Software to capture MiniDV tapes

AVK wrote on 11/27/2018, 9:56 AM

In the past I've used Vegas Pro to capture and digitize MiniDV tapes. Now I am going to have a dedicated machine to do that and it won' have Vegas on it. What other, solid and preferably free, software would you folks suggest to capture MiniDV tapes?

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set wrote on 11/27/2018, 10:09 AM

Try this:

http://windv.mourek.cz/

https://www.videohelp.com/software/WinDV

I used to use them too, and seems still working nicely with the modern OS (as I read in videohelp site)

klt wrote on 11/27/2018, 10:37 AM

Or if those tapes are HDV, look for HDVsplit.

Peter_P wrote on 11/27/2018, 10:53 AM

I used to use http://www.scenalyzer.com/

NickHope wrote on 11/27/2018, 11:19 AM

I also used to use Scenalyzer, but I got along better with one of the earlier versions (sclive20030728.zip or sclive20051129.zip) than the later version still available on the website. Can't remember the exact reasons but I recall it got slightly bloaty and I preferred the simpler interface.

AVK wrote on 11/27/2018, 4:18 PM

Thanks everyone!

jyoungl6 wrote on 11/27/2018, 6:56 PM

I use OBS Studio for capturing. Open source and free. Used by probably millions for streaming and capturing video. Very comprehensive with GPU support for encoding.

https://obsproject.com/

jetdv wrote on 11/28/2018, 9:44 AM

I also use Scenalyzer. I believe it is now free.

However, Vegas Capture can capture from MiniDV just fine as well.