#Pinnacle 510 usb drivers#
#Pinnacle 510 usb full#

Yoda313 is right on target - I have a 510-USB that I picked up because I have acquired a small form-factor machine with a 3.2Ghz cpu in it.

#Pinnacle 510 usb full#

In particular, I haven't found a usable combination of software that will let me capture at full resolution and encode the video stream with the Huffyuv or Lagarith codecs. The net of all of this is that I have made some successful captures, but I have been unable to do so with the full control I was hoping. Oddly, the application shows multiple resolution choices but chosing any other one just doesn't stick. I can't say with certainty this is due to the hardware or drivers, but this seems like a pretty major bug in the application if it isn't. When trying to use the device with iuVCR, if I change the capture resolution it always reverts back to 352x240.

#Pinnacle 510 usb drivers#

Unfortunately, it doesn't seem that Pinnacle has released new drivers since 2007. I suspect this is likely a bug with the drivers.

For reference, I am running Windows Vista Ultimate. While this could be a problem my the computer, I am very sceptical as I have never seen any other indications of memory problems and I wouldn't expect the impact of a memory problem to be deterministic. When trying to use the device with VirtualDub, within a second or two of starting capture my computer blue screens! The particular error is a memory partity error. Second, the device seems to freeze more often when the preview mode is enabled. This is especially problematic with VHS tapes made from a camcorder since there are usually sync issues between scene cuts. First, the device experiences this problem if it momentarily loses sync with the video source. I haven't quite isolated the cause of this but I have noted two seemingly contributing factors. When viewing streaming video from the device, sometimes the video freezes. Now that I have been using it for a few weeks, I thought I would share my experience so that others can make appropriate purchase decisions. The USB interface was appealing to me as my most modern computer is a laptop and as I was hoping to use my laptop and a family member's VCR for making the captures while on vacation away from home. When I first started my VHS capture project a few weeks ago before having visited this site, I picked up a Pinnacle MovieBox Plus 510-USB capture device.