ADS Technologies USBAV-708 Instant VideoMPX

• Instant VideoMPX is external audio/video capture for the amateur photographer or filmmaker who wants to do more. It captures uncompressed through the USB 2.0 connection for better, easier processing. Create video that plays on DivX-certified DVD players, Palm and PocketPC handhelds, and any device with Digital Media capability. Multi-Trim cuts out unwanted video without complex editing. Use the Movie Wizard to create fun and exciting video from ordinary home footage!
• Record over 2 hours of video on a single CD
• Powerful video creation tools for creating content to play on a PC, then burn to a disc
• Capture and record direct to VCD, DivX video or Windows Media 9 in MPEG-1 format
• Produce videos for DVD, CD, tape, email or the Internet for easier sharing with family & friends

This product is great for the money, however keep in mind a couple of things. It comes with Video Studio 8 VCD which is not the full version of Video Studio 8 -you can only make VCDs with it, not DVDs. That is a hugh limitation. If you only care about VCD, make sure you get the patches for VS8.

But since you have VS8, you can upgrade to VS9 (full) for $50 which is a very nice product. I am able to do everything I want with VS9 including ripping scenes from DVDs as well as the VideoMPX capture device. Going this route, you save $50 on VS9 and get the DIVX encoder for free (a $20 value) which means the VideoMPX essentially pays for itself.

Whether you decide to go with VS8-VCD or VS9, make sure you get the new VideoMPX driver from ADS Tech. The one it ships with has issues. After I got the new driver, it works great.

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I spent hours upon hours trying to get this program to work-no luck. Support line staff was of little to no use. I'm returning it.