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Digivue EDV-AVSTK

Name: Anonymous 2005-12-15 18:20

I've been looking for a cheap video digitizer for a while, and noticed this thing for $69.99:

http://www.digivue.com/edvavstk.htm

It's a USB2 device that digitizes video at 720x480 @ 30fps which sounds pretty good. I can't find any info on the audio, hopefully it's 44100 Hz stereo (package had red/white/yellow RCA cables, so guessing stereo is in)

It this product any good? I downloaded the drivers expecting bloatware at 148MB, but it's just for the Windows XP Movie Center or whatever the fuck, as well as the Windows Media Capture Tool (having used it in the past, I didn't care for it) and no specific software branded by the company other than drivers.

Guessing that might be a good thing since I don't have to rely on shitty 3rd-party apps, it seems to appear like any old video capture device to Windows.

I've used the Dazzler DV Bridge before and it SUCKED big time so I'd like to find something that's cheaper and better. Thoughts plz.

Name: Anonymous 2005-12-16 22:51

This is my ingenius capture everything pyramid scheme.
1) Go get a $30 TV-Tuner card and a $xx (should be cheapo) RCA-to-coaxial swap box. (I reccomend ATI TV Wonder Pro, as that's what I use. Any TV Tuner that offers tivo-like functions would also work.
2) Install all the components. Have the RCA swap box attached into your tuner's coaxial jack.
3) Plug any media device in. (If it's cable TV, remove the swap box. If it's a game console, dv camcorder with RCA-outs, you name it, use the RCA box.)
4) Adjust the recording settings for how you like it (With ATI's tuner, you can have it record as mpeg, or special ATI VCR files that really aren't useful anywhere outside of the ATI software suite. The quality differs with all of them.)
5) Enjoy.

All I can say is that the tuner I use has a smaller pixel area, but otherwise it should does everything you're wanting to do. (It's still theory, haven't tried an RCA box yet but so far a game console RFU adapter has worked in the stead of a coax. cable.)

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