EasyCap USB Review

July 31st

Post by Charles

easycap-usb.jpgIf you want to capture your favorite TV program right to your computer without any kind of fancy video card, usbfever has the answer. The EasyCap USB2.0 audio/video adapter captures high-quality video and audio directly through your USB port all while allowing you to record in your favorite DVD formats.

I was lucky enough to get my hands on one of these truly useful little gadgets and it did not disappoint. The EasyCap came with its own drivers and Ulead video capturing software that had me recording tonight’s Red Sox game in about 5 minutes. All I had to do was install the driver/software, plug in the EasyCap to my digital cable box, tweak a few recording options and to my delight I was recording in no time flat.

Nothing is better when something just works the way it is supposed to and the EasyCap is no exception. For those of you who don’t have a fancy video card with all kinds of inputs or like me have your computer in a place where you just can’t hook it up to your digital cable line the EasyCap, at only $39, is a great alternative to grabbing high quality audio and video for your desk or laptop.

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  1. MattSAID ON August 7th, 2007 at 6:30 pm

    I have ordered one of these for my wii and was wondering if there was any lag whist playing video games on it?

    It was a choice between this and a gamebridge…?

    please get back to me someone!

  2. CharlesSAID ON August 7th, 2007 at 8:58 pm

    You are going to play on your Wii through your computer? I am not sure why but, to answer your question, if you have a high performance computer with decent specs you should be fine. I did not notice any lag while recording from my TV.

  3. VernonSAID ON August 10th, 2007 at 11:06 pm

    Has anyone tried this on a mac? Or does the software support Mac? Or any ideas for RCA to firewire or USB?

  4. SanderSAID ON August 15th, 2007 at 7:39 am

    I’ve just bought this piece of hardware today and im very positive, works great on XP and VISTA, even can hook up my gaming hardware (PS3, Gamecube etc.etc.).

    Very positive

  5. DRSSAID ON August 21st, 2007 at 10:25 pm

    I also bought EasyCap a week ago and having problems. Even a short clip (of couple of minutes) takes several GB of hard disc. At times the program does not find the capture driver. May be the problems are largely due to my ignorance, but I will appreciate if you could help me out and tell me how to use it and get things right. Thanks. — DRS

  6. CharlesSAID ON August 21st, 2007 at 11:30 pm

    DRS,

    I would try changing the recording settings. You should be able to specify the size of the video, encoding, and the compression all of which should allow you to reduce file size.

  7. DRSSAID ON August 22nd, 2007 at 11:01 am

    Thanks. Still, pardon my ignorance, how do I change those settings? I am new to all this, so it may be a silly question but I do need help. — DRS

  8. sanderSAID ON September 8th, 2007 at 7:55 pm

    Got a problem as well, after trying out this peice of equipment a while, i do not get any errors but a slowdown of the sound after a while. Im trying out media player classic but i still get it after 10 minutes or so.. its not that big of a problem, but its kinda anoing if your gaming and like to go on and on like me;) The record settings?? You got the program dilliverd by the hardware (Ulead) installed?? try film wizzard and change the settings there… no problem here :|…

  9. DudefaceSAID ON September 14th, 2007 at 8:53 pm

    This looks great, but capturing video is only one of the tasks I’m trying to perform. I also want to rip my fathers old vinyl records. I want to be sure that the included software will support capture of the audio in a format that I can make use of (like say… saving as a wav file) before ordering. Can anyone confirm this for me?

  10. robSAID ON September 16th, 2007 at 3:16 pm

    I have bought this but wondered if anyone had any advice on playing on my ps2 using my laptop monitor. any help or advice anyone?

  11. AlexSAID ON September 30th, 2007 at 12:50 pm

    After connected, how’s the performance when playing ps2 using laptop?

  12. GdnplntySAID ON October 13th, 2007 at 11:17 am

    I bought the unit to convert old vhs tapes, and cannot get a picture. It is really scrambled and dark, but the audio is awesome.

  13. KyleSAID ON October 14th, 2007 at 12:56 am

    Hey.
    I really need some help i have everything installed but no video shows up when i plug a device in could someone help me please

  14. Joe PSAID ON October 14th, 2007 at 2:16 am

    Has anyone thought to contact the manufacturer? You’ll probably wind up with better results if you ask the people who actually make the product and the software. Just a thought.

  15. MitchSAID ON November 6th, 2007 at 7:13 am

    I would like to connect a surveillance cam to my mac … I mean it should work since this product can transfer direct video signal into the pc (it should at least)… Does this work for mac??

  16. CedricSAID ON November 14th, 2007 at 2:54 pm

    Hi. Just got mine today and have been ages trying to get it to work. I have connected to my VCR with the red, white and yellow leads and pushed the Easycap into a USB port but nothing comes up. I’m sure it’s the format signal that is being from the VCR but don’t know how to alter it. I would appreciate any other info that anyone can pass onto me please. With the Ulead Video Studio I am sure that if and when I get it working it will be very versatile. Thanks a lot. Cedric

  17. RedboySAID ON November 20th, 2007 at 3:34 am

    Hi

    I bought it today. Surprised good for video. Very impressed BUT no sound.

    I tried everything change cable and drivers etc etc etc nothing work :/

    How do you work with sound ?

    This line work ok with other USB TV

  18. ChrisSAID ON November 27th, 2007 at 8:32 pm

    Hey
    I bought this device off ebay to play my 360 on ma laptop. I have had success to a certain extent.

    I’m not sure if its my Laptop of the device but i cannot play with my screen dispay 2 PAL60 without having a scrambled image (usualy what happens if your TV does not suypport 60Hz) unless i set the program to run through NTSC which is in black and white.

    I mean yes I could play in colour if i used PAL50 however alot of good new games such as Halo 3 support only 60Hz mode. If any1 can find a solution to my problem please let me know. Also I HAVE tried other capture software with the same problem.

  19. PapaChaloSAID ON December 4th, 2007 at 3:22 am

    The specifications of the gadget seem to tempt many to have it, and am ready to buy one. But I wonder whether or not this easy cap cis capable of transfering /exporting video/movie FROM computer TO VCR (or Digital camcorder)

  20. JohnSAID ON December 29th, 2007 at 6:59 pm

    This thing works great for everything I’ve tried it on. A sugestion for you is to use Windows Movie maker, or Nero, for editing. Just use the Easycap as a device to capture to these programs. Easycap software isn’t the best.

  21. Phil BenderSAID ON January 3rd, 2008 at 4:13 pm

    i have just purchased the Easy Cap and trying to transfer old Reel to Reel tapes and cassettes to CDs to play in the car.

    Can you help me with this. I have been able to record the music to the ULead software but not been able to get it into a format that will record to a CD and be playable in the car.

  22. Gendre BenderSAID ON January 20th, 2008 at 10:07 pm

    does it work well with 360? i bought a dazzle platinum which is rubbish. is this any good?

  23. JaySAID ON January 21st, 2008 at 1:04 pm

    I bought one and it worked straight off - very pleasing!! I DID follow the instructions that said to load the drivers first and all was hunky dory…
    I was able to watch my digibox on my PC for the first time. One downside was that once the signal was captured I could not record DVD to an external drive, but that may not be a problem exclusive to the ULead software. I also noted that if I used a load of effects, my laptop could not cope with the file and made a crappy DVD. All problems solved by buying a new internal DVD writer for my desktop….and cutting down on the effects (before I even considered this project I already upgraded my RAM from 512MB to 1.5GB and put a new 300GB hard-drive in my PC). I have not tried the record audio feature yet, but intend to try it soon - I tend to use MAGIX audio cleaning for this, but it would not recognise the EasyCap as a source.
    I have written an article on converting cassettes to CD’s here:
    http://www.cassette2cd.co.uk/DIY/index.php - follow the links to ‘cassette to CD’
    If I can get the Ulead software to do this effectively I may have to write a new article. I have two experiments to perform with this:
    1) can Ulead software effectively create a decent audio CD?
    2) can Soundforge AUDACITY recognise EasyCap as an audio source?
    @ Phil, get in touch at: mail@cassette2cd.co.uk and I will do my best to help you with your project

  24. jaySAID ON January 21st, 2008 at 6:14 pm

    For info (re. Phil Bender’s comment) I could not get Easycap to import analogue audio via the Ulead software or via any other software for that matter - I am sure that the advertising says you can do this so I will try the Ulead software again… but so far no luck at all… [you did better than me by getting the audio into Ulead!]. If you can export as WAV files, you could NERO or similar to burn to a CD.

  25. samuel StrangSAID ON February 20th, 2008 at 12:56 am

    Hi
    just wondering if it if possible to hook the easy cap up to a macbook computer.
    Thank you
    Sam strang

  26. dae giovanniSAID ON February 20th, 2008 at 6:57 pm

    Hey there! I am looking for a good screenshot capture tool– I want to take my own shots for vidgame reviews instead of borrowing from other sites. Any opinions on if this guy will handle the task well?

  27. RickSAID ON February 21st, 2008 at 10:58 am

    I am a novice at this stuff and I would like to know if Windows Movie Maker will recognize
    this hardware a a video device for the video capture command

  28. willardsSAID ON March 23rd, 2008 at 8:35 am

    have read all the comments so far but not seen any relating to a prob i have. loaded up program ok but when i go to capture/capture video i get a dialog box headed ‘change field order’ on my desktop this loads to 10% then freezes the whole program and i hve to abort. tried my laptop and it loaded ok twice then after i managed to capture some video it only loads to 50% then i get an error and have to abort. anyone any ideas??

  29. CFMSAID ON April 4th, 2008 at 10:51 pm

    I had problems with the EasyCap DC60+ USB video capture card recording only in B/W until I went to changed to NTSC_M as follows (in the ULead software that came with it):

    Capture Properties
    Video Capture Filter
    Properties
    Video Standard
    and set it to NTSC_M

    Also I had to set the MS-Windows Sound Driver to “Use only default devices” as follows:

    Control Panel
    Sounds and Audio Devices Properties
    Audio
    Select “Use only default devices”

  30. KenSAID ON April 15th, 2008 at 4:35 am

    Windows Movie Maker will recognize this device. It’s what I use, rather than the supplied ULead SE software.

    I spent a couple of days trying to get anything at all to work with the drivers supplied on the CD. Then I downloaded drivers from the manufacturer’s site, but still not working too well. The drivers disabled my headphones and seemed to disappear from my PC’s device manager “sound, video and game controllers” list whenever I removed the EasyCap USB device from any USB 2.0 port. I had to roll back my system with System Restore to get my headphones to work again. And every time I plugged in the EasyCap (even before rolling back) I had to install the drivers all over again.

    Then I decided to let Windows (XP Pro) find drivers itself, rather than using the supplied drivers, when I plugged in the EasyCap. XP applied drivers for a USB 2860 device (aka USB PVR-TV Device - check driverguide.com if not offered by XP during installation). And these drivers behaved well with everything, and the video\audo captures have been excellent - going from analogue VHS NTSC VCR tape to WMV 640×480, 25 fps digital video files. So, once you get this toy to work, you should be very happy with it. Good luck.

    One final tip: - A laptop may only have a microphone in jack, which can behave as a line-in as well (only on a laptop). If you use a PC, then you cannot use the microphone jack to capture audio with EasyCap, you must use a line-in jack. Make sure that your line-in is not muted in your sound control or mixer panel for your sound card.

    Ken

  31. PeterSAID ON April 24th, 2008 at 10:20 am

    I have Ulead VideoStudio 11. Is it possible to use this instead of the old 8th version that is included with the hardware?

  32. ColinSAID ON July 15th, 2008 at 1:26 am

    Have used Dazzle in the past, and captures (Video/Audio) well. Would not waste time with Ulead 8, not at all flexible, used extensively with Cyberlink Director suite, also a giveaway with DVD drives and some other hardware.
    Have just bought this Easycap to trial, and will let you know how I get on,just wondering about speed, but does only use USB2.0,which is good.
    Have used extensively, if you want know, Dart Recorder 4.0, absolutely the best for old Vinyl/Cassettes capture.
    Other products need to plug into Audio socket on card for sound, does not sound the better way to me.

  33. MartinSAID ON July 18th, 2008 at 11:53 am

    excuse me, has anyone played ps2 or other consoles using this device? does it lags?

    i’ve searched everywhere but people that used other devices usually has the same issue , lags.

  34. MitchellSAID ON July 30th, 2008 at 11:50 am

    Please may you help me with my easy cap settings, the colour is in black and white. I was wondering if anyone knew how to change it to colour please message me back.
    Thank you.

  35. GavinSAID ON August 12th, 2008 at 7:55 am

    For any xbox 360 users with this device you can only use PAL-50 so if that is a problem go and buy another capture device i would recomend “Dazzle” very good got one myself top class.

  36. GavinSAID ON August 12th, 2008 at 7:58 am

    When recording ot may look laggy but whatch it again.

  37. TSAID ON August 19th, 2008 at 12:20 pm

    Could you use this for an output signal from your computer?

  38. russzeroSAID ON August 21st, 2008 at 2:14 pm

    hi all. ive not long purchased one of these devices. primary to capture some video from camcorder for utube. the ulead software failed miserably .. but Movie Maker works great. the only issue ive been trying to solve is monitoring the incoming audio. it records ok but blindly. theres NO indication of audio on any of my MP3 recorders either. in movie maker theres no sound until the recording is played back. … a mystery.???
    by the way .. the STK1160 works for fine single capture.
    i would rate it .. if only the audio would sound.

  39. Walter EzellSAID ON September 3rd, 2008 at 10:53 pm

    I bought this to use with my Olympus camera. I have been using a TV monitor to view my photos that are in the camera. I want to be able to view my photos on my Lenovo ThinkPad instead, so I don’t have to haul around the TV. (The purpose is to let the client see my photos immediately when I am on a photo shoot.) I have plugged in the EasyCap to my computer and connected it to the video output on my camera. I don’t know the next step. I “captured” a few images from the LCD on my camera including photos I took, but they were all displayed in black and white and were corrupted. And this is not what I expecte. I want a continuous video feed from my digital SLR camera. Is it possible to use EasyCap for what I want to do?

  40. EmlioSAID ON September 7th, 2008 at 9:06 pm

    Does this product work well on Windows Vista? I’ve read that its not compatible with Windows Vista. Is this true? Has anyone tried it on Windows Vista?

  41. DizzleSAID ON September 11th, 2008 at 9:40 am

    The EasyCap works better with Ulead 11 than the version that comes with the device. The best capture settings is DVD. I tried others but the DVD setting works fine. Creates a Mpeg2. I captured entire VHS tapes to my laptop.

  42. jShazNotSAID ON September 14th, 2008 at 2:55 pm

    I wanna get this becuase it looks easy to use and cheap. But I still have questions. Does the picture lag? I dont have a TV in my room and wanna be able to use my PC monitor in place as a TV for my Xbox. So for viewing purposes, can I actually connect my xbox into the easycap and play off my monitor alone? Also, can you put the picture in full screen? I realy wanna know this because I havent found any answers I dont wanna play looking at a little suqare in the corner of my monitor, I want the entire screen.
    -Thanks to whoever helps me out.

  43. ColinSAID ON September 18th, 2008 at 1:03 am

    I’m back with my thoughts on the Easycap. Did not want to work with the Acer PC, no sound, not even when sourced from the line in sockets. Tried with a Sempron 2500 and worked with good results using the line in sockets. Full picture, no lag and audio good as well. Have now copied some 40 serials of tapes and all successful bar one, could have been a bad tape, very snowy. However after cleaning it up with Cyberlink, was quite acceptable, don’t forget it is a analogue recording after all. If the capture of sound does not work, try the line in on back of PC. I still go by my original idea, forget the included Ulead-8 and go for a more polished capture program such as Cyberlink, Pinnacle, etc.. It will capture Audio, but still prefer Dart Recorder, cleans up the recording and gets it the way you want it. Audacity is also great and free.

  44. normSAID ON September 23rd, 2008 at 2:34 pm

    i just bought this easycap and i’m not sure…on a vhs, image are not that great, it feezes and the sound stop sometimes. sometimes the sound is not sunchro. so…i didn’t pay much (30$) for this but it was written on the box ”high quality video” i dont think i could say that.

  45. JosephSAID ON September 27th, 2008 at 2:17 pm

    anyone having problems with lag search how to record off xbox for under £20 it will explain how to record whilstt being able to play through tv it will also work with any other console

  46. TedSAID ON October 6th, 2008 at 8:24 pm

    Does anyone know if Easycap works with copyprotected VHS tapes. I have some old tapes I’d like to convert to DVDs.

  47. BubbaSAID ON October 7th, 2008 at 4:44 pm

    IT’S VIDEO !!!!!!

    USE YOUR SOUNDCARDS AUX IN TO RECORD AUDIO!!!!!

    JESUS!!!

  48. AndrewSAID ON October 18th, 2008 at 4:02 pm

    I have gotten the easy cap, i have downloaded the drivers and ulead but when i try to record a VHS to the computer using ulead my computer crashes i dont know what i did wrong. im using vista i dont know what to do now feel like i wasted my money

  49. JSAID ON October 19th, 2008 at 8:51 pm

    I got this with the Magix Rescue Your Videotapes! package. It all works fine, except the captured video and audio gradually drift apart. “Easycap” also doesn’t show under video drivers, but instead USB 2861 or something like that does. When I emailed support, they said it should show easycap, but their solution didn’t help. Does anyone have any ideas how I could fix this ?
    Thanks

  50. Brin WrightSAID ON November 1st, 2008 at 10:02 am

    Are there different models for individual operating systems ? Such as 2000, XP, VISTA. Or does this product work on all systems.

  51. brandonSAID ON November 1st, 2008 at 11:49 am

    i got an easycap it doesnt work on my laptop i have windows vista ultimate
    and i wan to record from my tv but it picks up no signal whats so ever anyways its basically a peice of shit that doesnt work

  52. Gordon BeastallSAID ON November 4th, 2008 at 8:06 am

    I have one of these devices and have installed as directed. However, when I get to the capture stage - I am copying old vhs tapes via a vhs recorder - and click on ‘capture’ a little screen pops up to announce - ‘no input signal or image is unclear’. The small screen top left is green and nothing records/transfers. Anyone got any ideas about this, please?

  53. JimmyWSAID ON November 10th, 2008 at 7:16 pm

    Got it to work using the comments on here!!! THANKS SO MUCH!!! i ended up setting properties to the NTSC_M format, here in the US. works great to capture video from sony video 8 handycam, which only supports tapes to record. STUNNING AUDIO AND VIDEO QUALITY, i am using rca cables

  54. SinghSAID ON November 16th, 2008 at 10:45 am

    Just a quick one. Can you connect this straight to to your TV?

  55. ChrisSAID ON November 17th, 2008 at 5:42 pm

    Bought one of these from ebay for the amazing price of £8.98! Arrived from Hong Kong in a week, very happy :) Installed it and was recording dvd quality from my old hi8 camcorder in 15 minutes. My only concern is that the storage is 3gb per hour of video using PAL DVD quality mpeg. Since I want to record my home video tapes of the family from vhs and hi8 I do want the recorded quality to be as good as possible. Any recommendations on conversion to another video format that will take up less space but have no noticeable video loss due to compression? AVI? MPEG4? I will want to cut DVD’s from the recorded files. Cheers.

  56. qwertyuiop[]SAID ON December 30th, 2008 at 10:08 pm

    LISTEN UP GUYS - I WAS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AS YOU GUYS, HERE ARE A FEW TIPS

    1) IF RECORDING FROM VHS PLAYER - ENSURE THAT THE RCA (RED YELLLOW WHITE) CABLES ARE CONNECTED TO THE “OUTPUT” - THIS MAY BE VIA SCART PLUG OR THREE WAY RCA WHERE YOU CAN PLUG THE RCA’S STRAIGHT IN. YOU SHOULD BUY A SPECIFIC “SCART OUT” PLUG IF YOU DONT SEE ANY PICTURE ON SCREEN CONNECTING THE CABLES IN OTHER SLOTS - NOTE: MAJORITY OF SCART ADAPTERS ARE SCART IN, SO YOU WANNA GO DOWN TO MAPLINS AND SAY ” I WANT A THREE WAY RCA COMPOSITE SCART OUT ADAPTER PLUG” - BINGO NO MORE THAN £7

    THEN, TRY MAKING SURE IF URE IN THE U.S. YOU SELECT NTSC MODE NOT PAL - CHANGE THIS VIA THE OPTIONS WHEN IN CAPTURE MODE

    ALSO, YOU SHOULD CHECK THIS DRIVER OUT - ITS NEWER AND IT WORKS GR8 - MUCH BETTER THAN THE CRAPPY ONE THAT COMES WITH THE PRODUCT - FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS : 1. I Un-installed the software and restarted the computer.
    2. Placed the installation CD (that came with the product) back in the CD drive.
    3. Click on “Install Driver” (this only installs the USB 2 drivers so that the computer can see the device)

    Make sure you do not attach the Easycap Device before you have installed the USB Driver (as above).

    http://www.digital-devices.co.uk/downloads.php

    ALSO, ENSURE YOU USE HIGH QUALITY LEADS - THESE AFFECT PICTURE

    MAKE SURE YYU2 COMPRESSION IS SELECTED TOO, IF YOU WANT SOME SCASRT OUT PLUGS LET ME KNOW- I SEND THEM WORLDWIDE

    IF YOUVE GOT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, JUST EMAIL me qazarazapaza@gmail.com

    PEACE… KEV.

  57. Steve in SeattleSAID ON January 9th, 2009 at 8:48 pm

    I picked up this unit on eBay from a Chinese seller for $15 shipped. :)

    My unit is USB 2.0 and has 3 RCA plugs (for composite video and stereo audio) as well as an S-video input (useful for 480p DVD players, or Super-8 video cams, but few if any VHS use s-video and if you have a computer you’d just rip DVDs direct instead of via an external player).

    The included Ulead Video Studio SE DVD software is version 10. This software is “ok”, though written in 2006. Ulead is now owned by Corel, and versions 11, 12, X2 are now called Corel Video Studio. The new Corel products are top quality, though the Ulead software does show its age by hogging computer resources.

    I also have a full version of the newest Nero 9 (specifically the Nero Vison componant) and find it works faster than the older software included in this package.

    I run a 1.9Ghz AMD Turion 64 X2 laptop, running Vista SP1, with 2GB of 677Mhz PC5300 DDR3, with a 1GB Ready-Boosted SD card, and a 5400rpm 140GB harddrive set to use 55 GB of space for each rip.

    I found that the .AVI format is a total memory hog. I had an audio-to-video sync issue during my rip, though I have to admit the video quality was great for 480i, no new noise introduced at all. Use a top quality VHS player, decent cables, and you’ll get about as good a quality image as you can expect. In avi format, 1GB will get you about 1 minute of rip… no, I’m not kidding. ~50 min VHS will cost you 55 GB.

    Ripping to other formats would be best for most users. I’d also recommend a sizable hard drive, and decent memory. Personally, I plan on a 7400rmp hard drive, 4gb system ram, and a 8gb readyboost SD chip eventually, but obviously its not completely nessesary if you rip, edit, and burn one VHS at a time, but its something to think about.

  58. andySAID ON January 23rd, 2009 at 8:27 am

    im thinking about getting one of these or somthing simular to it to copy my videos from my old HI8 camcorder to the pc. do you think this will do the job?
    email me andy_moore14@hotmail.com for the answer
    thanks :)

  59. J5SAID ON February 4th, 2009 at 10:15 am

    Does anyone know if this will work on Mac OSX leoard

  60. LarSAID ON February 9th, 2009 at 6:40 pm

    I just got an Easycap and was hoping to use my security camera that uses AV jacks, to hook to Easycap then to my laptop and record wild life etc. directly to my hard drive or onto a dvd r. However I can’t get any video captured at all. Any suggestions? Thanks

  61. Shizu RedsoraSAID ON February 15th, 2009 at 12:37 am

    Wow! Coool… I really need this device. Now I can play my games on my laptop when someone is hogging the TV

  62. Gwyneth, LondonSAID ON February 15th, 2009 at 6:45 pm

    I have purchased the EasyCap and the instructions clearly tell me to install the software before connecting the gadget, but when I insert the CD, only the standard windows auto-run screen comes up so there is no option to ‘Install driver’. I have a new high spec dual boot system with XP & Vista, and I get the same auto-run screen on both. If I open the CD there are so many different folders and icons I don’t know what to click on. Some people are suggesting allowing the ‘new device found’ wizard to automatically search for driver, but this would mean connecting up before installing software. Others are suggesting downloading the up-to-date driver from the manufacturer which I have done, but what method do I use to install it? should I connect the gadget first? If not, how do I install the driver? If the gadget is connected to a VCR I am guessing it will need to be switched on for EasyCap to be recognised. I am new to video editing. Can anyone help me with this?

  63. werkisSAID ON February 18th, 2009 at 5:57 am

    for vinlys i use my creative sound blaster usb now i wont buy device like this in my country i can only get EasyCap usb and avermedia pci and usb gold ezmaker wich is better

  64. Don CSAID ON February 26th, 2009 at 11:26 am

    I have been copying vhs tapes to DVD+R disks. they play great on computers but not on sony home theater player. the player does not recognize the disk. What do I need to to to fix this?

  65. RandallSAID ON February 28th, 2009 at 9:28 am

    I bought this device and when I tried it on my laptop which has Vista and it did work…but then wouldnt do the burn to the DVD. It gave me a “power calibration error”. So I deciede to try it on my computer with XP hoping to overcome the DVD burning problem with a different DVD burner…and it just crashes that computer and reboots it.
    I am using Windows XP, Direct X 9 and a Nvidia Gforce mx440 graphics card. I have tried every configuration I can dream of and waiting to connect the device after I selected the output type within ULEADS software just incase that was the problem. I am not a complete novice to video capture having previously owned afew capture cards…so the setting arent completely foreign. I also tried Nero software…ran its setup test and it passed…then it crashed in the same manor when it finished its tests. Hardware problem ?
    You CAN see the image within the window before it crashes most of the time.
    I am well within the requirements for memory, speed ect.
    Soooooo ! Can anyone either help me over come the “power calibration” problem trying to burn the DVD on the laptop with Vista….or….The crashing and rebooting on the machine with XP ??? Getting a hammer out is starting to look like a good option !
    If anyone can help feel free to contact me at sledgehammer5000@gmail.com

  66. Jim ThomsonSAID ON March 3rd, 2009 at 2:15 pm

    I have amcap nerovision and movie maker (came with vista) on a Dell dual core 64×2 4400+ I find the preview very spasmodic on nero I lose sound on amcap and I cannot see a capture option on MM . I’m connected to vcr via composite and audio via scart adaptor Has anyone been successful with a similar setup? or can anyone point me to a site for instructions
    TIA
    jimbthomson hotmail com

  67. Connor .MSAID ON March 14th, 2009 at 9:18 am

    I bought one of these but I needed some cables. I found the audio one in some wired but cant find one that fit’s onto the video one. Where did you get yours?

  68. HanyodelSAID ON March 31st, 2009 at 8:21 am

    To fix “Change Field Order” problem, remove any connected imaging devices which is like a web camera.
    I hope this helps you who has similar problem.

  69. JayneSAID ON April 2nd, 2009 at 4:23 pm

    I bought this to convert analogue Hi-8 tapes to disc. I had it working initially until I came to transfer my secong tape, now I can’t view what i’m taping on my pc screen and how do I save a completed capture?!

  70. KIDWAV3SAID ON April 2nd, 2009 at 6:33 pm

    someone please help me capture card wont work my pc when i plug it in it just shows green screen and dont record at all what do i do

  71. ricardoSAID ON April 12th, 2009 at 12:20 pm

    can you tell me where i can get i from in stores in the uk please help
    has to be frm stores.

  72. MollySAID ON April 17th, 2009 at 10:16 pm

    I just got this device on eBay, and I’m really excited to use it, but I’ve been having some problems. I got everything installed OK, (and I have Vista and it works fine, but the software is a little slow), but I have my Sony Handycam Hi8 camcorder plugged in and in Playback mode, and the software keeps saying when I hit Capture that there is no incoming image. I saw that other people are having success with Hi8 camcorders–what am I doing wrong? And yes, I do have the cords plugged in the right places, I’m in NTSC mode, etc. etc.

  73. Robert BSAID ON April 20th, 2009 at 6:16 pm

    Is this device easy to use for recording your gameplay an xbox 360. And, is it compatible with a mac?

  74. jamesSAID ON April 28th, 2009 at 8:54 am

    Does anyone know any Canadian stores that sell this device? I don’t want to buy online. (ie. Bestbuy, Future Shop, Canada Compuers, etc.)

    Thanks in advance.

  75. John FrumSAID ON May 3rd, 2009 at 3:49 am

    Those who are looking for compatibilty with Macintosh OS X should know that the EasyCap does not ship with the required drivers. They can be downloaded from here:

    http://www.cnet.com.au/downloads/soa/VideoGlide/0,239030384,10778972s,00.htm

  76. VineshSAID ON May 5th, 2009 at 6:28 am

    I set up the software and got to the stage where it reads and “captures” the recording from Sony handcam. When I try to play the captured video, I can only hear the scene and cannot see the picture. This also happens even if I save the project. What can I do to correct this. The programme seems to work for capturing, saving and burning images onto a disc. It

  77. kenSAID ON May 7th, 2009 at 12:01 pm

    if you all take the time to read ALL the comments, you will come to the conclusion DO NOT USE THE PROVIDED ULEAD SOFTWARE. use Windows Movie Maker or Cyberlink. also if you need a video tutorial to connect with a specific OS and a specific device Youtube will have it…

    search EasyCAP in youtube and you will get a thousand tutorials that resolve every issue mentioned on this page…
    this device is fully compatible with the following:
    XP
    Vista
    Leopard
    ps2
    ps3
    xbox
    xbox 360
    wii
    all the old systems with composite
    vcrs with composite out
    tv’s with composite out
    security cams with composite out
    ANY DEVICE WITH COMPOSITE OUT

    ya get it???
    try searching the web people SERIOUSLY have you all forgotten about google?

  78. John LuxtonSAID ON May 14th, 2009 at 2:17 am

    Who is the manufacturer and how can I get in touch? Is it possible to get a manual for the EasyCAP. I have only just acquired this dongle and after reading the various comments I am getting worried even before I have tried to use it.
    I want to transfer vynil to disk and 8mm analogue to disk. The package mine came in was a plastic oyster pack with a card inserted that gave a lot of promises but no real info and no indication of manufacturer or wholesaler etc to get in touch with. Grateful for any info and thanks for all the suggestions on this page. John

  79. cameleonSAID ON May 25th, 2009 at 9:53 pm

    I have a question? If i ?want to recording my favorites tv show with my easycap what can i do? Because the easycap have 3 input and the Tv have 3 input too.

  80. mikeSAID ON May 26th, 2009 at 5:38 pm

    would this work for ustream.. lik can i video it and it go straight to ustream?

  81. EasycapgodSAID ON May 27th, 2009 at 4:55 pm

    Matt, the easycap will not lag your game. This is due to the fact that you connect it to your television set. However, to record your Wii you must also have three Y-adapters. Look them up. If your computer is far from your television you should purchase two double ended AV cables. Look up a guide on Youtube or search for one on Google on how to set up. It is quite simple.

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