Anyone got a "Compro VideoMate E500"?

11th August 2008, 15:41

I'm thinking about buying one of these cards for analogue capture. Seems to be a cheap option for capturing SD video 480i/576i through component connections.

Anyone know if:
the drivers work with VirtualDub
can you adjust brightness/contast/saturation/hue/sharpness etc.
and do they prohibit capture of macrovision-protected signals?

I think the chipset it uses is the Conexant CX23885, with 10-bit ADC, so in theory should give better quality than my existing BT878 PCI card which has 8-bit ADC?

Also, anyone know what kind of comb filter it includes for capturing composite video?

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FlimsyFeet Guest Posts: n/a	Anyone got a "Compro VideoMate E500"? I'm thinking about buying one of these cards for analogue capture. Seems to be a cheap option for capturing SD video 480i/576i through component connections. Anyone know if: the drivers work with VirtualDub can you adjust brightness/contast/saturation/hue/sharpness etc. and do they prohibit capture of macrovision-protected signals? I think the chipset it uses is the Conexant CX23885, with 10-bit ADC, so in theory should give better quality than my existing BT878 PCI card which has 8-bit ADC? Also, anyone know what kind of comb filter it includes for capturing composite video?