- #Digital video recorder for mac 1080p#
- #Digital video recorder for mac install#
- #Digital video recorder for mac Pc#
- #Digital video recorder for mac professional#
Vhs to canopus advc-110 to firewire card in pc. Vhs to hdv canon hv10 input to hdv tape to firewire on playback to pc.
#Digital video recorder for mac install#
Done that, needs install and setup, capture settings tweaking, works. The linked thread has one recent user that has it working.īest video quality doesn't mean it's easy.Īny basic capture device like this can do a decent job, and for many is plug and play easy to capture. Suggestions for excellent (if old, pricey and hard to find) VCR models here: Use the best VCR you can lay hands on, preferably at least two of different brands (tapes that don't track well on one should play better on the other).
Any other brand will either not be available with the HDD feature, or so old they won't work well with VHS or have electronic reliability issues.Ĭombo VHS/DVD recorders are convenient, but you're stuck with whatever condition or quality the VCR section has, and without HDD you're stuck recording direct to dvd with no ability to pre-edit (cut out commercials, separate TV episodes or music clips, etc). I haven't used a Panasonic: some people love 'em for VHS, some decidedly don't: YMMV. Avoid Phillips or Magnavox models: they can make unexpected glitches in the VHS copies that you won't see until you play back the copy (that gets annoying real quick), also some of them use a slightly odd dvd format that can prove troublesome later if you decide to copy the DVDs to a computer media server. The older 540, 640, and Sony clones like RDR-HX780 are similar but their encoders are a tad too fuzzy for VHS (recordings come out a bit blurrier). These four Pioneer models have good video encoders that handle VHS input reasonably well: I've been using them for years. This allows much more versatile editing than recording directly onto a DVD, and you can quickly burn backup copies for yourself or other people. You record the VHS to the hard drive, then make your edits on it, then burn the DVD from the hard drive layout. These units have built-in hard drives, which makes preparing the DVDs a *lot* easier. I haven't checked prices and availability in the Canadian used market lately, but if prices have come back down to earth I'd recommend Pioneer models DVR-450, DVR-550, DVR-460, or DVR-560. If you personally find the results satisfactory on a large flat screen TV, "don't worry be happy". These machines get a lot of criticism from perfectionists, but as you say they're simple and get the job done.
#Digital video recorder for mac Pc#
Most good advice you find here and elsewhere will pertain to Windows PC workflows: if you don't want to acquire a Windows PC to dedicate to the task, go right back to the DVD recorder solution you were happy with before. So if you do make this arrangement work, you're probably not going to be shooting very long video clips before you need to stop and offload work to hard disk.If you're on a recent Mac running a more current OSX version, skip that alternative: Apple screws with video input OS and hardware support so much nowadays that its not worth tearing your hair out. 2015 Retina MacBook Pros came with anywhere from 128 GB to 1 TB of flash storage.
#Digital video recorder for mac 1080p#
Uncompressed 60 Hz 1080p video requires something like 400 megabytes/second, or 24 gigabytes/minute. Then there's the question of what to do with the data once you have it.
#Digital video recorder for mac professional#
There may be others at B&H or at other professional video suppliers like Adorama, but I will leave you to the task of hunting for them. It draws power from the USB 3.0 port and so does not require access to an AC outlet.īlackmagic Design Intensity Shuttle with Thunderbolt The description claims that it has "10-Bit HDMI Video Direct Capture", "No Compression Required", and is "Mac, Windows, and Linux Compatible".
This is one of several computer video capture devices listed at the B&H Photo Video site. There are specialized devices that might help here, e.g., theīlackmagic Design Intensity Shuttle for USB 3.0 They're for sending video to a monitor/TV, not for importing it to a notebook.
The HDMI ports on older rMBPs, and the HDMI ports on various docks and adapters, are one-way.
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