I completely agree that a time base corrector is a good option to improve picture quality.įor just about anything with S-Video and/or RCA Video, you can patch through a TBC. ****Elgato USB Analog Video Capture Device $89.99 (Currently available) ***Adobe Premiere Pro User Guide - Smart Rendering **Blackmagic Design Intensity Shuttle for USB 3.0 $200 (Discontinued) *StarTech Composite & S-Video to USB 2.0 Video Capture Adapter Cable $39.11 (Currently available)
If you have Thunderbolt, you'll need at least one, but maybe two, adapters that are only available from Apple to patch the MiniDV connector on your device to the Thunderbolt port on your computer.
The DV device has to support analog passthrough and you won't have DV deck control. They also have Thunderbolt based devices as well as devices with connectors for higher-end video (BETACAM, 3/4-inch, DigiBETA, D1, D2, etc.).Īll that said, if you happen to already own a DV-NTSC device with analog video input and a FireWire or Thunderbolt port on your computer, Premiere Pro probably supports it already via File > Capture. It might be worth a conversation with their sales department if you're not sure which one will meet your needs. You can export it to H264 or H265 before or after editing.īlackmagic makes a variety "Intensity" products for capture and playback. You'll have the option to choose a format that's very good for editing (like Apple ProRes). If you're capturing from VHS, BETAMAX, Regular8, or Hi8 and want to edit the footage, go with the Blackmagic Design Intensity Shuttle. You'll have a 1st generation MP4 that you can watch later however, it's not a good file for editing. If you're capturing from VHS, BETAMAX, Regular8, or Hi8 and just want to archive the footage to watch later, go with the $40 StarTech (the Elgato USB Analog Video Capture Device**** at $90 is also a very good choice - great capture software and works on both Windows and Mac). Match that with ProRes422 LT for your Sequence Video Previews and export to that as well and you're taking advantage of Smart Rendering*** in Premiere Pro as well (everything is a lot faster in PR when you use a CODEC that's supported by Smart Rendering). If you capture to, let's say, Apple ProRes422 LT, you have a format that was made for editing. While the Blackmagic Design Intensity Shuttle for USB 3.0** comes in at $200, it can capture to Apple ProRes422 via the included Blackmagic Media Express applications.
You want a device that includes software that can capture to a format that's good for editing. While devices like the StarTech Composite & S-Video to USB 2.0 Video Capture Adapter Cable* at $40 (Windows only) will capture your analog video source via S-Video or RCA video, it results in an MP4 file which, as you've pointed out, is not a good source for editing as it won't hold up to compression generation loss.
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