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mnunnunm
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Posted: Tue Sep 11th, 2007 03:21 pm |
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Gary,
I purchased ProView 1.0.3 under the impression that it would digitize analog video inputs coming from, for example, a VHS-NTSC player. The USB hardware I received included a Y-cable ending in a) a single female radio jack and b) a female S-video plug. Scratching my head, I used a double-male cable to join the USB with the output in the back of my VCR (there is no S-video connector on the VCR). Booting up my Mac and launching ProView, a prompt called for a "digitizing device" to be selected from the menu. The only digitizing device that came up in the menu was "USB Video Class Video," which when selected turned on my onboard video camera.
That was fun, but what I really want to do is digitize analog VHS tapes!
How do I get ProView to recognize an external analog device such as a VCR without an S-Video port?
Mike
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Woosie
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Posted: Mon Jan 14th, 2008 10:38 pm |
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Mike -
While I'm not Gary, I have the exact same set-up situation as you, and found the following: when you connect the XLR8 product to your Mac (yes, I too needed to use the male-male connections for video and the audio channels), once ProView USB software is running, a video window opens that replicates what is being output from the VHS.
In my case, I used the three RCA output jacks on the VHS for connection to the XLR8, and left the coax output to the TV, so I saw a replication of the TV on my Mac screen.
When you start recording, it'll overlay the VHS output, be it streaming TV or VHS data (you need to hit "Play" on the VHS).
Hope this helps.
Mike
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mnunnunm
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Posted: Thu Jan 17th, 2008 02:39 am |
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Well, thanks, Mike! I just got your reply. You know, I found out the identical thing as you're reporting after I spent several hours of experimenting with cables and my VHS player, finally getting the damn thing to work - and work it does, quite well, in the 640 x 480 pixel format with very good sound reproduction included. I am amazed at how data-intensive even that small format is if you don't employ serious compression: I converted a 2.5 hour analog VHS tape into an mp4 that sucked up 2.4 GB. But that's OK, because data storage is not that expensive anymore and I can simply download my files onto an external hard drive, to be compressed and uploaded as I need it.
Thanks for your assistance. Happy digitizing!
Mike
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Woosie
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Posted: Sat Jan 19th, 2008 05:41 am |
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Mike -
I'm having great difficulties with the last part - compressing the video. I've tried streaming a 1 hour VHS tape and get 19.5GB files. By changing some of the quality settings, I got it down to 9GB. The Pro USB software said I used Photo JPEG compression but I didn't see it in the final product.
What exactly did you do, so I can try it out? Probably like you, I have many VHS and 8mm tapes I want to transfer to small files (DVD's in my case).
Thanks again,
Mike
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