EasyCap USB 2.0 Test Run - Super Smash Bros Brawl

[sindrecool1]

Use Lucario ;)

[ArekkuMM]

So it's completely playable on the PC monitor?

I want to play PS2 / NES / Dreamcast on it, with or without recording.

Mostly I'm concerned about input lag and actual lag while playing it. I don't want to split it as I'm mostly not looking for a capture card, but just for a way to play my old consoles on my PC monitor, which only has DVI / HDMI.

[OtakuReborn]

@ArekkuMM Reasonably playable. Depends on how much lag you're talking about. As far as actual lag goes, there's not much of that (assuming you have a sufficiently powerful PC). But as far as input lag goes, that might also depend on your PC specs, but I think I had minor input lag. But again, depends on how you define minor. It might be more that what you'd like (maybe depending on the game).

I haven't used the Easycap since I've upgraded to the AverTV CaptureHD H727 card, so I'm not sure.

[theAwsomeAwsome667]

i see black bars

[CheapAntivirus]

How do you get full screen on your pc? I couldn't find any idea how to get my usb capture 2.0 to full screen

[Edituhhh]

ok what ntsc do you use?

[OtakuReborn]

@Edituhhh I believe it shows up in the menu as NTSC / M. The other NTSC is if you live in Japan or have a Japanese console, in which case, you'll need to use NTSC / MJ, presumably. I've never tried a Japanese console with the EasyCap.

[Edituhhh]

what pal do u use

[OtakuReborn]

@Edituhhh Actually, I'm in the US, so I use NTSC instead of PAL.

[TheGamerPalace]

@OtakuReborn this isnt 60fps, if so send me a 5 sec clip of the raw file to see.

[OtakuReborn]

@TheGamerPalace I didn't mean this video was 60fps, I meant it was capable of capturing at 60fps (at least if VirtualDub is to be believed). Of course, the catch is that this probably means 60fps interlaced, meaning the effective frame rate is half of that. (60i as opposed to 60p, if you will).

Or at least that's how I understand it. I may be wrong.

[WanderingPictures]

Can you use a USB Mic/Speakerphone Headset while capturing video to get the result of both the game audio and your voice audio? Or will you need to get a stand-alone microphone that will pick up both the game and voice audios?

[OtakuReborn]

@WanderingPictures I'm not quite sure what your question is, but let me put it this way. There's nothing stopping you hardware wise from recording through both the easycap and a separate headset, but the easycap itself does not have another audio input that it can record. If you do have another headset, then you can always route it into another program and then mux the result later. Audacity is a good, free piece of software that can do this.

[pein42]

can you use this for ps3?

[OtakuReborn]

@pein42 Yes. You can use this with anything that supports a Composite or S-Video output. So be warned, that the PS3 won't look very pretty with this. You'll have to invest in something a little more pricey if you want it to look better.

[pein42]

@OtakuReborn Ahhh. kk thanks for the advice :]

[benjamillion]

does this work good on the ps2? i'm thinking about doing some future walkthroughs

[OtakuReborn]

@benjamillion As long as it uses composite cables or S-Video, then yes.

[focushin]

lol my desktop has the same specs...

you mentioned that there was little or no input lag, is there any way you can do an input lag test?

[MonsterCentral]

if you put it at 60fps it will lag on more dynamic games or levels making it run poorly set it to 30fps and it will run a bit smoother for dynamic levels and the quality shouldn't change by much

[fredfed5]

THATS AWESOME I WILL SO BYE IT FOR MY WII RECORDING YES!

[superawkwardmoment]

Somebody spams thunder!!!

[OtakuReborn]

@superawkwardmoment Yeah, that would be the CPU. You know a move is powerful when the CPU spams it. :)

[BAJASAEUNEXPO]

Everyone really needs to test out this game. It is amazing. The guns are remarkably exact. All of you need to dl this game from BFBC2DownloadXcom (replace X with . ).

[K1LL4ful]

Check my video if u want to get rid of the gay square

[Mistercrazy528]

this is the

StarTech SVID2USB2 USB 2.0 Video Capture Cable

right?

[chocolatemlkman]

how well do you think this would do on a acer netbook , keeping in mind the netbook has no disk drive(would be helpfull if someone could find me a software download"thanks!")

[2ndchanceforwisdom]

i have the same thing, but i wouldn't know

[jp2469mods]

if you change the settings im sure you can get better quality

plus there is software you can download to get easycap in hd. looks better then dazzle

[THEredhoodieguy]

I'm looking at using a capture card for playing video games on a computer screen with minimal recording, I cannot quite distinguish whether you are saying this works well as a display or not. In short, would you recommend buying this for just playing a wii on your computer screen?

[TheKnightsofwar210]

How did you play in full screen using the Ulead software?

[ISIMPOI]

everyone who wants an easycap make sure it is a DC60+ otherwise it may not be in colour!

[Xerosnake90]

Wrong. They're all in color, you just gotta update your settings.

[ISIMPOI]

thats why i said it MAY not be in colour!!!

[Xerosnake90]

No. There's no 'may' not be in color. The only reason it wont be in color is because you live in a different region and you don't have the right display settings. They all have color no matter what.

[ISIMPOI]

not the DC60 it needs an update like u said. thus it MAY not be in colour unless u have the update! and why are u having a petty argument anywho!?!

[Xerosnake90]

No, it doesn't need an 'update'. I said 'update your settings' as in fix them to your regional coding, because the default is not that.

I'm having this arguement because you're spreading false information which may concern other people.

[ISIMPOI]

whatever

[JKiscooliest]

can you help I might be getting easycap could you plz tell me if these would work with little to no lag

specs:

compaq presario PC SR5010NX

Intel Celeron D processor 360

512mb memory

120GB HD

[TheKnightsofwar210]

How did you record 60FPS? The highest mine can go is 30FPS and it's the same model.

[OtakuReborn]

I didn't record at 60FPS. Composite video displays in interlaced form, so it draws half the screen the first pass and the second half of the screen on the second pass. So while it updates at 60Hz, it draws only half the screen every pass (alternating scanlines). Composite video can only display in 30FPS.

[davido105]

hey, i wana record my cod 4 gameplay on xbox 360

is the easycap the only thing i need to connect to my computer?

[SniiPe4LiFe]

so this is the

EasyCap USB 2.0 Video Capture Adapter

[Aceinthehole7269]

where can u buy the easycap

[MaceH1ndu]

I got mine on ebay

[martinerrr]

what do you need to use it?

cuz if u have bought easycap what do you need more for sound ? or other?

[zerowingcats]

no all you need is easy cap, maybe some splitters if you want to play on the TV and record on the computer. but the sound is on the easy cap, just mess with the settings if it isnt there right away

[1PAcouchpotato]

Wait,I want to get one of these, but do I have to hook it to my computer when I record?

[martinerrr]

yeh

[1PAcouchpotato]

So I couldnt connect it to a portable memeory device?

[1PAcouchpotato]

So i can? I dont speak surfure.

[mackenzy123]

hey i just bought the usb easy cap and just wondering can u have the projection in a window mode or is it full screen i dont know much about it im waiting for it to come :P

[OtakuReborn]

You can use either the bundled Ulead Video Studio recording software (which is the software I use to record footage) or you can download Media Player Classic (great general purpose video player) and select "Open Device..." and you can select the EasyCap from there and it'll play in MPC. At that point you can do whatever MPC can normally do to videos to the EasyCap's output.

Either way, to answer your question, you can have it windowed or full screen.

[hokageninja9090]

thanks!

[Ochobobo]

Thanks this was very helpful.

[CherryCoke45]

i just got this thing in the mail today, you said that it worked fine with vista, but im getting a few problems.

i installed the drivers, and the video software (ulead) but it doesnt seem to show up on ulead at all, it's acting as if nothing is plugged in.

i still get the normal 'found new hardware' when i plug it in though

[OtakuReborn]

If you're getting a "Found new Hardware" every time you plug it in, that means it probably hasn't fully installed yet. Leave it in your computer for a while longer. It should say "Software is ready for use." after the installation finishes. At which point, it should even show up in the My Computer as a Camera/Scanner, I believe. I forget exactly if Vista does the same, but XP throws it into My Computer as well.

[chroprs]

@OtakuReborn are you sure it works with vista! i have orderd it and i dont want it not working (if this made sense)

[OtakuReborn]

@chroprs Let me try that for you. Give me a few minutes.

[chroprs]

@OtakuReborn thank you!

[OtakuReborn]

@chroprs I hope you have a beefy computer if you're attempting this with Vista. I'm happy to report that it does work. However, I'm not very happy to report that my computer lags while recording. Either my computer specs are lacking (see video description) or my hard drive's extremely fragmented.

In any case, make sure you're computer's pretty beefy. Turn off anything running in the background (explorer included if you can get away with it).

I have the video Vista made if you're curious.

[chroprs]

@OtakuReborn OK, Thank you for trying out that for me! 

[chroprs]

@OtakuReborn i got my easycap 2.0 today, everythink is great but how to i get it to run smooth when i play, i record it and it turns out laggy and the sound dosnt go with the gameplay

[OtakuReborn]

@chroprs Did you read my response? I'm happy to report that it does work. However, I'm not very happy to report that my computer lags while recording. Either my computer specs are lacking (see video description) or my hard drive's extremely fragmented.

In any case, make sure you're computer's pretty beefy. Turn off anything running in the background (explorer included if you can get away with it).

Worst comes to worst, you might have to use another OS. WinXP works great.

[chroprs]

@OtakuReborn no am not using vista, i got windows 7, the laptop is very fast and i have nothing running. the only time i can get it to run smooth is when i put the quality on poor

[OtakuReborn]

@chroprs Define "very fast." What are your system specs?

[chroprs]

@OtakuReborn by very fast, i mean it only takes 2 seconds to load something and it never crashes or laggs, only this,

i have fixed it now, i needed to put the quality on normal, when i put it best or good quality thats when it starts to lag

[magetrix9]

@chroprs it might be your video card

[Slademj15]

Looks good enough. Man I'm ordering mine right now.

[CherryCoke45]

i recently bought this product from ebay for alittle over 13 bucks.

seems like a really good bargin, compared to my TV Wonder PCI 200 tuner, which not only i had to jerry rig to fit in my incredibly small tower, but it wasnt very compatible with vista.

are you using a vista OS ?

[OtakuReborn]

At time of recording the above clip, I was indeed using Vista. Since then, I've switched over to XP again. In either case, both worked well for me. To be specific, it was Windows Vista Enterprise. The only thing you may have to worry about is if you have a non-Windows OS, since I don't have a Mac to test it with and from what I've tried, Ubuntu has no drivers for the EasyCap, so no Linux, I'm assuming.

[CherryCoke45]

great

[Kupuntu]

There is linux driver development going on. It is nowhere near ready, but eventually it will be.

[XxMariofan21xX]

Everytime I put my Easycap in, my computer crashes and I get the Blue Screen of Death. =/ I think it's because I only have 300 MB left on my computer. Any help?

[OtakuReborn]

Hmm...I can't say. Make sure you install the driver from the CD that should have come with the EasyCap.

I never had any issues with any Blue Screens, though.

[ookooweb]

I'm getting this, will there be leg with my computer:

Celereon 3,33ghz

1.5gb ram

ati radeon express 1100 (64mb vram >_>)

Windows XP sp3

[raphu604]

lol you get owned by a cpu ^^ nice quality 5 stars ;)

[OtakuReborn]

Sorry, I'm not that good. But I figure it'd be more exciting watching this than something like Fire Emblem.

[QotSAKing]

When I record I dropped tonnes of frames, and it's really laggy. Specs:

Core 2 Duo 1.8 ghz

2gb RAM

500 gb hard drive

geforce 8400ms?

Can you please help?

[OtakuReborn]

I don't know, yours shouldn't be lagging, at least not that badly. If I were to guess though, your bottleneck is your graphics card. GeForce 8400 is not very impressive at all. While it might suffice for just playing, it's probably not enough for recording.

[manumanok]

my easycap lags how do u fix it?

[OtakuReborn]

It's hard to say without knowing everything about your system. If you give me a bit more info about your system, I might be able to help a bit more.

[manumanok]

its a dell dimension DIM3000 windows xp it has only 1.70 giga bytes left

[OtakuReborn]

I looked up the Dell Dimension 3000 that it looks like you have, and if I'm reading this right, your computer is probably too old. A Celeron D 2.4GHz and 256MB of RAM probably isn't going to cut it. Not to mention you don't can't have a graphics card (no AGP/PCI-Express slot). You're probably going to lag. You need to go for a newer computer.

[smashingpoop]

when i use avi or mpeg it lags. i have to use wmv. i have 512 ram...

[OtakuReborn]

More RAM probably helps. I'd go at least a gig. I'm not sure about the difference, but 512 is on the lower end nowadays, with memory being dirt cheap.

[Michael23578]

did u like disable the smash ball or what?lol

[OtakuReborn]

Actually, I didn't disable anything, to my knowledge. I'm surprised one didn't show up in two battles.

[Michael23578]

o ok then i am looking to get brawl i really want it but i dont have a wii

[smashingpoop]

how do you play in full screen?

and dont you notice some stripes in the image when they move?

please i need to know how to play in fullscreen

[OtakuReborn]

How to play in fullscreen depends on the program you use for output. In most programs, there's a fullscreen option.

As for the lines when you move, those are scanlines, held over from the TV interlacing. A TV displays only every other line in a frame, while a computer monitor uses a progressive scan, drawing ALL the lines. You can't prevent that, I don't think.

[smashingpoop]

can you tell me wich program cuz ulead and wmm dont go fullscreen. is there any way too play it through windows media player?

[OtakuReborn]

If you're using Ulead VideoStudio, the capture option does have a full screen icon. It's at the bottom right hand corner of the preview window. It's just a circle with 4 diagonal arrows pointing at the corner of the boxes.

[GhostSonic]

I know I'm late and all, but you could open the video in virtual dub and deinterlace (it's under video > filters). Just make sure you select "direct stream copy" under video. so it doesn't get rid of the compression and spit out a some huge 2 GB file or something.

[OtakuReborn]

Hmm...I should try that deinterlacing filter then. At least for uploading videos. If only EasyCap could go straight through VirtualDub, then it'd be pretty sweet, but either way. I'll give that a try. Though I think you should be selecting "Full Processing Mode" instead of "Direct Stream Copy." I have EasyCap recording in Uncompressed Video for speed. I apply the compression in VirtualDub after the recording. I don't think "Direct Stream Copy" allows filters either.

[notsogoodtrickster]

I've looked for specs of this device everywhere, and I couldn't find a resolution for it. So could you tell me that I can at least to 720x560 or so pixels? I'm looking into getting this for it's apparent Pal_60 support, but unless I get higher than 320x240 it's not an upgrade from my old CaptureCard. Thanks in advance :)

[OtakuReborn]

I'm not sure of the exact resolution it will reach, but I am sure it DOES go higher than 320x240. Personally, I record at 640x480, but I think it'll stretch to 720x480 or something (I forget the exact vertical size). The device is currently packed away (moving to college) so I can't check it at this moment. If you'd like to know, I can post it later.

[notsogoodtrickster]

It's ok, as long as I can get a decent image it's great, right now I'm just wanting Pal_60 compatibility, and this can apparently. That, and a decent resolution, looking set to be great. Thanks :)

[ookooweb]

for resolution, I found this:

# Supports high quality video resolution: NTSC 720 x 480 @ 30fps, PAL 720 x 576 @ 25fps

[greendays305]

i have windows vista will it still work whith it? and can it be used whith windows moive maker?

[OtakuReborn]

I'm actually recording with Windows Vista, so yes, Windows Vista will work with this.

However, I have been unable to get Windows Movie Maker to recognize the device, though this may just be an isolated issue, so you might have better luck. If nothing else, it comes with its own software, so you can always use that.

[EMoney120]

ive never seen this game before. it looks great. nice video.