I have the trial version of x4 and have a question since I've gathered a lot of useful info from the forum already. Is x4 ready to capture old vhs tapes as is or will I need additioinal software to do this?
Thanks in advance for any info.
vs x4 vhs capture question
Moderator: Ken Berry
-
clubmakerbob
- Posts: 12
- Joined: Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:13 pm
- System_Drive: C
- 32bit or 64bit: 64 Bit
- motherboard: Dell Inc. 0m017g a00
- processor: 2.33 gig Intel Core2 Quad Q8200
- ram: 4 gb
- Video Card: Ati radeon hd 4350
- sound_card: Realtek HD
- Hard_Drive_Capacity: 873.95gb
- Monitor/Display Make & Model: Dell ST2010
-
Ken Berry
- Site Admin
- Posts: 22481
- Joined: Fri Dec 10, 2004 9:36 pm
- System_Drive: C
- 32bit or 64bit: 64 Bit
- motherboard: Gigabyte B550M DS3H AC
- processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
- ram: 32 GB DDR4
- Video Card: AMD RX 6600 XT
- Hard_Drive_Capacity: 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
- Monitor/Display Make & Model: Kogan 32" 4K 3840 x 2160
- Corel programs: VS2022; PSP2023; DRAW2021; Painter 2022
- Location: Levin, New Zealand
Re: vs x4 vhs capture question
Welcome to the forums!! 
Before anything else, you will need some sort of capture device. These come in various shapes, sizes and price. The best are ones that will capture to DV/AVI over firewire. They are fairly foolproof, but they are also the most expensive. Most others use USB and range from the cheap and nasty to the excellent and, again, more expensive. Avoid a device called and spelt Easycap like the plague -- there is a sticky post at the top of this forum which you should take careful note of.
Just about all these devices come with capture software. Our recommendation is that you use that software for capture, then open the captured video in VS for editing. X4, like previous versions, can capture from only some capture devices. This is usually because the device manufacturers tweak their devices to run only with their capture software. Pinnacle is one such company, and they may the Dazzle range of capture devices. I am not saying you shouldn't buy such a device -- only that you should be aware of the above limitation before you buy.
Before anything else, you will need some sort of capture device. These come in various shapes, sizes and price. The best are ones that will capture to DV/AVI over firewire. They are fairly foolproof, but they are also the most expensive. Most others use USB and range from the cheap and nasty to the excellent and, again, more expensive. Avoid a device called and spelt Easycap like the plague -- there is a sticky post at the top of this forum which you should take careful note of.
Just about all these devices come with capture software. Our recommendation is that you use that software for capture, then open the captured video in VS for editing. X4, like previous versions, can capture from only some capture devices. This is usually because the device manufacturers tweak their devices to run only with their capture software. Pinnacle is one such company, and they may the Dazzle range of capture devices. I am not saying you shouldn't buy such a device -- only that you should be aware of the above limitation before you buy.
Ken Berry