaxDigital does NOT authorize anyone else to sell this model with the ArcSoft Showbiz 2 software and Blaze Magic video 3.0. Buy GENUINE USB video capture directly from ClimaxDigital and you are guarnateed that it supports pS3/XBOX colour recording.
IMPORTANT: ClimaxDigital offers the latest video capture with professional video editing software ArcSoft ShowBiz DVD 2 and driver (old version is 2.1c and 3.1b).+**FREE Licensed Blaze Video Magic 3.0** Fixed the audio problem with old model dc60 and dc60+**. It supports SNAPSHOT as well.
This USB Video capture with Audio + DVD/VCD Maker enables you to capture High-quality video and audio file direct by USB 2.0 interface without sound card; It can catpure video source VHS, V8, Hi8 etc. video recorder, camcorder, DVD player or Satellite TV receiver, laptop/PC. It supports both windows XP, Vista 32,Vista 64,Window 7 32/64
Package Contents:
1) 1 X USB video adapter with audio
2) 1 X Software and driver CD (including professional video editing software ArcSoft ShowBiz DVD 2+Blaze Video Magic 3.0)
**Extra cable might be needed. Please check what video OUTPUT ports your video source supports. The video capture has both composite AV (yellow, red, white) female and Svideo female ports.***
****Tutorial and User Manual for ArcSoft ShowBiz DVD 2 can be downloaded from ClimaxDigital’s website****
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- ***IMPORTANT***: Be aware of those faked products. ClimaxDigital does NOT authorize anyone else to sell this model with the ArcSoft Showbiz 2 software and Blaze Magic video 3.0. Buy GENUINE USB video capture directly from ClimaxDigital and you are guaranteed that it supports pS3/XBOX colour recording. Latest model with professional video editing software ArcSoft ShowBiz DVD 2 and driver CD (version 3.2A) (old version is 2.1c and 3.1b). **Fixed the audio problem with old model dc60 and dc60+**. It supports SNAPSHOT. Capture High-quality video and audio file direct by USB 2.0 interface without sound card; Catpure video source VHS, V8, Hi8 etc. video recorder, camcorder, DVD player or Satellite TV receiver, laptop/PC; Supports Windows XP/Vista 32/Window 7 32&64 and **Vista 64**+**FREE Licensed Blaze Video Magic 3.0*** Supports Xbox 360/PS3 colour recording+**FREE AV cable***
- Capture and edit analogue video sources to MPEG 1/2 format on your hard disk;Support all formats: record in DVD, VCD, SVCD; Share finished projects on DVD, tape, the Web, and mobile devices;Support Brightness, Contrast, Hue, and Saturation control
- Supports high quality video resolution: NTSC: 720 x 480 @ 30fps;PAL: 720 x 576 @ 25fps;Real time MPEG 1/2 format; Supports NTSC, PAL Video format;Video input: One RCA composite, One S-Video; Audio input : Stereo audio (RCA)
- Enclosed the professional video editing software ArcSoft ShowBiz DVD 2. It provides best editing function for you. With it, you can make your family album and your own movies at ease.
- Plug and Play;no need extral power;easy to use and carry. Dimension : (L)73 x (W)24 x (H)21mm;Package Contents: USB video adapter with audio/ installation guide/ Software and driver CD/ ArcSoft ShowBiz DVD 2 CD
I purchased this for transfer from VHS to DVD.
My VHS machine has only a SCART output, so I used a scart to rca adaptor and a triple RCA cable (male to male) to go into the female rca inputs of the unit. I haven’t tried the S-VHS input. I then used a 10m usb extension cable (female to male) to go to the pc, which is a pentium 4 3.2GHz running XP pro SP3.
There are instructions on the box to install the drivers first (before plugging in the device), so I followed these and although the actual prompts were nothing like those described on the box, I was able to follow the instructions to confirm that the drivers had installed.
I then installed the Arcsoft Showbiz DVD 2 software and when I ran it in capture mode, it found the device, but said no video. I found the scart adaptor was switched to input rather than output and when fixed there was video and sound from the preview screen.
My first recording had no sound, but I found you had to select sound recording by ticking a check box. When I did this and set up the options there was sound on the recording. The problem is that if you come out of the capture software and go back to do another recording, the box has unchecked itself and you get no recorded sound even though you hear it while the recording is being made. This applies if you come out of the Arcsoft altogether or just switch to edit mode and then back, so it is easy to miss checking the box each time. If you can remember this, the recording is good quality, vision and sound, with the 352 by 576 lines mode being entirely adequate for putting VHS on DVD.
Pressing the big button on the device captures a single frame as a still picture file.
The editing mode is rather limited and if you try to use some of the slider controls, the pc goes off and thinks very hard for several minutes. You can import files to the software for inclusion in the editing, but it doesn’t know anything about 16:9, which is rather a limitation thse days.
The transfer to DVD and setting up the DVD menus part of the software is quite easy and gives a good result.
I have also used the EzCAP device with Ulead Videostudio 11plus and that works okay in many respects, but that software is not without its own issues – it doesn’t have the sound problem though.
To summarise: I can’t fault the EzCAP device, I think all the problems come from the software, although for less than £20 total it is very cheap.
Rating: 4 / 5
This was simple, I connected this to my VCR, installed the drivers, plugged it in to the usb port and away I went.
I actually use Roxio 2009 and capturing my old VHS tapes is proving to be doddle.
Quality is dictated by the quality of he tapes, not the hardware.
What more can I say very happy with this product
Rating: 5 / 5
Bought one of these so that I could capture the output from a bird box camera on my laptop. I’m a novice when it comes to all this video processing stuff, so I was relieved and delighted when the device installed without any problem on my Vista laptop and within a short time I was watching the activity inside the bird box. All set for Spring now, when the baby birds appear and I can capture their development in video clips.
Very good service from ClimaxDigital (shame about the name!).
Rating: 5 / 5
I wanted to convert all my old camcorder tapes onto DVD and before buying EzCap, I had a look at the reviews for similar products. Most of them seemed to have more bad reviews than good.
I purchased the EzCap on the basis that most of the nine reviews given to the product were good.
The EzCap was used with three different types of tape format and produced good results with minimum effort. It was just a case of wire everything together and start recording. Both picture and sound quality were good with no need to mess around with the default settings.
Had some problem with capturing the sound, which was fixed by turning the computer off and on. However not sure it this was a problem with the device or the computer.
Did not have much success with old VHS tapes, as the recorded picture quality was poor.
With regard to the ArcSoft Showbiz software that was supplied, I can’t recommend this as I found it un-useable as it kept closing down and saying that my camcorder tapes were copyright protected?
Instead I used Corel VideoStudio X2 Pro and found it very quick and easy to use with no problems. The range of effects was more than enough for want I wanted to do.
The EzCap is a good device and does what it is meant to do. For the best results I would recommend that you invest in some decent software.
Rating: 4 / 5
I was looking for a simple unit which would allow me convert some old VHS tapes to DVD. Works great with full VHS resolution with interlacing. The only real problem that I encoundered was that my VHS machine outputs only a composite signal rather than S-Video through SCART – but as this unit has both, it was just a case of getting the right cable.
I use my own open source software for video editing – particularly useful if you have old tapes which have Macrovision signal problems. The software enclosed will not encode if it thinks that the tape has Macrovision protection, intended to prevent piracy. You may also encounter problems with dropped frames if your PC cannot convert the video or write to disc fast enough, but these can be overcome.
All in all, a great budget unit.
Rating: 5 / 5