iRecord Pro transfers grandma's VHS tapes directly to your iOS device or Mac
The iRecord Pro Personal Media Recorder has been around for a couple of years, but I couldn't help but notice this year it was connected to an iPad. Apparently the onboard analog-to-digital converter will also upload your MP4 converted video directly to your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch. It works on a Mac too, but it also works on a PC, PSP and a raft of other devices.
One thing that seems a bit odd: you have to pay for a firmware upgrade to allow transfer to the iPad, according to the iRecord site. Why the extra charge for the iPad? We'll have a hands-on at Macworld if they are there again this year and ask.
It's a pretty simple thing, and maybe our need to transfer analog video is soon to become pointless, but if you're looking for a relatively simple and fast solution to dumping video to your iOS devices, this might do the trick. Then again, for around $230 on the street and a firmware cost if you want to dump to iPad, something with such limited use might not be flying off the shelves any time soon.
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Seems to be a pretty expensive, yet poor solution for video capture. The web page talks vaguely about "watermarking" and automatic deinterlace and IVTC, transcoding modes that make no sense, and no real way of knowing if this thing can be used as a simple frame grabber. It's unlikely that it would ignore macrovision, which would make it useless for capturing commercial video. And this isn't even the "Pro+" model, which costs over $100 more!
Only real advantage is that it can write directly to a USB2 drive, connected to the device. If you're wanting to spend that kind of money, get a Canopus device and learn to process the video yourself.
You'd have to be mad to spend $230 when one could pay $32 (or less) for iGrabber which works fine. They cost virtually nothing to make in China so why do iRecord Pro charge so much? They must think Mac users are mugs.
January 09 2011 at 4:11 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyAnyone other than me wondering why that iPad's dock connector is in the side?
January 08 2011 at 9:05 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI have been thinking about picking up the iGrabber One Touch for just this very purpose (analog-to-USB):
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002LRMOPO/ref=ord_cart_shr?ie=UTF8&m=A2LM6ZPY06LT1N
At about $30 you can't beat the price. Though it has mixed reviews, it appears that if you download the correct drivers from the manufacturers website, and avoid using the ones that come with the device, it works fine.
Anyone else have experience with similar adapters?
I will pass. I found something much less expensive. It requires me to boot my Mac to Windows, but it does the task of taking an analog signal and making a video file out of it.
And if I need it as an MP4… I call on Handbrake.
So Robert, would you care to share what alternative you found? I'm a newbie to this process.
January 08 2011 at 8:59 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIt's this guy: http://www.amazon.com/Diamond-VC500-Touch-Capture-Device/dp/B000VM60I8
Like I said, it's Windows-only, but it's less expensive than the iRecord, and it works great on my MacBook while running Windows XP.
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