I am trying to transfer some old music vhs tapes. Some of these tapes are old and the audio is a bit crackly. Is there software available that could somehow even out the sound? Any suggestions as to what's the best capture software?
Thanks
Right now I have 2 devices... and I only need to get one of them to work.
I bought a TVBox usb external device. It came with Intervideo windvr3. At first, I thought all was well, but then I realized that the sound could be better, so I tried hooking up the audio directly from the vcr to the soundcard. Unfortunately, the windvr would not allow me to change the input option.
So... I tried a few other programs. Some would allow me to record the audio just fine, but not the video. Nothing seemed compatible.
In the meantime, a relative sent me an old computer. I thought it was worth a shot, so i hooked up the tvbox and vcr to it. Again, windvr would not allow me to record from the sound card. But then I noticed something....there was another option listed for capture device. Apparently, there is an internal device "pinnacle DC10 plus" already installed. After a little probing, I found that it came with software called studio 7.
I hooked everything up and the results were great... BUT, after you capture the video, you must "render" it. This process takes 5 to 6 times the lenghth of the video.... so a 1 1/2 tape takes 8 or 9 hours to complete. I thought that maybe I could copy it to an external HD and bring it to my other pc and see if I had some software that could do it, but the captured video is 22 gbs! How can that be if it's only a 2 hour vhs?
Anyway, I'm stumped, any help or pointers would be greatly appreciated
My opinions about USBcapture devices has been stated before.
I don't like 'em. I have found their performance to be spotty and too dependent on the quality/bandwidth avilable of the USB port.
The pinnacleDC10 is an ANCIENT (ran on Win '95) piece of hardware. Pinnaclee apparently does still provide support. I cannot speak personally to the quality of this hardware, but it apparently has a loyal following.
Analog video capture/transfer will be a function of the following components:
1)Quality of the original source material
2)Quality of the output hardware (VCR)
3)Quality of the Input hardware
The software plays a very minimal part in the capture of the audio/video, other than providing driver support.
IMHO, you need to get good hardware to get the material into the PC. Then you can focus on editing software.
Yeah, I figured out most of that last night after quite a bit of research.
I actually did a project with that pinnacle, and the results were great, but like I said, It took all night.
I guess I just gotta spend the cash and get a decent card.
Thanks again, this site has been a great help for me on a number of issues
