IEEE-1394 device with RCA in?

[fmctm1sw]

Does anything like this exist? Kind of like ADS USB Instant DVD but with a firewire conection to your computer.

[BJ_M]

sure -- one for the mac that can be used on a pc
http://www.datavideo-tek.com/datavideo2/information_population/product_info/dvformatco...c_100_page.htm

and a bunch for the PC

http://www.synthetic-ap.com/tips/firewireconverters.html

btw -- the Canopus ADVC-100 is really great and one of the cheapest

[fmctm1sw]

http://www.synthetic-ap.com/tips/firewireconverters.html

btw -- the Canopus ADVC-100 is really great and one of the cheapest

Great site. Thanks.

[ahfairley]

remember that you can get a mini DV camcorder that will do this for around $450 shipped.

[BJ_M]

Canopus ADVC-100 you can buy for 200- 300$ also

[solarfox]

Dazzle also makes one of these - the "Hollywood DV-Bridge".

I'd like to go on record, though, as not being terribly impressed with it. It has a tendancy to get flaky when the incoming video isn't rock-solid-stable (and when is VHS / NTSC ever rock-solid, really?); if it loses sync with the incoming video, the device itself seems to "vanish" from the IEEE1394 bus and Media Studio Pro will adamantly refuse to capture from it again, or even admit that the device exists, until you close the program, unplug the device from the bus, then plug it back in again. (At least you don't have to completely reboot Windows, though.)

It also has an extremely annoying habit of deciding that videos are "copy-protected" when they aren't. Apparantly, it contains some kind of Macrovision-detection circuit that is subject to false alarms if, again, the incoming sync signal isn't absolutely stable.

And, lastly, the IEEE1394 passthrough port on the front doesn't work worth a damn, at least not with my Sony TRV-103 camcorder - nor will it co-exist with the camera even when connected to a different port on the IEEE1394 card. If I want to capture from one, I have to unplug the other.

Not exactly the best $250 I ever spent. Maybe I'll ditch this thing and check out the Canopus...

ahfairley - While it is true that you can get a camcorder to do this as well, you have to do your research and make sure that the model you select will do pass-through encoding, i.e. that it'll take an incoming signal on the composite/S-video inputs and send it out through the IEEE1394 port without having to be in Record mode first. Some cameras won't, which means you'll have to record the analog video to DV tape and then play it back through the IEEE1394.

[Greg12]

I've noticed my Dazzle Disappears from the IEE Bus sometimes. I wish I could solve this problem.

I captured some video and it did it, but then i put it into my "wind tunnel" to keep it kool and it captured all 28 minutes.

I haven't had the Macrovision problem yet -knock on wood-

I think it's a good choice for a laptop user.

I do alot of direct captures, not off of tape though