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2025-08-15 14:14:15
Works great and video qualityis great much better than adaptersand does work well like Linux Mintand works very well on Windows 10 64 bit with OBS.
JHoney
2025-06-09 11:41:42
I wanted to use this with Linux machines, but the VIA VL805 USB 3.0 controller has issues. Some searching indicates disabling/using soft IOMMU to make it work, but I couldn't get it running on my Linux box. I don't understand why they used a USB 3.0 controller for a USB 2.0 capture chip, cheap I guess.On Windows I didn't have any issue. The card worked fine in OBS. It exposes some basic UVC controls (brightness, contrast, hue, saturation).The output is usable, but I didn't find it great. I got some weird vertical banding on color bar test signals. Fine details get muddy. Dot crawl gets turned into blended colors. Pretty average for a cheap digitizer, no wacky behavior, but nothing exceptional.Seems to default to 720x576, but it will scale the input to any of the supported resolutions. Scaling will stretch the image though so you should take your source aspect ratio into account before using the device's scaler. (i.e. can't go over 720x576 for 5:4 content, or 800x600 for 4:3 content)Can do YUY2 capture (uncompressed) up to 720x576. However 720x576 can't go above 25 fps, so no NTSC 29.97. Lower resolutions can do up to 30 FPS uncompressed.The card build is pretty good. Metal bracket. Nicely labeled. Connectors seem nice enough. Has a red power LED.If you want something that just works on Windows, and aren't concerned about excatly replicating the input this will do fine.
T
2025-05-31 21:37:35
This has worked perfectly for me on Linux, and seems to do exactly what the description says it should. In case anyone is wondering (I was asked this question previously), no, capture cards do not allow you to record online streaming content. What they actually do is allow you to capture analog video and/or audio signals that come from an *external* source (like an old video camera or console) and digitize it, allowing you to transfer it to your computer for viewing, recording, or streaming. This particular device has CVBS (composite video) and S-Video inputs, so you can use it to capture anything that comes from a CVBS or S-Video output. That means cable boxes, old video cameras and camcorders, VCRs, and old video game consoles like PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Sega Genesis, and anything else that has CVBS or S-video outputs.Why would you want to do this? Well, you might want to digitize your old family videos or VHS collection, of maybe you are a streamer who wants to play old video games for YouTube. Maybe you want to stream live events you can watch through your TV or satellite box to YouTube with your own commentary (while complying with your local copyright and media laws, of course). Just know that the device you are trying to record or stream from needs to have either CVBS or S-Video output. If you only have an HDMI, this won't work.For installation, it has two different size installation brackets, so it will fit in a variety of PC cases. Once the input signal gets in through the ports on this device, it gets transferred through the PCIe slot on your computer's motherboard to the computer's memory. It doesn't need drivers, and should work out of the box. I had no issues on Linux. The company says it is capable of processing both NTSC and PAL, though I only tried it with NTSC. It can output in either MJPEG (a common compression video format) and YUV422 (a high-quality uncompressed format for professional use).The specs state it can handle resolutions of up to 1080p at 30 frames per second, but I have not benchmarked this. I do think it can more than keep speed with the majority of video sources you are going to be giving it, meaning that it will likely be your old VHS tape resolution that is the bottleneck, rather than this device. The images I got were as clear as the originals.A nice touch in the manual supplied with this were some instructions for using it with OBS. I know that a lot of users have difficulty with OBS at first since it is so feature rich, but this will get you started on the right path. The instructions say that you can also use it with other software like VLC and Amcap, but again, I have not tested this.This is a functional device with a very specific use case. If you have a need for it, I do recommend it at the price they are offering (about $20).
D Goel
2025-05-17 12:17:00
I wanted to import videos from my old Sony video camera that uses 8mm tapes. I was able to connect s-video directly and used a cable to convert RCA outputs to a single stereo connector. It worked flawlessly with my computer.While this device is good, I found it easier to use a USB capture device as I didn’t see any picture quality difference
Warren B Futrell
2025-05-16 15:29:40
I selected this capture card to convert my wedding video recorded on a VHS tape in 2000 to something we could watch on our devices.I'm using an AMD A10-6700 socket FM2 system with components around the 2013-2015 era running Linux Mint 22 Wilma. Internal storage is a 500GB SSD.Per the instructions provided with the product, I installed OBS via a flatpack on the system. I added a video capture device and selected the card. However, the only input exposed is the BNC-like camera input. I don't have any cables to connect to that connector. Because of that issue, I couldn't get any video from my FUNAI VCR/DVD recorder to appear.To confirm it wasn't the VCR, I installed an Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1250 TV tuner/input card and the output from the VCR appeared immediately. I also tried a generic HDMI to USB3 capture device and like the WinTV card it worked the first try.Checking the system report on this system. this PCI Express capture card is actually internally a USB 2.0 capture card with a VIA USB hub. I do recall in the past that VIA USB chipsets had issues with Linux, but I don't know if those issues have been resolved.While I would like to try this video capture card in Windows to see if it worked any better than it did in Linux, I don't have a desktop system with Windows installed.
Rob
2025-05-13 20:58:37
Its a great product, robust and strong, ive been using this everyday!
J
2025-04-22 12:40:12
This doesn't like my cameras, and my VCR quit functioning properly. I could have used this for either but will be looking elsewhere. An RCA input would have worked for the VHS cassettes, but after that project is done, the plan is to leave an old camera on the system. The cameras work as expected elsewhere.
Jim
2025-03-22 11:29:05
Fonctionne très bien et installation facile.
Ron H.
2025-02-17 10:58:56
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