When I press "import videos from analog sources (video player)" and go to the next page, there is only the option "USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam (USB-DShow)". There are no other options and when I press on to the next page I can only record myself with my webcam. What should I do to be able to choose to import my Videos from the VCR instead?
I have the latest version of Windows 10.
I have Magix Video Saver 8.
Hi and welcome to the forum.
This is probably a driver issue - assuming you have a Magix USB video capture device, download and install the correct driver for the USB capture device from here.
Select the correct driver based on the colour of the device or if it is marked K0065 or K0067 download the Premium driver.
In Windows, Settings, Privacy & Security, Microphone and Camera, check that Let desktop apps..... have permission to access these devices.
HTH
John EB
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I'm having a similar problem. Using Video Easy and trying to transfer from a VCR/DVD machine and I was getting the preview screen showing the same image in two horizontal halves but very fuzzy. (and any subsequent recordings) but the sound was spot on. I've updated my graphics card drivers and the image fills the preview window but now have these vertical lines. in both preview and recordings I then updated the Premium driver (as mentioned above) and the image is the same but I now have no sound. This is true for both VCR and DVD outputs. I also can now click on Transfer Video to Computer and it appears to be recording but when I click End Video Transfer, nothing is saved for editing. I'm beginning to think this is more trouble than it's worth as it's taking far too long to transfer seconds of video in an acceptable output.
Update: Now when I run Video Easy and try to import, it correctly chooses Composite but Continue is greyed out. Choosing S-Video (which is not connected) lights up the Continue button and I can then choose Composite and Continue. Input still shows vertical lines and again there is no sound. Going to uninstall and start again but I don't hold out much hope. :-(
Hi
Can you post a screen shot of the 'vertical lines' as seen in the preview monitor.
John EB
Hope this helps!
Some questions:
1. Does this occur on all tapes?
2. From the same VCR? If Yes, can you try another VCR?
3. If Video Easy has a S-Video socket on the lead (sounds like it does) and your VCR has S-Video out on the VHS side, you could try an S-Video capture.
A test you can try: connect the VCR up to your TV and see if the lines are still there.
Option 2: If you can transfer the VHS video to a DVD using that machine, you can then copy the MPEG 2 video files (actually "VOB" files) from the DVD to your hard drive and edit those in Video Easy (I don't actually have Video Easy so I don't know what editing it is capable of). If the lines get transferred onto the DVD, you'll know for sure the VCR is faulty.
Hi
In addition to @AAProds comment - which TV standard, NTSC or PAL, are the tapes and VCR, and is Video Easy set to the same standard?
John EB
Sorry for delay. This is actually from a DVD/VCR combo machine and the images are from a DVD. Tried three different DVDs. Not tried the S-Video transfer yet as the lead is so short, I can't get the combo machine close enough but that's on my list of things to do. I also tried VHS tapes but that's another story! Unable to connect combo machine to TV as TV does not have a SCART input :-((
@johnebaker All standards are PAL and Video Easy recognised this.
Arrr, if you're trying to import off a DVD, you need a completely different process. Trying to "capture" a DVD using an analogue capture process will result in a lower quality video (as you've found with those lines).
You should simply rip the video files off the DVD with either MEP or a third party program and then edit them, using your computer DVD drive.
If it's a commercial DVD with encryption, you will have to decrypt it first.
If it's not a commercial DVD, you can use Avidemux to convert the files into a single MPEG file and edit it in MEP.
Alternatively, you can use the MEP DVD import feature (for unencrypted DVDs). Load the DVD into your computer and browse to it using the MEP media pool. MEP will ask you if it can transfer the files to the hard drive: answer Yes.
Then the movie will appear in the media pool; you can drag it down onto the timeline and edit away. The disadvantage with this method is you never end up with a "master" copy of your movie in one file eg an MPEG which you can use later to play or re-edit.
Note the above comments are for Movie Edit Pro, not Video Easy. I'm unfamiliar with the Video Easy interface, so see how you go. Storyboard mode should still work to edit your DVD.