Modern WinDV-style app coming soon...

[medipal]

I am working on a free, modern WinDV-style app for capturing DV/HDV, etc. via Firewire to a Windows laptop/PC.

It's coming along nicely. So far these all work (from a select few decks/cams):
DV, DVCAM, DVCPRO25, DVCPRO50 (incl. 4-channel audio), HDV (incl. 4-channel audio), Digital8 (and Hi8/Video8 if run through a suitable Firewire equipped cam).
Still in the works is: MicroMV


It does scene splitting after capturing an uninterrupted native master file.

It has a ton of features but is hopefully not too cluttered, and simple enough to use.


Main goal is to preserve/archive the tapes' footage, so there's no transcoding or recompressing.


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[dellsam34]

Although being using Sclive, WinDV, HDVsplit, CaptureFlux without any issues, it is good to have one app for all, Keep us posted.

[medipal]

Although being using Sclive, WinDV, HDVsplit, CaptureFlux without any issues, it is good to have one app for all, Keep us posted.

Will do, cheers.

And yeah, this is NOT reinventing the wheel: those all work fine.
There's a few things I am putting in that I thought they were lacking (*), but overall this is just a new take on what those already did [mostly] perfectly well.

* Note: This one has a 1-click capture: deck/cam in VCR mode; tap 1-Click capture, and it will rewind, play, check footage for a few seconds, rewind again, then capture the whole tape (with options to choose on what to do if it detects no usable signal, and what to do at the end of capture, etc.)

Preview video on play and capture. Selectable CH1/2 or CH3/4 monitoring for 4 channel audio.
Tons more...

[dellsam34]

Any support for DVCPro HD and D-VHS?

[dvd3500]

Watching with anticipation...

[medipal]

Any support for DVCPro HD and D-VHS?

Ha!
These could work, yes. The limitation will likely be me getting my hands on test equipment.
D-VHS would be limited to non-copyrighted material.

Both formats would need a source that exposes their signal via Firewire, those exist but not easy to come by.

[aedipuss]

can you handle a tape that switches back and forth from 16 bit and 12 bit audio? they have always been a pia for me.

[dellsam34]

Both formats would need a source that exposes their signal via Firewire, those exist but not easy to come by.

I have no access to any DVCPro format but I can provide assistance with D-VHS.

Side note: VLC and CapDVHS on a Win 7 OS work great for D-VHS, Not sure about newer OSs as I don't have firewire port in those systems.

DVHSTool also works for making D-VHS recordings on Win XP only.

[medipal]

can you handle a tape that switches back and forth from 16 bit and 12 bit audio? they have always been a pia for me.

I am confident it can handle this, yes, but I need far more testing to confirm. Rudimentary tests did indeed capture the tape continuously whether it switched from 16bit to 12bit and back to 16bit again.

Going through all the various formats and potential things we could find on tapes now: DV/DVCAM/HDV, 2CH/4CH, PAL/NTSC....lots to test!

[medipal]

Both formats would need a source that exposes their signal via Firewire, those exist but not easy to come by.

I have no access to any DVCPro format but I can provide assistance with D-VHS.

Side note: VLC and CapDVHS on a Win 7 OS work great for D-VHS, Not sure about newer OSs as I don't have firewire port in those systems.

DVHSTool also works for making D-VHS recordings on Win XP only.

Thanks for this. Will keep it in mind...it might end up on the to-do list with not the highest priority for a bit, until I get my hands on some gear.
I might ask you for some testing and/or some small sample clips of D-VHS footage, if that is okay.

[dellsam34]

Any time.