I recently bought an EzCap USB video capture device, which works like a regular capture card except through USB.
Anyway, the device works fine, except the software that came with it to capture the signal is very… bloat-ware like. It's filled with ads and makes a stupid program force itself on startup.
I've tried to capture the media through VLC, but there's a severe input delay. Even though I hate this software (ShowBiz DVD 2) the video capture is perfect, and there isn't any delay or lag. Is there anything better than VLC that can capture video through a device?
Preferably something that I can run full-screen. The ShowBiz DVD 2 software plays nicely and records great, but like I said, it forces some stupid program on start up, and the bigger problem is that the capture screen is like, 2 inches across. It's impossible to play a PS2 game on the thing.
Best Answer
Thanks to Xantec's comments, I was able to get VirtualDub working.
To get the EzCap 116 device to play in VirtualDub, you should download the latest version of the program.
Start the program, then:
File
>Capture AVI...
Devices
>WDM 2861 Capture
Video
>Video sources
and select either the Composite or S-Video, depending on what you're usingAudio
> untickEnable audio playback
(having it ticked creates severe frame rate issues)Video
>Compression
and change it to something other than "No recompression" (you may have to experiment a little)Video
>Capture Filter
and change the settings (Default is NTSC_M, I have luck with NTSC_M_J and others have luck with NTSC_433. If you live elsewhere in the world, you might try some of the PAL options. YMMV)Video
>Set custom format
, but VirtualDub seems to set the size at the device's natural output.Video
>Filter chain
>Filter list...
and add your desired filters.