Best capture device for VS 2019 (pref IEEE)

[brucefl]

Hi guys,
Well been through the gambit with Corel Tech support and they call it an odd problem with my capture shutting down the program? I use IEEE1394 (firewire) and a canopus (ADVC-110) which had worked pretty good in the past.

I would like to stay with firewire, possibly. It is suppose to be one of the faster transfer rates? I board for IEEE is probably 4-5 years old as well as the canopus. I have read that USB 3 is as fast?

I am/have been playing around with the windv program for recording though it only records in .avi, which by itself is an enourmous file. Especially if you are doing a few hours. But, the biggest problem also I get no sound on preview which makes things difficult with some of the VHS Tapes? I have been trying to play with settings.

I have been looking at a few other programs and devices, though I much prefer to do everything through Corel capture rather than going through different programs to change its output. My limited knowledge though is .AVI although huge keeps most of the information. I want to try to avoid trial and error with hardware and software (as well as cost). A lot of the software includes editing which I do not need since I have VS. Something that one finds works well?

I would appreciate suggestions, that would work. Still not sure why it no longer works, I guess I will put a suggestion in for 2020

Thanks for any and all suggestions, Bruce

[lata]

Hi
As far as I know the win-dv software does not create the video.
Win-dv simply transfers the video stream created by the canapos device.

avi uncompressed is a huge 65 gb per hour
Dv.avi is approx 13 gb per hour and was is used by mini dv camcorders

[asik1]

Bruce, there no reason to capture with VS if it's not working correctly.
Capture DV can be totally independent from the editing.
I never captured DV in VS . I used Movie maker and captured to WMV at ~3MB/s
If you PM me your E-mail I'll send you WMM2.1 that you can try to install on your W10.
No usb capture will give you better video than your ADVC110, it's a gem no longer available.

[lata]

Hi
Reading the user manual
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/lit_files/71386.pdf
This indicates the device does use DV, that will create DV.AVI video at 13Gb per hour
There seems to be no choice the ADVC-110 creates DV, it’s an Analogue Digital Video Converter

Transfer the Video Stream
When we use any software to transfer DV to our pc, that includes Video Studio or WinDV it does just that transfers the video stream without any further conversion, what you have in the device DV Mini Camcorder or the ADVC is what you get on the pc, DV.AVI, same quality as recorded/streamed.
Using the DV option is recommended, not only do you get exactly what has been recorded streamed, DV.AVI is very easy to edit retaining its quality as the format is lossless.

Capture the video Stream
Using Video Studio we have two choices for the capture format using DV or Mpeg2, the latter will capture the video and transcode that to Mpeg2, we have to set the correct capture properties.

If you have been successful in using WinDV to transfer the footage at 13 Gb per hour to DV.Avi then use that option as it is the best you can use.
If you then wish to convert the DV.Avi to HD you will have a better chance in retaining the original quality.