I have a iMac G5 (PPC, not Intel) and I would like to capture my old VHS. I'm looking for a "cheap" device (USB or FireWire) that can be use on a Mac. Do you know one?
Thanks
I found the AVS PYRO A /V Link but at US$180, it's to expensive for me!
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I am not a Mac user, yet, I am just in here looking before I make the big $ commitment to buy a Mac. However, what I have learned from the PC side is the capture device is important. What you end up with a lot of times by going "cheap" is out of sync results. Audio and video do not match. The capture device should create the sync so things encode correctly.I used AVS (had to borrow from a friend) and it worked great. I bought a Canopus ADVC-110 since it works with PC and Mac. All reviews on it have bee Excellent, though it is expensive. Go with the AVS, I know that works. Just be wary of cheap products that give terrible results. It's too much work to put into a project to get bad results. Better to pay the $.
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No sync issues with the Miglia TVMicro as it uses a coax and does not bring in the audio and video through separate ports/chipsets.
However, you should think about what you intend to do with the footage once it has been digitized. Remember that VHS will never be better than VHS quality although, if you have the horsepower and appropriate software (and many hours to spare), you might be able to clean it up a little. That being said, I've been happy with the TVMicro and the captured footage is 99% ready to be sent over to Toast for burning as a DVD. (There's a simple "export without re-encoding" step.)
Additionally, the EyeTV software accompanying the TVMicro will optionally export to one of the other supported formats (whatever you can do with QuickTime Pro) automatically, if you wish. For example, if you set EyeTV to capture for a certain amount of time, it optionally will export to the format you wish. (This assumes you want to do something besides DVD.)
Keep it simple. One nice thing about the TVMicro: The EyeTV software is UB (universal binary) so getting a new Mac will let you bring the package to the Intel machine without add'l cost. -
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Originally Posted by pixel zombie
then I saw:
USB Capture Software
aaah...because macs don't do NATIVE USB capture,
certainly not in iMovie or FCP.
So I wonder what kind of quality you get, as it has to capture
footage once, then export to a file that iMovie or FCP will
recognize? And how much HD space you would need for all that
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