Acceptable card for VHS capture, software?
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With all the questionable information bandied about online, it was truly a blessing to discover this site. I captured all my family's VHS home videos about 15 years ago using a newer Panasonic VCR from the era passed through a DV camcorder to my laptop. I edited the footage in Adobe Premiere and burned the videos to DVD. The quality is... somewhat acceptable, but I really want to redo the entire process and keep lossless masters this time. 1.) What is the best Win11, USB capture device to use? I'd love to set up a legacy workstation with an ATI card to do this correctly, but unfortunately my budget is a limiting factor. I've read some about this device: GV-USB2 Would this work decently well? I've also read a lot about the elgato devices, which appeal to me because I'm in the market for a good gaming capture device as well. 2.) What is the best capture software to use? I've heard of VirtualDub and OBS - is there one that is recommended for Win11 users? Also, is it suggested to capture the footage as is for masters (i.e., no deinterlacing or upscaling)? Thanks in advance! -- merged -- Another device I looked into was the Blackmagic Design Intensity Shuttle. Any thoughts on that one? |
The GV-USB2 works flawlessly with Win 11. It's my go-to digitiser. Don't be put off by the lack of English instructions; they are available here and the install process for the drivers only is simple.
I'm in PAL land, so I can't vouch for NTSC, but I assume, given IO-Data is a Japanese company, that it would work with NTSC as well. Quote:
If VDub doesn't work for you, another option for capture is AmarecTV. Quote:
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Awesome! I was leaning heavily toward going for it. I think you pushed me over the fence.
What software do you use to capture? Do you do any upscaling or deinterlacing when capturing? |
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I honestly had no idea there was a distinction between US NTSC and NTSC from other countries. I always assumed NTSC was NTSC. That’s very good to know. Is there a specific capture card you'd recommend? It would have to be Win11 compatible and preferably USB 3... I know that's limiting me to less than stellar options, but it's what I have to work with unfortunately. What do you think of/know about the Blackmagic Design Intensity Shuttle? I've read decent things about it, and it looks to be fairly affordable in the used market. Someday I'd like to build a legacy workstation with an ATI card as that seems to achieve the best results if I've been understanding correctly, but I dragged my feet on getting a new mattress for the better part of this past year. I think my wife would have questions if UPS started showing up with old computers and VCRs. :laugh: |
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Technical definition Japan implemented the NTSC standard with slight differences. The black and blanking levels of the NTSC-J signal are identical to each other[10] (both at 0 IRE, similar to the PAL video standard), while in American NTSC the black level is slightly higher (7.5 IRE) than blanking level - because of the way this appears in the waveform, the higher black level is also called pedestal. This small difference doesn't cause any incompatibility problems, but needs to be compensated by a slight change of the TV brightness setting in order to achieve proper images. I guess you mean NTSC-J not NTSC you could confuse people not mentioning -J A scope on the video signal also makes things clear for that matter, lifted, crushed or clipped depending the situation. |
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Also, I bought a Pinnacle 500-USB years ago and never actually used it. Is that device any good? Does it have Win10 or 11 drivers? Here’s a pic of the device I have in case there’s some variation with model number I’m not aware of. Attachment 16976 Attachment 16977 |
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The hardware/software should have all the correct specs/features to start with, otherwise it's baked into the setup and can't be corrected,(without loosing quality elsewhere) it's hard to tell when consumer hardware is used, even firmware can have faulty settings i guess.
It's like taking a picture, thats too dark or too bright, you can't correct that afterwards, something that isn't there you can't generate something better of it. You get what you pay for, the devil is in the details... |
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