D-Link USB Video Capture Device

Average customer rating: 3.0

No windows XP driver and no plans for driver in future
Great for simple video captures, bad for semi-pro users
Will NOT work on Win XP
It does work with Windows 2000
It's perfect

D-Link USB Video Capture Device

Manufacturer: D-Link Systems, Inc.
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B00004Z78W

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Product Description

The D-Link DSB-V100 is a USB Digital Capture Device that allows a standard VHS camcorder to be connected to a PC. With both S-Jack and RCA video input, the DSB-V100 allows the video stream from a video camcorder, VHS or Television to be directly provided to the USB Bus. The unit simply attaches via a standard USB type A connector to a PC or downstream USB hub. The DSB-V100 ships complete, providing the necessary hardware and software for a user to begin making digital videos immediately. Software is included with the unit to record digital video directly to a PC's hard drive, record digital video for attachment to an email, capture still frames, and set up motion-sensing video recording. An AC adapter is not necessary, the DSB-V100 draws power directly from the USB bus making it ideal for use with a laptop or other portable computer.

Customer Reviews:

No windows XP driver and no plans for driver in future.......2002-12-27

I have had other D-link products and have dealt with the same issue. They are not very supportive of XP. Can it really be THAT hard to massage their drivers to work with XP? I think if you want to sell tech products such as these, you should be supporting the latest Operating systems because we all are going to have XP eventually. This just burns me! This is the second D-link product that loses support soon after it is sold.

Needless to say, I wont be buying from D-link anymore. This thing is useless to me with no XP drivers.

Great for simple video captures, bad for semi-pro users.......2002-01-16

I'm a student filmmaker and received the D-Link capture device as a gift. I'm running the the device on Windows 2000 Professional and have had no problems with it. It works great with both RCA plugs and S-Video. My biggest problem has been with my computer equipment -- if your PC cannot keep up with the video transfer, you will lose a number of frames during the transfer. However, with a Pentium II 366MHz and 128MB RAM I haven't noticed any major degradation in the video quality.

My biggest frustration with the device is that it only captures up to a maximum size of 352x288 -- a limitation that you will not learn until after you've opened the box (I gave it 3 stars for not making that fact more clear). This limitation probably won't be a problem for most, but it's definitely something to keep in mind if you plan to transfer captured video to CD or DVD.

It's probably obvious, but worth mentioning just in case: this is only a capture device. If you plan to export movies back to a camcorder or VCR you'll need higher end equipment that supports this. Also, unlike some of the Dazzle products, the D-Link capture device does not capture audio. You'll need to run audio directly from your camera into your PC's line-in jack.

If you want a simple capture device for things like using your camcorder as a webcam (assuming it doesn't have an auto shut-off) or capturing video to edit and send to family and friends, then this should be sufficient for you.

If you are an independent filmmaker, professional videographer or plan to export your videos for viewing on a television then fork out the extra cash and get something that won't limit you. If you want to go all out, and your camera supports it, I would recommend following the route I'm taking and pay the extra money to get a DV (digital video) bridge to upload and download video.

Will NOT work on Win XP.......2001-12-30

Be advised that this will not work on Windows XP and the D-Link website is less than helpfull for support on this. Although, I was able to make this work on my other PC which is a Windows(ME) machine, without any problems. If you are looking for a cheap and easy way to capture video this is it.

It does work with Windows 2000.......2001-07-12

You just need to install the driver from the floppy

It's perfect.......2001-03-31

Your video will have sound, if you know what you are doing. I went to Target and got a GE AV92602 "Y" adaptor cable. I connected to my sound card in the microphone port. I test it with Windows Media Encoder. It worked perfectly.

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