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ebay USB video capture and PPCs

ebay USB video capture and PPCs PowerPC 4 posts May 10, 2013 — May 11, 2013

#1 Fri, 10 May 2013 - 02:16

Does anyone have any good experiences using one of the USB > RCA/Svideo video capture cards for converting VHS or recording input?

Using Panther, Tiger or OS9?

(ie something like http://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-RCA-AV-S-Video-CVBS-Video-Audio-TV-VHS-DVD-Capture-/350239167709?pt=US_Video_Capture_TV_Tuner_Cards&hash=item518be194dd)

#2 Fri, 10 May 2013 - 05:19

5 or 6 years ago I was using a B&W G3 with a USB 2.0 card and anElgato EyeTV 250. I think I was using 10.4

I don't think you could use OS9 for USB video capture because OS9 doesn't support USB 2.0 and USB 1.0 is way too slow.

However I recall that Elgato produced a firewire model at one time. Don't know if it had OS9 software or how hard it'd be to find

#3 Fri, 10 May 2013 - 05:58

I don't know why I didn't even think of FireWire.. I should just get a firewire adapter since its pretty fast as it is, and OS9 should have something that can handle it.

#4 Sat, 11 May 2013 - 00:14

I've had good results with a Canopus ADVC55 firewire capture device and an SVHS input, if you can find one. It should capture just fine with iMovie and a firewire cable