I-O Data GV-USB2 Video/VHS 0.3 inch (8 mm) DVD Dubbing PC Ingestion Video Capture Japanese Manufacturer

when used with downloaded driver and free online software, this cable worked amazingly well. some translation of Japanese instructions is required, but it does not take long to get it working, especially after consulting a few videos on the topic. was able to convert many old videos from tape to digital, and in much better quality than the original. both video and audio. very happy to have finally made this purchase.

This capture device is the one you want. Don't waste your time with others, they all have one issue or another. Simply put this one works plain and simple. No video issues, no audio issues. rock solid. Pair it up with OBS Studio and your done! Don't be scared because its manual and install disk are in Japanese. Resources are on the web to decipher that and get it installed. Very satisfied with the I-O Data GV-USB2. After wasting time and money with 3 other devices, priced low to high this is a definite winner!

The I/O Data GV-USB2 is the best device I found for capturing 8mm video. There is no need to use the included Japanese language software. My goal was to capture my videos as accurately as possible so that I had a master copy I could use to experiment with various post-processing methods. In the review I outline some of the capture process and settings that worked for me using free capture software.I don’t know if the GV-USB2 is the absolute best capture device for analog video, but it was the best I found. I tried many capture devices from very cheap to a few hundred dollars. The colors, brightness and contrast with this device were the best of the bunch. I captured using the default proc amp settings for the GV-USB2 as many sources suggest so that all available data was recorded for post processing. It won’t upscale or give you HD, but after deinterlacing my captures I am able to watch them on a 65” TV as well as a standard definition TV show. Of course, Video8 only has 240 lines of resolution compared to 480 for standard TV, but the deinterlaced captures seem to come close. I imagine VHS would be similar. Hi8 would probably look much better. Watching on a smaller screen like a tablet the capture look quite good.I did not use the software that came with the GV-USB2 other than to install it to get drivers on my computer. Installation is easy. While the software and instruction manual included are in Japanese, the manual has pictures for every step of the software installation with arrows pointing to the buttons you need to click on screen. Once installed, you should be able to use free capture software like OBS, Virtualdub or AmarecTV.In Windows 10, I ended up using AmarecTV 3.10 with an open source codec to capture AVI files which I later deinterlaced with Handbrake. I recommend this method over all others. AmarecTV produced the best video and audio, and was also the easiest to use. AmarecTV is also the only software that did not drop frames during capture. Virtualdub and Virtualdub2 both had audio sync issues and dropped frame problems despite having comparable video quality to AmarecTV. I initially tried the Oldskool method using OBS on YouTube. It worked, but video quality was not as good since OBS is just a screen capture rather than direct capture of the GV-USB2 data. You can search the internet or YouTube for how to use any of these capture programs.

Using this to capture a VCR output, and it outputs a proper 480i at 29.97fps consistently. The installation isn't difficult, and with OBS it has a decently functional setup program. I would highly recommend not using any of the built in deinterlacing as it nerfs the framerate, when you could get solid 60 fps with OBS's deinterlacer. I give 4 stars because my only real gripe is that the input drops out when there isn't any signal, which is understandable, but for VHS capture if you have a tape that's too damaged it'll blank out for a few frames.

Followed YouTube videos on using this device to capture VHS tapes to mp4 (also using OBS software all open source), works great, high quality capture. Only issue is that there isn't any english documentation. I went to their site but used google chrome because it translates language, and I was able to determine how to load the latest versions of drivers, thankfully. Offers lots of configuration and control, various youtube videos indicate this is the device you want, I went through 16 VHS tapes captured them all using this device. Quality is as good as you can get.

This capture device work great. No need to search for better, you won`t find for this price.With drivers v1.11 works in Win7 64Bit and probably in WinXP too. With 1.12 and newer work in Win10-11 and do not work with Win7.There is no cut pixels at all, you can cut later in post where you want.Sound quality is excellent and it is Stereo.You can chose 3 type of deinterlacing or keep it interlaced.There are bunch of resolution and refresh rates 25, 30 and 50, 60. Maybe even more in low res.