Perfect for digitising video cassettes with a VCR
The device works very well under Linux, which treats it as a webcam. I use it with VLC to digitise old video cassettes.
All you need to do is connect the Avermedia to the video recorder using a Peritel/RCA adapter (LDLC doesn't seem to sell them, but I found one at the supermarket). In VLC, go to the "Media ? Convert/Record" menu, then the "Capture device" tab. Choose the 'Video Camera' capture mode, select the video device corresponding to the Avermedia (only one device will appear in the list, unless you've also connected a webcam) and select the 'Secam' standard. Finally, click on the "Convert / Save" button, choose the name of the file to be created and click on the "Start" button. All that's left to do is press the 'Play' button on the VCR.
It's very simple, but digitisation obviously takes time because the computer records the video signal from the VCR as it goes along: you can't speed things up. The digitisation quality is completely faithful to the video tape.
