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| Adaptec VideOh! CD | Analog VideoIn |
Win95? Win98 Win2K WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? *based on user reports. |
USB1 | $50 | 4.4/10 8 votes |
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| Adaptec® Video Converter CD USB-Device Kit (VideOh!™ CD) provides the easy way to convert analog camcorder movies digitally then create easy-to-share Video CD discs with your home computer. VideOh! CD includes a USB 1.1 video capture device with USB cable for simple connectivity to your PC. It also includes Sonic™ MyDVD™ video creation software for Windows®, which allows you to edit, organize and burn video clips.
Highlights Quick-to-install USB video converter Easy-to-use Video CD creation software Use your existing CD-Recorder to make Video CDs you can play on your DVD player (Recordable media playback compatibility varies between DVD player models. Consult your DVD player manual for more information). Personalize with special effects, sounds, and titles Convert analog video tapes into digital Archive footage in Video CD (VCD, MPEG-1) |
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The problem with Adaptec's VideOh! 2210 external video capture unit) is the MyDVD software supplied - Version 4.5 in my case. It's pretty poor in terms of functionality, but worse, keeps crashing - pretty annoying after a 20 minute abortive capture session. Then Task Manager is unable to halt the process and a re-boot is required. The worst aspect of this hardware is that no other video edit or DVD-making software I've tried recognises its output. So you're stuck with a crashing MyDVD for your captures - although the mpg files it creates can be successfully used with other programs. Avoid. Comments posted by pamindic from United Kingdom, November 29, 2005: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K WinXP? Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 2 of 10. |
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I bought this card used off of eBay for $25 to record gameplay vids of Halo 2. The video quality is probably the minimum I'd accept from a cap card. As others have mentioned, the audio and video become asynchronous after about 10 minutes, but that's not really a problem for me (games normally last < 10 mins). Outputs only AVIs. I've been using Windows Movie Maker to convert them to 1500kbps WMV files, which retains quality and reduces the file size by around 80%, although it takes a while to do. All in all, it was an acceptable and cheap card for my purposes. Comments posted by Jared from United States, September 29, 2005: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 5 of 10. |
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I have the USB version. I have witnessed one occurrance of audio desync and that was on a short 25 minute recording session. i have recorded 3-4 sessions that were 90 minutes or longer and have not observed any audio syncing issues. My first beef is that the raw mpeg2 file appears to have a proprietary audio format. When i play these files on windows media player, real player, Yamakawa DVD player or CyberHome DVD player I get no sound. I plan to do some more research on this because all I care about is being able to play the mpeg2 file. I don't need to make a real dvd out of it (unless I'm forced to) My second beef is that the recording process sometimes produces mpeg2 files that give the software problems during the video and or audio transcoding process. For example I recorded a 90 minute television event a few weeks ago. It produced a raw 4.1G mpeg2 file which took less than 30 minutes to transcode and write the vob files. Now i taped another 90 minute show yesterday, same approx file size, and it took over 3 hours to do the transcoding and then decided to give me an error. I have not experienced this problem with recordings less than 30 minutes even though sometimes these sessions produce total vob file size much larger than the raw mpeg2 file, and that happens even when I tell the software to use the dolby sound format vs. the default LPCM format. My third beef is that you are forced to use their software (windvr, mydvd). I have read that snapstream's software now supports the adaptec hardware so i plan to download the trial version and see how that works. Support response time was pretty good but my 90 days are over and I'm stuck having to do a lot of research to help resolve the issues I've mentioned above. Comments posted by Mike from United States, January 26, 2005: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 4 of 10. |
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I don't have a great deal of experience with other devices to compare this to, but it seems to do a fairly simple job. It comes bundled with Sonic MyDVD, which is a very rudimentary DVD creation package, but does allow you to create simple menu DVD's, either direct to disc or to a DVD folder for further manipulation. The capture process works well to start with, although I found that the audio tends to get slightly out of sync with the video after around 40 mins, and slips progressively further after that (anyone got a fix for this?). The good points about it are it's not too expensive, it's USB (meaning it can be plugged into any PC, useful to me as I want to use it with a laptop), and it's USB1.1 compatible. Bad points are the audio slipping, and that the Sonic MyDVD software tends to freeze up the PC if the video signal contains static. Also a big negative is that the device seems to only work with Sonic MyDVD and PowerProducer. No other video capture software that I've tried will get input from the device. Comments posted by Lee from United Kingdom, January 18, 2005: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 5 of 10. |
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Horrible. Maybe I did something wrong or was just impatient, but after the first 30 seconds or so the audio and video go way out of sync. I also did not like the recommendation by the company that capturing should be limited to 10 minutes or problems will occur. Definitely not worth anything for making discs. Comments posted by Jason from Other, August 12, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98 Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 1 of 10. |
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Medium quality capture with AVI. It has 2 settings 320x 240 and 640 x 480. One can not capture directly in MPEG It has its own AV capture program, very simple for beginners. I have tried capturing in ULEAD,but it kept shutting it down. Made decent VCD with some audio sync problems. I did not like the software. It is a 3 step process: AVI- My DVD- Editing in Show Biz. 3 different programs So far I am capturing in the AV Capture program and then using Ulead Movie Maker 2. Decent results. Overall good product for the price, to transfer home movies to VCD/DVD. I am still fighting the Audio Sync problem. Comments posted by Ufx from Other, May 23, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98 Win2K? WinXP? Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 8 of 10. |
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Bought it and found it to be a complete waste of money. It's fine if you want to look at a tiny screen but if you want to see a video in a normal size don't bother. Plus the audio goes out of sinc. (And this is with an Athlon 2500XP processor) Garbage. Comments posted by M France from Other, April 27, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 1 of 10. |
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Worked like a charm for me! The only thing I don't like too much is that it was bundled with the MyDVD software. It starts hanging and wont burn right so I imported the Menue's from MY DVD to the Nero and i burn it with the Nero software. Comments posted by Anonymous from Other, April 15, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98 Win2K? WinXP? Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 9 of 10. |
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more technical information.New comments= New comments since your last visit. New Card= New Capture Card since your last vist. Feature What kind of main capture features it supports Analog VideoIn = Analog composite or/and SVHS video input Video Card = If it is a Video Card/Graphic Card Tv Tuner = Built-In TV-Tuner Digital TV = Built-In Digital TV-Tuner DV/Firewire = DV/Firewire/i.Link input DV Converter = Analog composite or/and SVHS video input and converts to DV video MPEG1 hardware = Capture directly MPEG1(VCD) video using hardware* MPEG2 hardware = Capture directly MPEG2(SVCD and DVD) video using hardware* MJPEG hardware = Capture directly to MJPEG using hardware* MPEG4 hardware = Capture directly to MPEG4(DivX,Xvid) video using hardware* * = Most capture cards can capture to this format using software but it usually requires a very fast computer, if it supports realtime capturing it uses the capture cards hardware and it doesn't require a very fast computer and you may get better quality but less options/settings than software capturing. Compatibility What Operating System our users have reported that it works on, Win95=Works Cnx = Connection What type of connection the capture device has to the computer, PCI, AGP, USB1/1.1/2, DV or PCMCIA. Price The price in US dollar. Rating The first rating is based on a weighted rank (the true Bayesian), it requires at least 5 votes to get a weighted rating. The second rating between the ( ) is a normal average rating. Comment User comments, click on view to view them or add to post a own comment. We can not gurantee that this list is 100% correct. Don't forget to read the User Comments for more Info about each Capture card. If you find any features that are not correct contact us instead of posting a comment about it. |
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