OK, what are folks using with Win 7 for video capture? All I can find on line seem to be crap and not compatible with Win 7. The capture function on my camera is dying and intermittent.
What kind of camera? What format & medium does it record? How do you connect it to the computer? What is the "capture function on your camera" that you refer to?
Many camcorders use firewire. These don't require any video capture card at all. Direct firewire connection to a firewire port allows the VidCap programs included with Vegas to do a direct transfer from the camcorder to your hard drive without capturing.
Lots of newer HD camcorders record files on a memory card. These can usually be placed in a card reader slot and the files dragged to your hard drive. Once again no capturing required.
That D8 camcorder should continue to work as an A / D converter even if the transport dies. If not then the ADVC-300 gives you much the same functionality (DNR and TBC) as the D8 camcorder. No driver required. Sorry it is not what many would call cheap but mine has given nearly a decade of service so actually a bargain.
If you don't want the TBC and DNR then there's the cheaper boxes from Canopus such as the ADVC-110.
Thanks to all. The capture function of the camera seems to be on the fritz. I just bought a new ADVC-300 which should last me longer that the analog media that I want to capture will be around.
I'd love to pick one of those up used and cheap someday. I've got the Sony version of the ADVC-100 model. It's great, but no TBC. I've probably used it for over 3,000 hours of captures so far. When i'm not capturing it brings in A/V from the cable tuner and i watch TV through the VidCap preview window. It just sits there and works so well i can ignore it completely. Never a hitch. Not. Ever.