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Canopus ADVC-100 Advanced Digital Video Converter, Analog / DV |  | Brand: Canopus
Category: Photography
List Price: $299.99
Buy Used: $215.00
as of 9/9/2010 18:26 MST details
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Seller: literatetriathlete
Rating:  15 reviews
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 4.7 x 1
Warranty: 3 years warranty
MPN: 770-10072-100
Model: 770-10072-100
UPC: 631069100723
EAN: 0631069100723
ASIN: B00007L68E
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| • | DV converter designed for NLE. Convert your S-VHS, Hi8 and 8mm analog tapes to DV in one simple step. The converted DV streams are transferred to your PC or Mac via IEEE1394 (i.Link, FireWire) and edited using your favorite photo/video application. | | • | Other converters can lose audio/video sync when converting longer segments of video. The ADVC-100 is the first affordable DV converter that supports locked audio when converting from analog to digital, assuring perfect audio and video synchronization | | • | The ADVC-100 features Canopus' award-winning DV codec technology, found in AVID's Xpress DV software and the full line of Canopus DV capture cards. | | • | Digital Video in/out: 6pin S200 (200Mbps), 4pin S200 (200Mbps)Analog Video in/out: NTSC (525/60), PAL (625/50) S-video, compositeAudio in/out: stereo unbalanced line levelSampling Frequency: 48kHz/16bit/2ch, 32kHz/12bit/4ch | | • | * Input line auto select* 720x480 analog output* YUV output* NTSC/PAL support* front, back analog in* 2 DV jacks* Color Bar output* 48kHz/16bit audio* 32kHz/12bit audio |
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Product Description
CANOPUS ADVC-100 - This advanced A/D converter bridge the Analog / Digital gap in realtime. Easily convert S-Video and Composite Analog Video sources to DV - and back again! In addition to using Canopus' award-winning DV codec technology, the ADVC-100 supports locked audio, works with NTSC and PAL video, and is compatible with both Windows and Mac OS. Front and back analog video inputs Supports locked audio during A/D conversion, assuring perfect synchronization Color bar output function Package includes 4-pin to 6-pin FireWire cable, AC adapter & S-Video / Composite Video cable Size - 1.07H x 5.74W x 4.72D Three year limited warranty
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 15
 The only reliable external video capture device. Period. November 9, 2004
Nom de plume (New York, NY)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I did some research into external video capture devices, and everything seemed to point to the Canopus. I wasn't disappointed - it does an excellent job of capturing video, even on a 2-year old laptop.
I have used it to capture about 4 hours of video tapes for transfer to DVDs. The video and audio quality was true to the originals, and I never had audio/video sync problems that apparently are common with non-Canopus equipment. I captured video in MPEG-2 format using the capture feature of Roxio Easy Media Creator 7 / Video Wave. (Software side-bar: FYI, I found all Roxio's other video editing tools to be overly simplistic and not suited to my needs. But the video capture was great - it's the only capture I found that directly encodes video in real-time to the space-saving MPEG-2 format. After capturing the video, Sony Vegas and Sony DVD Architect were the best tools for my needs of editing video/audio, and burning to DVD).
All the more impressive is that the Canopus worked on my relatively old laptop system. I don't remember the recommended specs exactly, but I think I was borderline: 1.5 mhz Pentium 4 laptop with 512 mb of RAM running on Windows XP.
While the Canopus performed its core video capture function perfectly, it does have some minor issues with user-friendliness - but really, these aren't very important in the big picture. Stickers warn you to shut the Canopus and your computer down before connecting to or disconnecting it from your computer. Changing the device's settings, which I did once at set-up, involves small switches on the hardware itself. And the device is recognized by my computer as a digital video camera. But if it's the only external hardware that consistently does a great job of video capture - who cares about minor issues like these?
The wrap-up: Amazon should do us all a favor: get rid of all the other, less reliable external video capture devices and only sell the Canopus. It's tempting to get less expensive equipment, but there seems to be only a small chance it'll actually do the job. The Canopus is really the only option to consider if you are looking for an external video capture device that works reliably.
Right Choice for More Functions November 7, 2004
J. K. Sharp (Breckenridge, CO USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
After extensively reviewing all of the products available for analog/digital conversion, my reading assessment quickly determined that Canopus is the clear choice.
There are numerous reviews which provide the basic information on this product. Here are a few details which are less obvious in the specs and reviews.
It is a great product. I also looked very seriously at the ADVC 1394 which is a card rather than an external box. It is a little less expensive but does not provide as many input options. Specifically, there is not an ability to do stereo analog input on the 1394 card using RCA connections. The ADVC 100 is more flexible and provides a wide range of inputs and outputs. The Canopus.com web site is very helpful for reviewing product specs.
I had fantastic results right out of the box - which frankly suprised me, I expected to have to do at least some amount of fiddeling around with it to get it to work. The setting of the dip switches is not dificult, despite the comments of other reviewers. Pricegrabber.com also has a number of helpful reviews.
 Works well, but not hot-pluggable. August 4, 2004
Trevor Blackwell (Los Altos, CA USA)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
The product has a warning sticker, "When you connect or remove the DV [Firewire] cable, please make sure the power of both PC and this product are off. This product will be damaged because of a voltage surge." I consider this unacceptable. A major feature of Firewire is its ability to connect and disconnect things without rebooting. I did in fact connect it without turning off my computer and nothing bad happened, but I suppose they could refuse to honor the warranty if it blew up.
Otherwise, it's totally simple to use and produces good DV video with good audio sync.
Plug And Play, Serious!! June 9, 2004
Vinny (New York)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I must say this product is exactly as it says. I simply took it out of the package(Which I recieved in less than 24 hours with free shipping from Amazon.com) and plugged in the cables and went with it. It connected to Movie Maker 2 and I was off.
I definitely recomend this to ayone looking to put old vhs movies onto DVD's for safe storage.
Foolproof, worked perfectly on first try May 22, 2004
A. Benenson
27 out of 27 found this review helpful
Why I needed this:I wanted to convert a bunch of my old tapes into DVDs, but when I read the reviews of those products, I was scared off by reports of myriad problems and glitches. The good reviews for the Canopus encouraged me to try it and I was not disappointed! How it works: The Canopus plugs into your PC's 1394 (Firewire) port (if your PC doesn't have one, you can get an add-on card for about $30). The Canopus has no software. You just plug in a few cables and turn it on. When I did that, Windows XP saw it, offered to start Windows Movie maker to do the capture, and within about 2 minutes I had captured my first movie (with perfectly synched audio). The only oddity I noticed was that I didn't hear audio during the capture preview, even though the audio was perfectly captured when I played back. How it compares: The Canopus is closer to a video capture card than a full blown 'Make your videos into DVDs' product like Dazzle or DVD Express, because the Canopus doesn't include any software. But because the Canopus is a 1394/Firewire device, it's compatible with lots of video software. For example, on my Windows XP system, I already had 3 software packages I could use with the Canopus:
- Windows Movie Maker (came with XP)
- DV Plus 2.0 (came with my 1394 card)
- Nero (came with my DVD burner) By the way, even though the Canopus is similar to a video capture card, it's better -- compared to my ATI TV-wonder, the Canopus has these advantages: it digitizes audio as well as video (so you don't have to hook up extra audio cables and worry about synch), it doesn't care what resolution my screen is set to, it's higher quality, and there's no fiddly driver software. Bottom line: If you don't mind doing a little mixing and matching of components and software, the Canopus will let you put together a reliable and flexible video editing system that will probably work better than any of the 'all-in-one' products out there so far.
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