I previously used a Sony camcorder to stream FIGnition A/V output to PC
via FireWire. However, I saw some USB video capture options (in this
group inclusive) and finally got myself a capture dongle. As with many
such cheap devices it doesn't work seamlessly the first time. Before I
was about to return it, I decided to try a dedicated program StkATVAp,
which I've seen in a video of none other than Jupiter Ace reproduction (which took me a lot of History mining to rediscover)
- Jupiter Ace USB mass file storage loading demo
It turns out, StkATVAp is bundled with the USB board driver software. It is the free earlier sibling of AmCap.
My USB capture dongle is: Sabrent USB-AVCPT from Microcenter. Below are some installation notes.
For PC
http://blog.lucylou.info/post/40016775/getting-easycap-to-work-in-windows-xp
http://easycap.co.uk/
The most helpful was this post
http://forum.easycap.co.uk/index.php?topic=640.0
The two important items:
1. Connect video source before plugging in the USB
2. Select wrong setting before selecting the right setting :)
Select the "Options" drop down and "Video Capture Filter..." from
there. "Video standard" needs to be NTSC_M for the USA. It needs to be
PAL_something-or-other in many other places in the world. The very
important thing here is to select something wrong in "Video Standard",
and then select the correct value.
For Mac
According to this post, there is a dedicated EasyCap device for Mac, but with the EasyCapViewer for Mac, the old EasyCaps work fine
EasyCapViewer 0.5.4 - free app, similar to VideoGlide
EasyCapViewer app seamlessly recognizes the card and shows the life stream instantly.
As of this version they only support EasyCap DC60 (not EasyCap DC60+), so that's apparently my card.
ECVComponent.component is placed under /Library/QuickTime
It
is them
becomes available in QuickTime Viewer 7 (Pro) as recording source in
the form Composite 1 - NTSC etc. But the picture size is compressed
horizontally 640x240.
