Cheap vid capture?

[dazco]

Anyone know of a dirt cheap card i can use to capture VHS video to PC? Don't want garbage quality, but at the same time i don't want to pay much because it's not a real important thing to me. Kind of i could take it or leave it sort of thing. So i figure if i can do it very cheaply i will. Sure i could find something cheap myself, but i'd like to get opinions so i don't end up with quality that makes me wish i hadn't bothered.

[digitaldd]

if the VHS isn't Macrovision protected and is still in good shape, I've heard decent things about the Easycap DC60 USB product which is around $10.

http://www.amazon.com/EasyCAP-DC60-C.../dp/B002H3BSCM

[dazco]

Wow, doesn't get cheaper than that !Thanks

[Odanez]

Does it come with software to capture the video coming from the stick?

edit: aah this review sums it up nicely:

First off, let me tell you - This is an amazing deal. I have 3 computers, and while this doesn't work with two of them (It gets a scratchy audio noise, I think it's a problem with NVidia chipsets), it works with the third one. The problem most people are having is that it doesn't "display video correctly". After installing it, it should be recognized as a Syntek STK1160. You'll need to change the video from PAL to NTSC (If you live in America or Japan). Go to Control Panel -> Scanners and Cameras -> and right click on "Syntek STK1160" and select "Video Decoder Property". Change it from "PAL_B" (Or whatever it is) to "NTSC_M" (for America) and "NTSC_M_J" for Japan. You'll know the right one when it says "Signal Detected: 1". Enjoy ^_^

It doesn't work right with VirtualDub, but you can use AMCap (Google it) to record your video, and VirtualDub to edit and produce it.

Enjoy your AMAZING deal

[dazco]

yes, im read that and a number of other reviews and I pretty much expect that. If the hardware is good you can almost always find a freeware app to use with it if it doesn't work with whatever it comes with. I'm not worried about any of that as long as the hardware is good and is capable of working right on any common machine with the right tweaks and software. And at $10 if it doesn't, no huge loss.

[luckybob]

Originally Posted by digitaldd

if the VHS isn't Macrovision protected and is still in good shape, I've heard decent things about the Easycap DC60 USB product which is around $10.

http://www.amazon.com/EasyCAP-DC60-C.../dp/B002H3BSCM

except those things are **** incarnate.

A better solution is to buy a cheap video capture card from ebay. pci cards are stupid cheap.