Canopus ADVC100 ???

[reubenray]

I am looking for a capture card to replace the Xcapture that I have now. I will be sending video from my Directv Satellite receiver via s-video.

I have several questions to ask.

1) Is this a capture card itself or just a analog to digital convertor? In the manual it stats to connect to the capture card so this is why I am asking.

2) How does this connect to the computer (by USB)?

3) How do you get the audio to capture?

4) Do you have to connect the L/R or will it pick it up thru the computer? Also does it accept or pass thru DD or PCM?

4) What additional software is needed to get a capture?

I have been reading everything I could find out about this but have not been able to get the answers to the above question. I do not mind paying additional $$ if the product will do what I want it to do.

[tumbar]

Did you consider going to the Canopus site and looking it up there?

Just throw 3 w's in front and a .com behind and your almost there.

Click the products tab.....digital video converters...okay you can take it from here...everything you want to know about the ADVC 100.

regards

[reubenray]

Yes I did and that is why I am asking these questions now. The site (i.e) says several times to connect the Canopus ADVC100 to a capture card. I even read the PDF manual.

So will this do captures by itself?

[ADS Ivan]

1) The ADVC-100 is a DV Transcoder that converts to and from DV. It needs to connect to an OHCI Compliant FireWire card like the PYRO card. If you needed to call something a capture card, the ADVC-100 would be the capture card in your setup (technically, you're FireWire card is a simple I/O card and transfers the video rather than capturing it).

2) Everything is captured through FireWire (1394), that's the beauty of DV Transcoder solutions like the ADVC-100 or ADS PYRO AV Link...

3) The audio captures by default...

4) You have to connect the left & right audio, your sound will be DV Encoded and in stereo

2nd 4) Any NLE or simple capture App should be able to handle the DV Stream

Regards,
ADS Ivan
ivan@ADSTech.com

[reubenray]

Thanks for the response. My A7N8X Deluxe MB has firewire, so is this all I need?

[happyboy]

I have similar question. I want to get a ADVC100, but I heard that it has compatible issues with some 1394 card using TI's chip. I checked canopus website, but the link does not work.

Anybody has an idea?
what 1394 card do all of you use with ADVC100?