Video Capture for Mac USB2 Video Capture Hardware
Dec 20, 2009 in
Computers & Software
- Sold Individually
- Easy connection – Just plug it into a USB 2.0 or 1.1 port on your Mac
- Flexible recording – Record video from any analog source – camcorder, set-top box, game console or VCR
- Video for iTunes – Videos automatically added to iTunes, ready to sync with iPod or Apple TV
- Hardware encoding – Built-in MPEG-4 encoder frees up the Mac’s processor for other tasks
Product Description
Pinnacle Video Capture for Mac is a sleek and simple way to add analog video capture capabilities to a Mac. The user can capture video in an iPod-native format from a wide range of analog sources – camcorder, set-top box, game console or VCR. Imported videos are automatically added to iTunes, ready to sync with an iPod or Apple TV. The built-in MPEG-4 encoder frees up the Mac’s processor for other tasks…. More >>
Video Capture for Mac USB2 Video Capture Hardware
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5 comments
DLindberg49 on December 20, 2009 at 9:54 am
Finally able to convert old family movies to my macbook to create and edit movies that can be put on CD’s for the family to easily watch.
kjohnq on December 20, 2009 at 11:19 am
All’s well that ends well, and now happy with the product. but I almost returned the Dazzle after Pinnacle was not able to help me capture xbox360 live feeds (the reason my 13 year-old son bought it):
“Hi,
Thank you for contacting Avid Pinnacle Support.
Regarding your concern, we don’t advertise the Dazzle for capturing live feed from any source because it is only tested for capturing pre-recorded videos from an analog source. We don’t have a Dazzle that is design for capturing live feed videos. As it is not recommended or tested we will not be able to trouble shoot the issue.”
but right before I was going to return it, I looked on YouTube and a user video saved the day. I realized that the device needs 3 RCA audio/video “Y” (aka splitter) cables. this is in addition to the normal audio/video RCA cable needed.
so after I bought those i was good to go. easy set up and recording xbox video just fine. also came across the same issue others have seen where the very first time, there was a delay between audio and video. but after rebooting, and reseating cables again, we haven’t seen the problem since.
for a simple device and if you just want to record xbox feed from TV to Mac (haven’t used it for anything else), I recommend.
Kristy Star on December 20, 2009 at 11:21 am
It was easy to install and get working right away. However, after the first few days it was plugged in and I had recorded some TV footage, it stopped working and I had to reinstall all the software again in order for it to work properly again. I’m not sure what caused that, but since then I have it plugged in to my computer everyday and there haven’t been any problems Very good for recording your shows from your TV feed and DVR, so you can keep the favorites of yours! That’s what I did.
Apple Scruff on December 20, 2009 at 1:14 pm
I was very excited to get this so I could finally get my home movies (now on VHS) onto DVD. I was disappointed to say the least, and ended up returning the product. First, I was unable to get the file into iMovie. After talking w/the people at Pinnacle, they had me reinstall the software. I got the footage into iMovie, but the picture was very digitalized and there were huge black digital patches all over the screen. They said that was a defect, but even the stuff that was not blacked out was extremely poor quality. This might be OK for viewing things on an iPod or capturing your video games but it is NOT good enough for preserving your priceless home movies. I called Apple and asked them what they would recommend and they said to get the “elgato EyeTV 250 Plus digital/analog TV receiver and video connector.” They said the video quality will be very good.
M. Crews on December 20, 2009 at 3:26 pm
I just bought this today (at the Apple store) and returned it within 4 hours of purchase. I bought it for 2 reasons:
1) To capture video from a camcorder that is not Mac compatible & 2) To transfer my parents’ VHS home movies to digital.
I tried both types of transfer and got the same results both times: the video quality is poor and, here’s the biggie, the audio is about 1.5 seconds behind the video!
Don’t buy it!