Posted by Scott Ehrlich on 12/18/05 20:34

Well, I tried using the ADS Tech USB 701 device on my 1 Gig P3 with 384
Meg RAM. Ulead's VideoStudio 8 kept the processor pegged, and eventually,
streaming video from my VCR via the ADS box through the USB 2.0 connection
just hung the PC.

This did work fine for one take, but when I brought a burned DVD to my
player, although the video was fine, there was no sound, and VideoStudio
did not provide anything obvious as to why audio wasn't being included.
It sounded and looked fine during the trial.

My next plan is to return the ADS box and upgrade my mobo and cpu to
something newer, including integrated USB 2 and firewire ports.

The next step will be to research suitable video-capture cards (RCA and/or
S-Video inputs) so most everything can be done within the PC and no
external stuff is needed except for the VCR and i.link (firewire)
camcorder.

This is all for personal/home use.


Thanks for feedback and advice along the way.

Scott

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