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Magix Rescue Your Videotapes

by Magix Entertainment Ltd
Platform:   Windows Vista / 2000 / XP
3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
RRP: £48.92
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System Requirements

  • Platform:   Windows Vista / 2000 / XP
  • Media: CD-ROM
  • Item Quantity: 1
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Product Features

  • Save your precious recordings from VHS cassettes and other tape formats
  • Complete solution including USB video converter and SCART cable connecting directly to the video recorder
  • Suitable for: VHS, Video 8, S-VHS, Hi8, Betamax or any other tape format
  • Improve the quality of old images
  • Easy Burn Mode - A complete DVD in just a few steps

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  • ASIN: B00190Z78U
  • Release Date: 10 Jun 2008
  • Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 630 in Software (See Bestsellers in Software)

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Product Description

Manufacturer's Description

Rescue your Videotapes!

Are your videotapes really safe? Not really, there are lot's of threats to your valuable memories: low life expectancy (even if stored in optimum conditions), magnetic fields, loss of quality due to abrasion, chewed-up tape and the end of production for VCRs could mean it's the end of the line for your recordings!

Save your precious recordings from VHS cassettes and other tape formats with MAGIX Movies on CD 7 and the practical USB video converter in just a few clicks.

Simply plug the USB video converter into your PC and VCR

Start MAGIX Movies on DVD 7 - and conveniently transfer your movies onto DVD

Highlights:

Suitable for: VHS, Video 8, S-VHS, Hi8, Betamax or any other tape format
Complete solution including USB video converter and SCART cable connecting directly to the video recorder
Improve the quality of old images (brightness, contrast, color, etc.)
Easy Burn Mode - A complete DVD in just a few steps

From videotape to DVD in just 3 steps:

1. Import recordings

Connect the USB video converter to the PC
Connect to the video recorder/camcorder
Import the recording with a mouse click

2. Individually customise

Cut and arrange
Effortlessly optimize picture and sound
Add credits and titles

3. Rediscover your recordings on TV

Burn it as an interactive video CD/DVD
Automatic with professional DVD menus
Plenty of uniquely customizable templates

Also suitable for all other video resources:

Digital camcorder recordings (DV/DVD)
TV programs via TV card (analog/digital)
Video CDs & DVDs without copy protection
File Import (video, audio, image)

Extras

Workshops & video tutorials
MAGIX Photo Manager
Muffin MusicFinder Base



Box Contents

  • 1 x USB video converter
  • 1 x connection cable
  • 1 x quickstart manual
  • 1 x complete manual (PDF)
  • 1 x video tutorial

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    83 of 85 people found the following review helpful:
    3.0 out of 5 stars Only useful if you have a good enough computer, 27 Oct 2008
    By M. Eagle (UK) - See all my reviews
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    Having thought my PC would be able to cope with running this program I was sadly mistaken. Even though it met minimum requirements I could only capture the recording at VHS quality. Any higher and the sound would stutter. Even at VHS quality I noticed sound lag compared to the picture. I even downloaded the new XP service pack 3 compatible drivers from the Magix website but that caused the software to only allow selection of the soundcard drivers and not those for the USB capture device!
    Lucky for me I have a newer laptop which has an AMD Sempron processor, AMD processors I am led to believe are the better chips for handling graphics programs. Anyway I installed the software on that and was able to capture video at DVD quality with the processor only running at 50% capacity. Having captured the video successfully the software comes into its own, allowing you to create DVD menu's and chapter selection screens, onto which you can import your own pictures and music. Be prepared to wait a long time to write the final project to disc though, for a half hour recording it took just over 1 hour to encode and write the data to disc, which for some reason required MPEG2 activation from Magix via an emailed code. Also be prepared for the recording to take up a lot of hard drive space. The half hour recording took up 2 gigabytes of space! Playing back the recorded DVD is just like any other and the picture and sound seemed to be in sync.
    The software does have other bonuses, you can import DVD or video files and alter them amongst other things.
    Like many others have said the Magix support website isnt very helpful and if i hadnt had the laptop which solved the problems, I like others would have sent this product back. As it is when I sent an email request they wanted me to download a fault finding program even though I gave explicit detail as to what went wrong. They dont even have a dedicated forum of any worth for this particular product. When the product works it does the job well but when it cripples your PC trying to run it it is poor. To be honest you should only consider this solution if you have a dual core processor with lots of memory, a decent graphics card and a fairly large hard drive!
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    33 of 34 people found the following review helpful:
    1.0 out of 5 stars Buy with caution!, 24 Dec 2008
    By D. M. Mawdsley - See all my reviews
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    Before even contemplating buying this item - type "rescue your videotapes audio sync problem " - into google.
    you will then find dozens and dozens of posts on forums complaining about the above issue.
    I installed the software / hardware on my 12 month old medion pc - sporting far superior specs to those recommended by the manufacturer and running vista.
    It was up and running in no time so I decided to rescue my first videotape - the software captured it with ease - but when I replayed the captured video the sound wandered out of sync as the video progressed.
    I tried altering various settings - went to the site for help (non offered) and I even installed it on my older machine running Xp -but the problem remained. After six hours of frustration I gave in.
    Thankfully - when I returned the item Amazon refunded me - in hindsight all I can say from my experience of buying this item is it is a big gamble!
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    40 of 42 people found the following review helpful:
    5.0 out of 5 stars Even better than expected!, 4 Dec 2008
    Bought this programm 2 weeks ago...At the beginning i had some doubts because of the negative reviews here. But then decided to try it by myself (and finally the price is pretty good).

    So, here is my review:
    (1) Connected the grabber it easily with my videorecorder. (2) Installed the included Movies on DVD 7 and !IMPORTANT! Downloaded and installed the latest driver from the Magix Homepage (product page) for the videograbber. (3) Finished!

    As far as i can say it works perfectly. Haven't tried very long recordings yet but within 1 hour videos everything is absolute sync. There is definitely no gap between picture and sound.

    My recommendation for all people with async sound --> get and install the latest driver from Magix!!! This should solve your problem i guess. The PC shouldn't be the prob as mine is really standard (single core 2,6 GHz, 1GB RAM, GF 7600GT AGP).

    At least i have to say: the captured videos are looking great - especially after cutting and optimizing them. Burning them to DVD (with menu if desired) takes only a few minutes and can be started with one click directly out of the programm.

    From me: 5 stars - very good tool for capturing my old video recordings! No problems!
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    Most Recent Customer Reviews

    1.0 out of 5 stars Should be no stars
    What a waste of money! First of all the cheap and nasty scart/phono cable broke after a couple of hours. Read more
    Published 2 months ago by Niccolo65

    5.0 out of 5 stars why are there so many negative reviews?
    I bought "rescue your videotapes" because of some regards which came from my friends not from amazon ;-)

    amazon (and magix of course) were only responsible for the... Read more
    Published 3 months ago by CommiXV

    1.0 out of 5 stars Won't install
    It's going back. I bought this with a view to archiving old VHS footage to a digital format. As part of the quick start manual, the subject of installing the USB device driver is... Read more
    Published 4 months ago by C. White

    4.0 out of 5 stars Capturing family videos
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    Published 5 months ago by Mr. R. Knapp

    2.0 out of 5 stars mystery shopper
    ok so I bought this product to convert those old VHS tapes we all find in the loft from time to time as they cant have much of a life left before they degrade... Read more
    Published 5 months ago by Mystery Shopper

    5.0 out of 5 stars Better with a fast processor.
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    4.0 out of 5 stars Second Attempt Successfull
    At my first attempt I was disappointed that I had the Video/Audio sinc problem, and as it was not consistant I couldn't adjust it in my other video program. Read more
    Published 8 months ago by Frances Plant

    5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Results
    This is an amazing software which completely exceeded my expectations. I am not sure what exact problems other reviewers came across with sync problems but I had the software... Read more
    Published 8 months ago by Mr. R. Ruppert

    2.0 out of 5 stars Product not good enough !!!
    Product does work except that the sound is not in sync with the video which is very disappointing as this does not really enable the reproduction of a quality product and reading... Read more
    Published 8 months ago by jtp

    1.0 out of 5 stars Nothing but problems
    Having bought this product I tried it straight away and I was very impressed by the quality of the recording however the sound was not in sink no matter what i tried. Read more
    Published 8 months ago by Mr. P. Bell

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