AverMedia SD PCIe video capture card CE310B with composite/S-Video interfacing input: composite/S-Video.

As there were no reviews I thought I was taking a chance buying this card, I should have bought it ages ago, it is truly amazing! I have previously used Pinnacle AV/DV and various USB copy to PC devices and different price points, they all had pulling at the top/bottom of the screen plus moving scan lines and iffy picture quality. This card has none of these issues, the picture is rock steady, no pulling and no scan lines plus the quality of the picture is excellent. It has a 3D comb so the colours are excellent and even on old tapes the picture is rock solid with no glitches and excellent quality.

First off just in case you are unsure this mini video capture card requires your motherboard to have the minimum of a spare PCI-EXPRESS X1 slot (gen.1) and includes a low profile bracket should you need it. It has S-VHS (S-Video) IN, RED, WHITE,(audio channels) YELLOW(composite) RCA In. There was no CD-ROM provided only a simple paper manual and a link to download drivers and software. The lack of features in the software forced me to try others. If you have Adobe Premiere it may be a big improvement and possibly unlock this little cards full potential. There really needs to be a fan based website dedicated to getting the most out of this small but powerful capture card. The aftersales support from AverMedia was not particularly helpful but I did not expect too much for an older product however, it was not difficult to find user based experiences and reviews which prompted me to try different software. The card itself is rock solid and I intend to use it to backup my tape collection. Results will most likely vary greatly depending on the playback device in use. For example my Shatsui VCR is probably letting me down after all it is 20+ years old. So far I have been impressed with the PAL VHS copies to AVI and MPEG. I expect playback of NTSC tapes will be good enough, unfortunately my VCR does not support my S-VHS tapes so I will edit my review at a later date when I have found a suitable donor VCR. My first experience with this card was not good but do not let that be a detractor in deciding if you should purchase. At first I could not preview video only record using the capture software and quickly discovered that the driver was conflicting with a Windows codec pack. After installing different versions of the driver to no effect the solution was to uninstall the offending codec pack and I could finally preview my videos. Overall I was impressed with the video previews and playback of my recordings as it was much better quality than the other USB capture devices I had tried. I put this down to the 3D Y/C separation. A demo of this can be seen on the manufacturers website. Conclusion: Slightly over priced but makes up for it if you can find the right software to open up this little card's full potential.

Meant to review this ages ago. Have converted some VHS to digital files on the computer, it works really well. AverMedia provide free software for this card which does a great job producing the video files. Fully Win 10 compatible. The video is clear, stable and with good colour and sound, even from composite. Really pleased I paid the extra to get this card.

its own capture program was basic. No filter (sharpness, brightness etc) options or no way to capture other than pure uncompressed when I wanted to use Huffy or similar. It works better with VirtualDub but it doesn't remember the filter settings. It resets as soon as you capture. Very annoying! At least it did capture to using Huffy in it. Had to return it due to no response from AverMedia support.

Quality is much better than the best selling USB capture device but it should be made clear that this is unsuitable for digitising commercial VHS tapes because the hardware blocks anything with Macrovision protection.

This card was unreliable on my PC. Capture from analog video tapes suffered from lots of drop-outs. Sometimes the card was not even found by the capture software. This was true for several capture programmes that I tried (including Avermedia's own app). I dug out and installed my 15-year old Pinnacle PCI-500 card, which worked very much better. I have uninstalled the Avermedia card and removed it. Sadly, it was a waste of money.

Ich benutze Sie um ein digital Master zu erstellen Sie holt wirklich das beste aus dem Vhs Material heraus Gute abspielquelle inbegriffen man sollte auch keine Null 8 15 Kabel nehmen, das alle zeichnet die Qualität daraus aus. Die weitere Verabeitung gestaltet sich auch ganz gut bei so einer guten Ausgangslage. Die Software und Treiber des Herstellers sind am besten geeignet für die Aufnahme Bei mir wären es die 64bit Treiber. Also alles bestens. Gerne jeder Zeit wieder volle 5 Sterne

Reconocida en sistemas xp y w7,funciona perfectamente,he adquirido 4 y no han dado ningun problema ni de funcionamiento ni de drivers

This works way better than USB based devices out there. It is more stable and has much better quality, especially for old damaged VHS. It does cost more but if you don't have luck with Elgato etc this would be one to try.

Adesso sembrano esistere soltanto le chiavette USB per catturare video in formato composito o S-VHS con prezzi molto variabili e una qualità poco soddisfacente. Una volta per lavorare video in formato composito c'erano schede molto costose e dedicate perlopiù ai professionisti come ad esempio la Canopus DVStorm che costava un botto. Domanda: esiste una via di mezzo? Pareva proprio di no, ho cercato come un pazzo e alla fine mi sono imbattuto in questa schedina della Aver Media. Mai sentita nominare, nessuna recensione, un bel rischio. 80 euro non sono certo i 15 euro di una chiavetta e nemmeno i 2500 di una Canopus che però non è più prodotta. Dato che ne ho bisogno ho deciso di rischiare e devo dire che ne sono rimasto piacevolmente sorpreso. Viene riconosciuta dal sistema senza difficoltà (i driver sono reperibili presso il sito del produttore e si installano velocemente). Mi ha favorevolmente colpito la qualità di acquisizione che è sensibilmente superiore a quella delle varie chiavette USB in commercio e il fatto che può catturare il video composito che nativamente ha una risoluzione molto bassa (384X288) alla risoluzione HD di 720X576 realizzando un upscaling di tutto rispetto che non fa notare differenze con il formato originale. Quindi si rivela ottima per chi ha bisogno di salvare vecchi video in formato VHS che possono essere digitalizzati aumentandone la risoluzione ma anche per chi ha ancora le vecchie HI-8 che avevano una risolzione nativa di 720X576 Altra cosa molto valida è la conversione del sistema video originale che dai 50 semiquadri del PAL viene portato a un sistema progressivo sempre senza perdita apparente della qualità originale, rendendo i nostri video molto più versatili per la rete e i programmi di editing. Da quanto è visibile nel sito, la Aver oproduce varie schede video anche per uso professionale. L'idea di produrre questa scheda per l'acquisizione del video composito e S-VHS colma un vuoto commerciale importante che era stato riempito a senso unico dalle chiavette che non ho mai apprezzato particolarmente. Il prezzo è abbordabile e la qualità è pari all'originale. Anzi direi che il composito a bassa risoluzione ne guadagna certamente. Ottimo acquisto

El fabricante de esta capturadora, AVerMedia, anuncia en su web que este producto es compatible con V4L2 en sistemas GNU/Linux. Sin embargo, al conectar esta placa el sistema no detecta dispositivo alguno. Muestra su presencia en el resultado del comando lspci, pero no se muestra ningun dispositivo /dev/video* Contacté con AVerMedia al respecto de este asunto y su respuesta fué: "Thank you for your inquiry. This is [...] AVerMedia Technical Support team. We don’t have stable Linux driver for CE310B at the moment.[...]" Por esta razón valoro este producto con 1 estrella para usuarios de GNU/Linux. En el caso de Windows funciona bien con DirectShow.