Dazzle DVC1 Parallel

[Dman65]

Does anyone know if the Dazzle Digital Video Creator units come with Video For Windows drivers or if you are locked into using their software for capture?

Thanks for any input.

[jdatec]

As far as I know you have to use Dazzle software to capture using the Dazzle hardware. I too use the Dazzle DVC1 PP model.

[Anonymous65]

Any known issues with the Dazzle DVC paralell version? Does it run fine under WinMe with default software? I see there is a Moviestar 4.22 software version available, does it run OK?

SK

[statuspending]

does that thing do external hardware mpeg1 compression?

how is it?

[Anonymous65]

Yes, the Dazzle DVC is one of the few, or only external hardware mpeg-1 encoders. It feeds the highly compressed data to the PC via the USB or parallel port.

Another question, does Dazzle do a 2:1 vertical reduction in the hardware encoding? This should be mandatory because it increases the video quality two-fold in my view.

SK

[jdatec]

As far as I know Dazzle DVC1 PP version does not do the 2:1 converson. Import options are NTSC and PAL and mpeg-1 outputs are 352x240 @ 30 fps for NTSC plus whatever tha standard size is for PAL. You can opt for 1/4 size for web-pages and such. So far though I am not happy enough with my VCD copies to throw away the video tapes. There are just too many artifacts on the VCD coyy.