WinDV source code released

[Tonttu]

http://windv.mourek.cz/

Source code available - very rough and unfinished, absolutely no comments...
WinDV-src-1.2.3.zip - 40kB [2010-01-25]

Needs MS Platform SDK for compilation.

You can use the code without any restrictions. It would be nice if you mention the origin...

[hydra3333]

Thanks !!

I swear by this tool. Configured right, it's fantastic !!

[Kisa_AG]

Yes, it was the great tool for DV capture, small, easy, but with all really necessary features. IMHO, it was a must-have tool for many peoples. Thanks for this tool!

[jfcarbel]

This is very useful tool if one is just capturing and encoding. But not sure this tool is a relevant today as it was before. With most video editing tools providing DV capture, I am not sure what this offers beyond those tools.

Are many still using this today? I know its on my machine from many moons ago, but I have tons of DV tapes I still need to get to (procrastination) and I most likely will use Vegas to capture.

[hydra3333]

I still use it - to capture raw un-processed original source digital data, so I can post-process the raw data however I like later.

[2Bdecided]

It splits by time stamp and/or frame-count properly and flexibly.

It auto names the resulting files almost any way you could want.

It uses a large buffer, and few resources.

It shows tape time-code quality, and reports dropped frames accurately AFAICT.

It's free.

I wouldn't dream of running Vegas just to capture tapes.


It seems to have a bug when capturing audio of a certain type - depends on camcorder, switching audio type, etc - but several people have reported it over at videohelp.com.

Cheers,
David.