Hi there,
Am 2019-12-14 07:45, schrieb Marc Shapiro:
I want to copy some videos from VCR and DVD to my computer for editing
(simple stuff, like removing commercials). I found this device on
Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Converter-Capture-Support-Android/dp/B06X42H9VZ/ref=sr_1_3?m=A3ENZ260X3A00C&marketplaceID=ATVPDKIKX0DER&qid=1576302348&s=merchant-items&sr=1-3&th=1
It says in the title that it works on Linux, and at least one of the
reviews says it works on Debian.
My father has one that looks just like it. I don't really know
whether it works on Linux (because my father uses Windows), but
when he upgraded his Laptop to Windows 10, he asked me to help
him find drivers for this thing, and the main problem we ran
into were that different chips are sold in the same format - so
just from looking at it from the outside it is unclear what
chip is actually used there. There appears to be Linux support
for some of the common chips used in this kind of device, but
there's no guarantee.
From the listing you posted the device you have appears to have
a UTV007 chipset, and you can find some documentation on how to
make that work on Linux here:
https://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Easycap#Making_it_work_4
As for recording software: after searching for quite a while,
the best software I was able to recommend to my father was OBS
studio to make recording very easy to use (though it requires
some setup) - it technically isn't what OBS was designed to do,
but you can use it for that purpose nonetheless.
As for editing, you might want to take a look at kdenlive or
avidemux. I don't have much experience myself with this though,
so YMMV here.
Hope that helps!
Regards,
Christian
