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Diamond Multimedia VC500 One Touch VHS to Digital File, DVD Converter with Easy to use Software, Convert, Edit and Save For Win7,8,10,11

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  • With one touch convert your VHS tapes Hi8 and V8 cameras to digital format and burn to DVD; Capture video from almost any video source supporting composite RCA or S-Video outputs
  • USB self-powered video capture device for 3 step easy installation; Just plug it into your PC and connect the video cables to your source and install the Empia capture program; Easy as 1-2-3!
  • Share on Social Media; Saves your home VHS videos and movies in MP4 quick time movie format and allows you to share with all your friends and family on Facebook YouTube Twitter and many other social media services
  • Supports Microsoft Windows XP SP2; Microsoft Windows Vista; Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition; Microsoft Windows 10
  • USA Technical Support - Diamond Multimedia has over 30 years experience in graphics computer technology and offers support via toll free 800 telephone number and on-line; Diamond Multimedia offers a One-year warranty for all our products
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Diamond VC500 USB 2.0 One Touch Video Capture Device

The Diamond One-Touch Video Capture VC500

The Diamond One-Touch Video Capture VC500 has become the most versatile and easy-to-use device on the desks of many video capture enthusiasts. It takes all the stress out of converting video from almost any source and converting and preserving them into digital files. With the Cyberlink Power Director software and all the included accessories, you are ready to start capturing, editing and preserving video and audio from almost any analog video device. Right out of the box, the OneTouch Video Capture is ready to capture video. Burn full-screen video capture, edit and create DVD and VCDs. Upload your finished videos to YouTube and other popular video sites or just share them with friends and family.

Preserve and Convert VHS Video Cassettes

Before the age of smartphones, tablets, social media and even digital cameras, there was the VHS cassette. It was the only way to record and store all of our videos. Some of your most cherished moments in life are on VHS format – TV shows, music videos from the 80s, weddings and your kids’ birthdays. Why throw them out? There must be an easy way to preserve them. ..right? The VC500 Video Capture easily collects data from your original source, in this case a VHS player, and displays it beautifully on your PC or laptop. At the same time it is recording and saving it for editing later.

Capture Video Instantly and Easily

With the included CyberLink Power Director software, you can enjoy having the VC500’s powerful application right there on your laptop. Seamlessly go through an entire library of archived recordings of vacation videos, family home movies and sporting events. Personalize your YouTube videos by adding text transition effects and story boards. The VC500 works with any video source including DVD players, set top boxes,camcorders and game consoles. Create wonderful tutorials and how-to videos and convert them into digital files instantly.

Edit, Save and Burn to DVD

The VC500 comes with RCA and S-Video inputs and also uses a USB 2.0 interface. Any device with a composite output such as a VHS player can be used to transfer video and audio to your PC.

You can also capture, and edit video straight from a camcorder and convert them to DVD.

Create DVDs to add to your collection of movies and favorite TV shows. The VC500’s compatibility includes: NTSC, PAL, MPEG 4/2/1, JPG and BMP formats and is fully functional on PCs operating on Windows 10. See for yourself why the award-winning, Diamond One-Touch Video Capture VC500 has become THE favorite video capture device for video enthusiasts from around the world.

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  • One-touch Video Capture & Share/usb To Composite & S-video
  • Product Description

    Product Description

    Diamond VC 500 Video Recorder PERP. VC500 works with Windows 8. Operating System compatible with WIN 10, WIN8 , WIN 7 32 , WIN 7 64, WINVISTA32 , WINXP , MCE. System CPU is AMD Athlon or Intel Pentium 4. Monitor has Digital flat-panel (DFP) displays or DVI-I Compatilbe or digital CRT display or High-resolution VGA monitor Capture videos with the touch of a button with the One Touch video Capture VC500. The VC500 can capture video and audio from almost any video device, such as VCR, Camcorder, DVD player, or any device supporting video output through an S-Video or composite RCA connection. Features at a Glance Easy to Use Capture by the Touch of One Button Capture Video from Almost Any Video Source Preserve Your VHS tapes with One Touch Arcsoft Show Biz video capture, editor and DVD creator Software included to burn Videos to DVD/VCD Optimized for Windows Vista with comprehensive DirectX 10 and DirectX 9 support Specifications Interface: USB 2.0 Video Standards: NTSC/PAL Push Button: Pres to start/stop video capturing Video capturing formats: MPEG 4/2/1 formats Video Inputs: Composite RCA or S-Video Still image capturing: JPG or BMP formats NTSC Video Capture:720 x 480 at 30FPS PAL Video Capture: 720 x 576 at 25FPS Burn support files to DVD/VCD Arcsoft Show Biz video capture, editor and DVD creator System Requirements Intel or AMD CPU 1.4Ghz or faster 256 Mb System RAM Available USB 2.0 port Video Card Supporting Direct X 10 9.0 CD-ROM Drive 300MB Hard Disk Space 600MB to 3GB per 1 Hour of Recording OS: Microsoft WIN8, WIN7 32, WIN7 64, WINVISTA32, WINXP, MCE Package Includes: DIAMOND VC500 ONE TOUCH VIDEO CAPTURE USB 2.0 VIDEO CAPTURE DONGLE INSTALL CD QUICK START GUIDE

    From the Manufacturer

    Capture videos with the touch of a button with the One Touch video Capture VC500. The VC500 can capture video and audio from almost any video device, such as VCR, Camcorder, DVD player, or any device supporting video output through an S-Video or composite RCA connection.

    Features at a Glance
    • Easy to Use Capture by the Touch of One Button
    • Capture Video from Almost Any Video Source
    • Preserve Your VHS tapes with One Touch
    • Arcsoft Show Biz video capture, editor and DVD creator
    • Software included to burn Videos to DVD/VCD
    • Optimized for Windows Vista with comprehensive DirectX 10 and DirectX 9 support

    Specifications
    • Interface: USB 2.0
    • Video Standards: NTSC/PAL
    • Push Button: Pres to start/stop video capturing
    • Video capturing formats: MPEG 4/2/1 formats
    • Video Inputs: Composite RCA or S-Video
    • Still image capturing: JPG or BMP formats
    • NTSC Video Capture:720 x 480 at 30FPS
    • PAL Video Capture: 720 x 576 at 25FPS
    • Burn support files to DVD/VCD
    • Arcsoft Show Biz video capture, editor and DVD creator

    System Requirements
    • Intel or AMD CPU 1.4Ghz or faster
    • 256 Mb System RAM
    • Available USB 2.0 port
    • Video Card Supporting Direct X 10 9.0
    • CD-ROM Drive
    • 300MB Hard Disk Space
    • 600MB to 3GB per 1 Hour of Recording
    • OS: Microsoft WIN8, WIN7 32, WIN7 64, WINVISTA32, WINXP, MCE

    Package Includes:
    • DIAMOND VC500 ONE TOUCH VIDEO CAPTURE USB 2.0
    • VIDEO CAPTURE DONGLE
    • INSTALL CD
    • QUICK START GUIDE

    Customer reviews

    4 out of 5 stars
    4 out of 5
    7,093 global ratings

    Customers say

    Customers have expressed negative opinions about the software that comes with the adapter. They mention that the software is not sophisticated, very limited, and buggy. Customers also dislike the sound quality. Opinions are mixed on performance, ease of use, quality, value, image quality, and capture.

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    1,943 customers mention1,088 positive855 negative

    Customers are mixed about the performance of the adapter. Some mention that it works great, while others say that it didn't work very well on one of the devices they tried.

    "...Although it was quite a time consuming process, it worked well and resulted in a pretty good quality DVD copy of a VHS movie...." Read more

    "...to run as plug-ins with MM, but, you saw this coming I bet, they don't work with MM 2011! Rather, they work with a prior version--MM 6.0...." Read more

    "...They hit the nail on the head, IT WORKS GREAT. Inexpensive and easy to use. I used mine on windows Vista using a Panasonic 4 head VCR...." Read more

    "...The manual gives you a software link but does not work. Deleted the file name and was able to get into web site and do the download...." Read more

    1,241 customers mention728 positive513 negative

    Customers have mixed opinions about the ease of use of the electronic adapter. Some mention that it's easy to use and set up, while others say that the instructions are basically non-existent. The application is simplistic with few features, and the manual is pretty much worthless. The software installation is a bit of a pain, but once working the product is great.

    "...It can capture still images from video. The capture software is ridiculously simple to use. It comes with a 30 inch Red/White/Yellow RCA cable...." Read more

    "...(and the instructions are VERY basic)...." Read more

    "...They hit the nail on the head, IT WORKS GREAT. Inexpensive and easy to use. I used mine on windows Vista using a Panasonic 4 head VCR...." Read more

    "...It was a dealbreaker for me.I found it super easy to use. The ergonomics, connectivity and functional design are very good...." Read more

    564 customers mention224 positive340 negative

    Customers are mixed about the quality of the adapter. Some mention that it has good hardware and fair software, while others say that the quality is absolutely terrible and the recorded quality is pretty bad. The video would stop transferring after a few minutes and the system was being overwhelmed.

    "...Video capture is very sensitive, so I found it is best to reboot before starting and don't open any other programs...." Read more

    "...Quality is very good..." Read more

    "...With nothing other than IE running in the background, my system was being overwhelmed...." Read more

    "...want VCD quality and have a decent PC, this unit will produce acceptable quality with literally "one touch" and without the complexities." Read more

    443 customers mention286 positive157 negative

    Customers have mixed opinions about the value of the adapter. Some say it's worth buying for the price, and the best sub-50 video capture product. However, other customers say the Ulead stuff isn't worth too much, and is very low end budget recording software.

    "...Pros - This product is dirt cheap! It works with any device that uses Red/White/Yellow RCA cables, or S-Video...." Read more

    "...Note VHS isn't the highest quality to start with - once one get used to HD video, or even DVD, all VHS looks pretty bad. <grin>..." Read more

    "...They hit the nail on the head, IT WORKS GREAT. Inexpensive and easy to use. I used mine on windows Vista using a Panasonic 4 head VCR...." Read more

    "...this review I want to try to help with that, because its a great, inexpensive tool, that DOES WORK on Windows 10...." Read more

    316 customers mention97 positive219 negative

    Customers are mixed about the image quality of the adapter. For example, some mention the image is fine, the sound is fine. However, others say that the picture is very grainy, washed out, and pixelated.

    "...Video tape recording were not in HD. They were low rez and sometimes grainy...." Read more

    "...The captured video is not bad. It is not as crisp as the same material digitized to an uncompressed deinterlaced AVI file, but most people won’t go..." Read more

    "...I am happy I have salvaged some of our old home movies. They look pretty good as MP4 on computer...." Read more

    "...to normal another customer took a picture of it, and the video would turn green and purple...." Read more

    111 customers mention37 positive74 negative

    Customers have mixed opinions about the capture of the adapter. Some mention that it's very easy to copy a VHS tape and then transfer it to a DVD. The picture is decent, and it makes it easy to bypass the need for tapes. However, others say that it cannot capture Hi8 tapes, and that the card cannot record unless you hook it up through a TV. Some customers also say that when recording, they can't see what is being recorded, and the audio and video fall.

    "...Unfortunately, it's old and doesn't have very many file format options to save in...." Read more

    "...with more of a 'studio' set-up, this cable makes it easy to bypass the need for tapes.3...." Read more

    "...This also broke the tape up into multiple files. My first tape (2hours) had 6 such glitches...." Read more

    "...The inability to capture Hi8 tapes and the fact that once I captured my VHS home videos, playback had no sound...." Read more

    493 customers mention122 positive371 negative

    Customers are dissatisfied with the software that comes with the adapter. They mention that the software is not sophisticated, very limited, and buggy. The software is easy to use, but requires some learning. The editing software is extremely limited, while the UCEC software is a bit flaky. The grabber software is basic and requires some training. The installation process is difficult and the software needs to be updated.

    "...Cons - The instruction manual is in poorly translated Chinese, and ONLY explains how to hook up the device and install the software...." Read more

    "...programs with it, and, of course, MM was the only thing that did not download...." Read more

    "...Windows Movie Maker is a pretty good video editor, but takes a lot of my processor power to run...." Read more

    "The manual is outdated, but I contacted support; they responded quickly, provided me a link to download the software and gave me installation..." Read more

    376 customers mention105 positive271 negative

    Customers are dissatisfied with the sound quality of the adapter. They mention that the audio will go bad, get out of sync, and cut out completely. They also say that the clip's audio will lag and the quality will be extremely poor. Customers also mention that images from two separate tapes were noisy and jittery.

    "...With experience, I've noticed that every time the audio will go bad, there are horizontal green flashing lines (interference) in the video, even if..." Read more

    "...There were lags in both video and audio, then the audio cut out entirely. And this was a mere 4 minutes of video...." Read more

    "...This did not happen when Grabber was set to AVI output. The audio is fine in preview, however, so I just used that to monitor when my recording was..." Read more

    "...I expect that at least some people, if not most, would be unhappy with the audio. I’m very surprised not to see more reviews mentioning it here...." Read more

    Works, but not without issues
    2 Stars
    Works, but not without issues
    If you're looking for something cheap, quick, and easy that works (and quality isn't your top priority), then this will work fine for you.As almost all other reviews state, the main included software, &#34;Power Director 12,&#34; has a serious problem with false positives for copyrighted content, even on home-taped VHS tapes with store bought blank tapes. When it does this, it will stop recording video, so you will have to stop the tape, rewind the tape to where it stopped, and then start recording around the same time again, and you will be left with multiple recorded files you will need to join together somehow again later to make the full tape recording file. Kind of a pain. There is another big issue (possibly with the hardware itself and not PD12) that makes it even worse - randomly and somewhat rarely, the colors will mess up so everything looks green and purple instead of the correct colors for no reason and without warning (it's not the tape's fault, as stopping and restarting corrects the colors. I included an image of what it looks like when this happens). When this happens you have to stop the recording, at which point the colors will return to normal, rewind the tape to where it started, and start recording again, resulting in even more files for a single VHS tape you have to deal with later. I think cheap hardware is to blame for this one.I noticed the company responds with &#34;Have you tried EZ Video Grabber which is also included?&#34; to a lot of people having the copyright issue. Well, this brings in some more problems. The EZ software is easy to use, and does work, but limits you to only a few quality/recording profiles, all of which result in audio/video files far worse in quality (VERY noticeably worse) than VHS quality, which isn't good to being with. The highest quality option (&#34;DVD quality&#34;) is decent, but still a little worse than the VHS raw video itself for some reason (you can see some compression artifacts, colors are worse, and everything is slightly blurred). Also, the file size with the DVD quality option of EZ Grabber is 50% more than that of a better quality Power Director 12 output file! PD12 does have great customization options for output type, bitrates, etc, so you can tune it well - IF it works.So, you have serious problems and pros/cons with either EZ Grabber or PD. Do you want to have to babysit these tapes as they record through Power Director and stop/start/join files etc randomly in order to get a decent recording? Do you want to be able to just let it go, but lose quality and have a larger file (6GB per 2 hour VHS in EZ Grabber, around 4GB in PD)?Since this piece of hardware uses some pretty standard/basic composite audio/video drivers, there shouldn't be anything stopping you from trying out other software that isn't included in this product that might work better, but I haven't been able to try any, so that is a possible option.I am trying to digitize dozens of VHS tapes of home movies with this product and I am wishing I spent a little more on something more reliable. Doing so with this product and included software has essentially become a second full time job for me just to get out VHS quality digital video files. I have to check on it constantly and be there when it finishes each tape 24/7. It's ridiculous. For some people, this should work perfectly, though, it really depends on your use case.EDIT: I was able to figure out the problem that caused the weird green coloring of the recording, and it wasn't the device's fault or PD's fault, so I need to post it here for posterity. What causes that issue is starting Skype. Skype seems to cause all sort of problems. It's probably the best practice to not mess with any software that utilizes too much video/recording/playback devices when recording, although nothing else causes problems but skype.
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    Héctor B.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Calidad
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Great unit
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    The Husband ;)
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very pleased with the VC500 video capture
    Reviewed in Canada on May 21, 2019
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Very pleased with the VC500 video capture
    Reviewed in Canada on May 21, 2019
    I am very pleased with the Diamond VC500 as I was able to easily record VHS to my PC, modify the capture, and burn to DVD.

    This comes mailed in its own shrink wrapped box so I'd recommend having it put in an amazon box for delivery. The box includes the VC500, CD, RCA cables, and a booklet of instructions. Be sure to take note of the back of the box as it has the updated location of the software printed there. The booklet also has urls to locations where you can download the software. The hardware installed easily in Windows 10, I followed the directions in the booklet!

    PowerDirector 12 can be downloaded via the url on the back of the box which must be typed exactly as it is including the upper case text or you will get a 404 message. I recommend the updated software. The CD comes with two capture software tools PowerDirector 12 and ezGrabber. I found PowerDirector easy to use.

    PowerDirector 12, using the Diamond VC500, easily recognized input from my VCR but I had trouble with my old VHS JVC camcorder. I had to turn the JVC Camcorder on play, and reboot my pc, then launch PowerDirector 12 for it to find the signal from the camcorder. It seems you cannot run ezGrabber at the same time as PowerDirector, or after PowerDirector has been closed, as I found that ezGrabber will typically exit with an error. However, ezGrabber more easily found the signal from the camcorder without having to reboot the PC first per the method described above. ezGrabber records and saves to file formats such as MPEG2, AVI, etc., so those files acan be later edited with PowerDirector 12 and made into DVDs. ezGrabber also saved to a default directory even though I had set it to another folder. Both of these applications are older software. PowerDirector can be updated to the latest version for relatively modest fees. Alternatively other open source or paid software could be tried with the Diamond VC500 hardware.

    I recorded a full size VHS tape from my Citizen Video Cassette Recorder the content of which was a home video previously shot on a camcorder and dubbed to the tape. Undoubtedly the VHS tape had been watched a few times and the original video was none too steady. The video transferred well to MGEG2. It does this in real time by the way and you can watch what is being recorded on your computer screen. I was easily able to use PowerDirector to create and edit a project (which does not harm the source MPEG recording in any way). I was then able to add a simple menu, title, credits, and create a working DVD.

    I tried a second VHS tape which as a source proved a little more unreliable as the home video was badly recorded, with many disruptive camcorder segments probably caused by shaking. Where the video was steady there were no issues recording but in a few cases the PowerDirector software exited saying the video was copyrighted (which it wasn't) and prompted me to save the file up to that point. If the VHS video is of decent quality the software works perfectly. As I had a few bad spots I saved the file up to the point where it stopped, skipped over the bad part of the source VHS, and started recording again. This isn't really a problem as in PowerDirector you can assemble the separate video files into one movie inside the project.

    As I mentioned above I had some difficulty initially getting VHS video from the camcorder but the secret seemed to be to make sure the VHS signal output from the camera was on, rebooting the pc, and then starting the software. I didn't have to do that with ezGrabber. Once the signal is detected the recording process worked well and I was able to record several VHS-C tapes to the computer for editing. It then occurred to me that I could continue to use the old Camcorder giving it a second life so to speak. Time to find some new tapes!

    You can also output your video project to other file formats such as MPEG4 which have a smaller file size and will fit on a DVD but MPEG2 is the format a DVD player will read. PowerDirector 12 gives you the ability to make a DVD menu and more. MPEG4 will play on computers and mobile devices at the price of reduced quality. ON my computer screen I found the difference to be un-noticeable.

    A cool thing is you can visit the Cyberlink PowerDirector website and download title templates as well as DVD menu templates to add to your software. So, decently supported in my opinion. One thing I didn't like was that some of the features of the PowerDirector software are partially disabled. There is a "3D" function which is not available unless one wishes to upgrade for additional functionality. That didn't prevent me from using the "2D" function to create a DVD. There is also a little nagware box that opens up on part of the screen to remind the user about a photo contest in which I have no interest.

    One bit of geekery, a DVD typically holds up to a maximum of 60 minutes of video (4.3 Gb of data) so if you have something longer be prepared to split your video across two or more DVDs. PowerDirector makes it easy to trim files in a project without affecting the source MPEG so I just took note of what the time was on the video and created a second project beginning from there. The quality of the resulting DVD was perfectly acceptable to me (VHS era) and reflected what was on the original tape.

    I am really pleased with the Diamond VC500 and PowerDirector 12. Pretty cool. It appears that you record sources other than VHS so long as there is an RCA output. I did not test any other recording features. This definitely earned its five stars and I'm having fun with it.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Working good
    Reviewed in India on September 24, 2017