As for the audio lock feature it does indeed have it and is turned on via the dipswitches. So far so good, definately could not beat the price and I am glad you were able to get one. Where is the store you bought yours at located? I had asked the salesmen in the store before I found the unit myself if they could check the store you mentioned, and they said "there's no way we can do that".
I would think they would be able to access information from any store location on their computer, but I guess not. I'll definitely go to the ADS website and download the updated manual. Thanks for the heads up on that! As for the dipswitch settings, do you know at what point they changed the production to make the functions different? I know you could reencode the video after cap to make it one or the other, but it might make it easier if it were already in the desired color system I guess I'll have some other questions after I get this thing hooked up, but that's all I can think of for now.
Thanks for your input, and thanks for letting me and everyone else know about this great deal! A unit I have is the original model with the original switch settings. The Rev. He says the A model has audio lock on by default and cannot be turned off. I don't know if you got an A or B revision model, look at the bottom of the unit not marked on the box it came in. The only other thing he could tell me is that the B model had some improvements in the PAL compatibility, not much other than that.
I'd suggest anyone interested in one of these get to your local CC and pick one up before they're gone. If it performs as advertised, it's a hell of a deal, even cheaper than the Datavision DAC - nicer looking too.
Except for the firewire card, it's a complete solution out of the box. I saw there used to be a guy "ADS Ivan" on this board that worked for them, if he's still around maybe he can give some input about this unit.
Can't wait to try it out, and I was hoping for more comments about this units performance and compatibility. I checked the bottom of the unit and I have rev. Started capturing from my vcr and there was no dropped frames or audio sync problems. So far I'm happy with this unit and I will keep my fingers crossed. I still haven't been able to try it yet, haven't had time to go to Fry's and get a firewire card.
I'm also going to have to get a larger HD due to the filesize of the DV video. Did you have any problems setting it up or capturing? I'm using Video Studio 6 that came with it. I hooked mine up right out of the box and started capturing without any problems. Later I will try some other programs to capture with it, but I havent had any problems with audio sync or dropped frames. The tape I was capturing was a commercial tape and didnt have any problems with macrovision but will try my other commercial vhs tapes sittin around the house.
The store I purchased mine is Thanks for the quick response. Well, that's encouraging that you had no problems and it worked as advertised right out of the box. No dropped frames, no audio sync problems - two of the things that seem to bedevil people when they try to capture analog source material.
This thing is less than half the price for now, anyway, and at Circuit City only and seems to do just as well as the more expensive units I can't personally vouch for that, only yours and others experiences will answer that.
Like I said before, quite a bargain. They will probably sell out at CC and everyone will be looking and asking for one, after they are gone. Oh well, we got ours I'm looking forward to using it, when I eventually get everything hooked up and running. I need the bigger HDD but can't spare the cash right now, but later when I get one, I'll be set to go!
Got tons of VHS and 8mm tapes to convert, will probably take me years to convert it all! At least I wanted to know I got a unit that will be able to handle converting without problems. Be sure to post whatever you find while using the unit so we'll know if problems crop up or not. Thanks again for answering. Now, if one has both Firewire and USB 2 on your system my laptop has both , is there any advantage of a Firewire device like this over the USB 2 devices. What are the differences, besides the different port to connect to on the computer?
Is there any advantage to that, capturing to DV? I only have one Firewire port, and 4 USB 2. When I capture, I will usually also be running a large external Firewire hard drive I have, and capture to that.
So the Firewire hard drive and the Firewire capture device if I were to use one would have to be daisychained. ANy problem with that? Well the pyro can be used to capture to mpeg2 in real time. I prefer the Firewire myself because the usb2 drivers are a hassle due to MS and their control over SP1. It offers hardware mpeg encoding with I believe the cirrus chip, so while most of us are going the external route do to many reasons this was another device to look at.
I prefer to do my video editing in DV format and then encode to mpeg2, but once again you can do the realtime mpeg encode with the pyro as well. I am so glad many of you have been able to take advantage of this deal.. I've been doing nothing but reading about differ capture devices for the last 5 days.
I was trying to decide between the canopus or a new digital camcorder with passthrough tec. Well I guess it's time to get started. I'd like to thank everyone posting on this forum I've learned alot in the past few days. Dave from Pa. Better lookin at it then for it. Is that not with the same chip? Or do you mean via software? Why do you prefer to have the video in DV format first?
I could understand how someone might want to capture completely uncompressed if they have a LOT of storage space , do the editing in uncompressed form, and then only compress one time, for the final product. I understand that re-compressing is not good for the video quality. Butisn't DV also compressed?? If yes, doesn't that involve more re-compression, capturing with DV compression, editing it, and compressing again in MPEG.
Whereas, if one captures to the same MPEG format one wants in the final video, theoretically at least depending on software one should be able to burn the captured MPEG video to disk without recompression. While this thread was not intended to be a codec debate, here is a link for you to read regarding format quality. Nonlinear editing tools: Edit your video using professional tools like razor blade, slip, slide, ripple, roll, extend and split.
Some of these applications are listed below Page Adobe Premiere 6. And use professional audio-editing tools to make a dramatic impact with high-quality audio. You can also record your movie back to your camcorder or VCR. Page 37 IEEE interface card. Page Configuring Videostudio 8. Device control will include Start, Stop and Record functions on your digital camcorder.
Information in each tab vary depending on the selected clip. Page 42 Use the left and right line Mode. ToolTips Place the mouse over a button or object to display a balloon which identifies the item. Page 43 And if you change your mind, simply contains many useful tools such click Redo.
You can also setup Device control and Capture plug-in from here. Page 44 between Mark in and Mark out on the Trim audio output or music. This Bar. During playback, click the button again to adjusts the volume of your stop. Page 45 Video Studio allows you to save your project in many video file formats.
Video filters can also be applied to your video clips in this step. Transition effects between scenes are fun and easy. Thumbnail ani- mations and drag-and-drop operations put dozens of cool effects at your fingertips.
This should be done before opening a project in VideoStudio to ensure enough there is space for rendering and previewing. Page Start If prop- erties such as file format, frame size, etc.
Page 49 Select the one that most closely matches the type of movie you want to create. Page 50 3. Click Open. Note:A faster way to open an existing project is to click it in the Recent file list. I tried every possible dip switch combination and it still would not work. Mfr's tech support was joke. Their solution was to twist the firewire plug to get it to make better contact and not touch it while recording.
Then they marked my case file as resolved without even waiting to hear back from me. Finally, I called them and without even attempting to offer a solution said to return it to Newegg. Overall Review: The Canopus is a more expensive unit but it seems to get better overall reviews. Cons: Just Isn't Reliable. The first unit I had worked for about a month then started acting very flaky.
It wouldn't turn on, It would turn off without notice, and then finally it just went dead. NewEgg was kind enough to replace three months after I bought it and now the second one is doing exactly the same thing.
Overall Review: If you are looking for one of these try the Canopus. I have one of those that I bought from New Egg over a year ago and it is still working flawlessly. Suffice to say--Lesson Learned. Pros: Easy to use with my macbook and macbook pro. Quick and easy way to incorporate standard composite camera feed into Serato Scratch Live with Mix Emergency. Cons: Couldn't get it to work after 5 hours on two different computers with XP and Windows 7 RC fresh install even after correcting for the mislabeled model number and hardware dip switch settings.
After trying to capture video without success I started to dig a little deeper. I thought its to be odd. I cracked it open and found the Model Number off the internal board and it said, wait for it I feel ripped off by ADS for packaging an outdated piece of hardware in a new shiny plastic box. NewEggs support was amazing and under 15 min had a RMA number and a packing slip to return it. I never want to see this thing again. Cons: If you are thinking about purchasing this product for transferring analog vhs tapes think twice.
This hardware is to finiky. Captures are horrible.
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