License In accordance with the terms and conditions of this License Agreement, the Software is the property of the Licensor and is protected by Copyright Law. Licensor may furnish hardware with the Licensed Product (“Hardware”) 1. The current version of the accompanying software (“Software”) and documentation (“Documentation”) are collectively referred to as the “Licensed Product”. Honest Technology is referred to as the “Licensor”. In this license agreement (the “License Agreement”), you (either individual or an entity), the purchaser of the license rights granted by this License Agreement, are referred to as “licensee” or “You”. IF YOU DOWNLOADED THIS SOFTWARE, PLEASE REMOVE THE SOFTWARE FROM YOUR COMPUTER AND CONTACT YOUR SUPPLIER TO REQUEST A REFUND. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, PROMPTLY REMOVE THE SOFTWARE FROM YOUR COMPUTER AND RETURN THE SOFTWARE, INCLUDING THE DOCUMENTATION, TO YOUR SUPPLIER AND YOUR MONEY WILL BE REFUNDED. For the price, this device is recommended - but be forewarned you may have the same problems installing it as I did.End User License Agreement IMPORTANT: READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE CONTINUING THIS INSTALLATION. Incidentally you can plug in anything that uses standard RCA plugs or an S-video connector.īumpy installation aside, the Video Capture USB 2.0 has done everything I needed it to do, and actually more smoothly than I thought it would be. You’ll probably have a harder time finding a VCR that isn’t all beat up, than using this device. Fortunately those things were not an issue for me. The quality you get will depend entirely on your tapes and VCR. Within minutes of playing my tape, I had videos on Youtube.
You may as well use the default video editor on your computer (Window Movie Maker on mine). There is also an editing suite here to trim the excess or add transitions, but I don’t use it. You can make a file up to 24 hours long! Any tape you have, this baby can handle it. As soon as you click “stop”, the file will save itself. Click “record” on the software, press “play” on your VCR, and you are in business. Rather than burn my tapes to DVD, I set the device to export directly to. Once you have it running, it works like a charm! It’s the easiest thing in the world to use. In the end all I lost was an hour of my time, and my plan to use my laptop for everything. I tore down my little work station and hauled the VCR over to my desktop.Įverything installed quickly and easily on my PC. I was unable to get the USB to install, so I decided to try a different computer.
However it did tell me that the USB needed to install something on the laptop, and that was the hold up. That was the not-helpful advice in the manual. Input win+x or use other ways to open the device manager”. “If you get this error message, the USB might not install correctly.
“The selected device cannot be used” said the popup window. It defaults to capture from a webcam, but it couldn’t access the USB. Unfortunately I could not get the software to detect the video source. Then I hooked up the VCR to the USB device and plugged everything in. I bypassed the error by installing the software in a different folder.
I’m sure some lackey at Amazon could tell me how to install it…. “Any problems, please email the seller,” it says. My laptop refused to install the software - something to do with permissions and security.
The software you need can’t be downloaded, it’s on a little 3″ CD included, with a 16 digit access code printed on it. Issue #1 is no big deal for me, but might be for you. I set up a little work station with my VCR and laptop and began running into problems. So I gambled my $18 for a little USB device to connect my VCR to a PC, using a USB-to-RCA device and some special software. It’s not so easy to hook up an old VHS player to a hi-def system anymore. I didn’t even know if my VCR was still working. Fortunately the tapes are in great shape, so all I needed was a way to convert them. I needed to get my VHS Archives online before it was too late and the tapes were degraded all to hell. VIDEO CAPTURE USB 2.0 – Software by honestechįor only $18, I was willing to take a chance.