Required Movie Capture Software

[Debbie]

I need a light analog movie capture software. Something like the old InterVideo WinDVR 3 that captures to mpeg2.

Cheers

[Brian Ellis]

I use an ADVC converter for A>D. That way, you can do the editing in DV, which is the easiest format for most NLEs.

[Marshmallowman]

Some free options I can think of

Well there is virtualdub more for avi, but it can't create mpegs.

VirtualVCR, a program I used years ago, functional but only supports WDM capture?

And there is also MediaPortal, more of TV server/client for networks. But you can do a standalone install and capure from analogue sources...probably overkill though.

[Debbie]

Thank you for your replies. It appears that what I'm looking for is not quite on the market. So I'll have to stick to old WinDVD, which is not a bad after all these years.

[Adis]

This is what I used for analog capturing:

http://www.iulabs.com/iuvcr/index.shtml

[Debbie]

Yes, I remembe that. It does'nt capture mpeg2 as far as I can remember.

[traveller]

AMCap

AMCap is a small yet fully functional video capture application. It is a program much like Microsoft VidCap but which adds support for DirectShow. It is based on the sample AMCap source code from the Microsoft DirectX 9 SDK.

-DV camcorder playback and recording
-improved MPEG-2 playback and recording
-improved analog TV tuner support
-still capture in BMP, JPEG and PNG formats
-optional real-time compression (Windows Media or any installed CODECs)
-remember video input, standard, size and many other options from previous session
-full screen mode
-support for multi-monitor and deinterlacing (using VMR9)
-caption bar and menu on/off
-always on top feature

http://www.noeld.com/programs.asp?cat=video#AMCap

I have used it years ago but as far I remember it works ok.
There are small differences among free and share version, just take a look.

[degrub]

if you haven't already, check out this web site for options

http://www.doom9.org/

Most everything is cataloged.

[Debbie]

Thank you all