Hands on with the EasyCap Capture USB 2.0 video adapter with audio
Filed under: Accessories, Electronics, Hands On, USB Gadgets | By: Mark
Posted on: August 15, 2007 | 76 Comments
Courtesy of usbfever.com we have the chance to give the EasyCap Capture USB 2.0 video adapter with audio a full on hands on review, so sit back and read. Is this USB accessory a good one or a bad one? This review will contain an introduction, first impressions, good points and bad points then an overall summary. Below this post I have taken quite a few photos check them out.
Introduction – First of all what is an EasyCap Capture USB 2.0 video adapter? Well to break it down in simple terms and of course not to bore the hell out of you it is a USB gadget accessory that will capture high quality video and audio and you can capture this through USB 2.0 interface, you can even capture sound without the use of a sound card. The EasyCap Capture USB 2.0 video adapter with audio has support for all formats such as record in DVD+/-R/RW, DVD-Video and DVD+/-VR which is superb and also features support for Brightness, Saturation control, Contrast and Hue. What I love about the EasyCap Capture is that it is very simple to install because the external power is not needed. It supports NTSC, PAL and Video format which is a bonus.
Just so you know this product is getting our honest opinion, so if we think it is bad or good we will tell you without a doubt.
First Impressions – To tell you the truth when I received the EasyCap Capture USB 2.0 video adapter I was a little confused of what it was, in the package seemed like nothing special really until I got it out of the package that is. Looking at it for a few moments before doing anything because I wanted to get my head around it before reading the instructions inside, it is pretty small which means you can carry it around with you anywhere you go and is superb if you are a laptop user on the move. To tell you the truth the instructions are not needed really as this is an easy gadget to use. In the box you get obviously the EasyCap USB 2.0 DV / TV / VHS Video / DVD Audio-Video Capture Adaptor plus USB Cable and Quick Installation Guide and Software CD ROM.
The Good Points – The annoying part is that there are many good points, I love products that have good and the bad sides but this one seems to be up in the good point section, I would really recommend this USB device for capturing your best programs that you can share plus it captures internet conferences (now that is a bonus), it also supports multiple languages. I tried this EasyCap Capture gizmo and loved the fact that I could share my videos on YouTube with ease, just plug in your camcorder or what ever video gadget you have into the EasyCap then plug the USB end into your PC or laptop and hey presto it is plug and play time (so simple).
The Bad Points – OK let me think, hold on I am still thinking, will you give me a break I am still think. You know what for the first time I am stumped, I love to find faults with things but I honestly say from the bottom of my heart I cannot find one.
Overall Summary – I handed this around to the team and of which they all had it for one day each, they all came back praising it (damn them) but honestly this is fantastic I really do love the EasyCap Capture USB 2.0 video adapter with audio because it small enough to carry around, easy to use and very handy to have.
Now to the really good bit of which you can buy this baby for only US$36.99
If you have one of these EasyCap Capture USB 2.0 video adapters, please do let us know what you think of it? More pics below -
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Have u test it with Play station 2 conneted to laptop or PC? How’s the performance? Is it recommended?
When installing the product I can see that it needs a lot of memory. In my case several Gbyte for just a few minutes of recording. Is that normal? Or have I done something wrong?
When you click the options button, click the the last tab, and there should be a bunch of lists. One of them should say something like video re-compresion options. It will probably say by default no recompresion. Experiment with the options you have. I have pinacle studio 11 on my laptop, so I have an option MPEG 3 pinnacle recompression or something like that. Anyway, experiment around. Try recording 10 second clips with a different method of recompression each time and see which video is best.
I’ve just bought one but can not get it to record from my TV, it works great with all other inputs but when connected to the scart from the rear of my TV it recieves no signal. have i missed some sort of setting that needs changing?
I have exactly same problem when I plug it into my HP Pavilion DV7-1230EZ notebook.
are you sure your TV has VIDEO OUT ??
I like simple things, but will this item work on a Linux Operating System?
Video is great but the audio is scratchy when I playback. Am I missing a setting somewhere???
is this will work on Mac computer???
They have a white version which is for MAC
The installation requires Windows XP Service Pack 2. Ihave Service Pack 3 on my PC and can’t install drivers. Any solution? Thanks.
Befab
I have Windows XP home on one PC and Windows XP Pro on another, both with service pack 3. The supplied drivers do not work on either PC and trying to use the device causes both PC’s to hang. Other drivers I have downloaded either are not recognised or cause the same problem.
@Stefan: Nope, that’s normal if you are recording in uncompressed AVI-format, which you probably do.
This works perfectly under Vista home premium 32bit sp1, with ulead videostudio 10 se!!!
of course, this will work at it’s best if ppl have their os’s licensed, not some crappy pirated software!!!
The only bad thing I see in it is maybe caused by ulead…
I can’t seem to be able to record audio through it’s rca jacks using my sony ccdtrv608. My guess is that ulead videostudio se has some issues with vista.
BTW windows update updated my drivers, for both the audio interface and the video interface. If I use the standard audio driver that came with the cd it’s ok, but if I update, Ulead VS 10 SE crashes when I try recording it. It’s because of the audio interface….
GREAT PRODUCT OVERALL!!!