Im having problems with my Dazzle Digital Video Creator 90 capture NTSC to video. The DVC90 will capture NTSC but it will only capture a true NTSC signal, not a PAL-60 NTSC signal like some of the multi-standard European VCRs output. Now what do i do i live in London how can i find out which VCR players dont convert NTSC signal to PAL-60 NTSC signal? What do u call that procees? help me plz if this been posted before which i didnt find than slap in a face and show me the direction. thx
In the UK, as far as I know, almost all VCR's that offer playback of NTSC tapes will output PAL-60. I doubt you'd find an off the shelf VCR that would output true NTSC. You'd have to search for a genuine multi-system VCR for that and those will be pricey. Even still, read the specs carefully. Something like this will output true NTSC: http://www.firebird-systems.com/graphics/vcr/multisystem-vcr.shtml but something like this won't: http://www.world-import.com/nv-j50am.htm Your other choices would be to search for a capture card that can handle PAL-60 (e.g. some ATI cards) or purchase a cheap American VCR off ebay.
"With the Samsung Multi-System WorldWide VCR You can convert VHS and S-VHS from Europe, Asia, Australia, Middle East, South America or Africa to the American NTSC system or to any other system you like." That sounds very good. But god i bought this dazel USB for £60 and thought im sorted all my NTSC tapes are gonna be on HD. I cant afford extra costs. Can u advise me a good capture card and i could convince my dad that it good for his business, any good cap. cards? thx
Well, I've got an ATI All-in-Wonder X600 Pro, which supports PAL-60. But, please don't buy this on my recommendation because I live in an NTSC land and I've never tested a PAL-60 capture with it. It claims to support PAL-60 though. My screen grab: http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/5682/atipal603pm.png Check out some of the ATI cards around London, see if they support PAL-60. With your current setup you could try setting up Virtualdubmod to capture from your DVC-90 using the WDM capture drivers. I'm not sure if this will work but you've got nothing to lose by trying. http://virtualdubmod.sourceforge.net/ http://btwincap.sourceforge.net/ http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=23884&highlight=pal60 It doesn't look the Dazzle device is supported yet, but the WDM page shows you how to set up a custom profile for any capture card.
Dazzle Digital Video Creator 90 is made for only one software Studio 9 which comes free with the package, well at least that was my impression why i tried usinf adobe primere or ulead video studio to capture, didnt work. thank you for your help!
moonrocks: I have an AIW9800SE, and use the same capture program that you do. PAL-60 is NOT supported, at least not very well. I get an image, but it's blurry and smaller than it should be. I've been trying to find another card that can capture PAL-60 properly, but no manufacturer seems to write anything about it, and none of the salespeople I've talked to knows anything.
Meneth, thanks for the info. I've never tested the PAL-60 capture feature of the AIW card so it's good to know. Shame it doesn't work.
