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.

[mäger]

i just had an issue with the audio with this... i also tried to start capturing after the video had already played for couple of seconds, but it still did not record audio, so im kinda forced to use Windows Live Movie Maker 2012 instead? and is that any good at all?