From Kenny Balys Sent Tue, Jun 18th 2019, 00:48
From Kenny Balys Sent Tue, Jun 18th 2019, 00:48
Hi Ben, I had plenty of feedback offline. Basically, most of the cheapo converters available now take both PAL and NTSC down to 640x480 which is rubbish. All of the BlackMagic boxes require a very sync'd and stable video feed so useless for most people, wonderful for a few. You need something called a "Time Base Corrector" rack to generate the stable video feed. This, in my mind, is rather silly. We are living in the future now and a decent piece of code should be able to handle what ever crufty video is thrown at their stuff. But no. If you are using NTSC you can use a Sony Digital-8 camera as a video input/digitizer and then output via FireWire to the 2003 iMac that just everyone has kicking around. For PAL video, none of the Euro released cameras will act as a video input. This was for copyright reasons if I understand correctly. The excitement and frenzy around the very few PAL Digital-8 recorder decks that come up for sale fully illustrates this. A really fine solution suggested to me was a dedicated solid state video recorder box from Japan: (thanks to Suit&Tie) https://www.ebay.com/itm/HDMI-Video-Game-Capture-Recorder-1080p-60fps-Live-Streaming-Device-TMREC-FHD-F-S/202704704583 This seemed a little rich for me so I ordered an El-Cheapo clone from China: (not confirmed to work yet) https://www.ebay.com/itm/VHS-Camcorder-Hi8-Tape-Converter-Audio-Video-Capture-8G-MP3-Player-AV-Recorder/202678960641?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649 It claims to support full resolution NTSC and PAL. I guess I will see. If not, then I will have to step and get the Japanese unit. In the event that this thing works, then I will have a little solid state recorder that I can hang off my modular rack. Fingers crossed, will report back here if its good. On 18.06.19 24:19 , Ben Bridges wrote: > I am also keen on some kind of converter to get analogue video into my computer > from the RCA out on my VHS or video sytnths. > > I bought a USB capture device under the name EasyCap but it didn't work at all. > If there is a solution available I would like to know. > > Cheers > > Ben > > On 15/6/2019 10:37 AM, Kenny Balys wrote: >> >> What are you using to capture PAL video synth sessions? >> >> Many of us here are now using Eurorack and other format video synthesizers. >> >> I would like to see how people are capturing this video. >> >> Currently I have two different systems. One is PAL video. The other NTSC. >> >> For NTSC, capturing is easy. I have a Sony Mini-DV camera that can act >> as a capture / digitizer. This then can be sent to a computer with >> a FireWire link. >> >> Sadly, because of European copyright rules, all DV cameras in Europe have >> the video capture / digitize function disabled. So no such solution for PAL. >> >> I purchased a BlackMagic "Intensity Shuttle" to capture PAL video but >> it is utter rubbish. This device (and all BlackMagic devices I am told) >> will not capture anything but the most perfect and conditioned TBC'd >> video. Nowhere on the box does it mention this. >> >> The entire point of analogue video synthesis is to push the envelope and >> boundaries of video. This will never equal time base corrected video. >> >> So the BlackMagic Intensity Shuttle is a useless brick. >> >> If anyone on the list is capturing PAL video synth sessions, I would love >> to hear what you are using. >> >> >> >> PS: Hope this is not too OT. > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > >