Pinnacle Studio MovieBox USB Video Transfer Device (210100251)

If you plan to capture analog video at DVD quality, don't buy it! Don't waste your money! When you record a DVD the video and audio get out of sync. No support is given in their website, forums are full of complains and there are no answers from Pinnacle.

I haven't actually used the MovieBox, but came here to read reviews on it.However, I have been using Studio 8 for a while with another capture device and have also experience the audio out of synch problem.I have found a work-around that works for me and have been posting it everywhere I see other comments on the problem.The answer is to NOT allow the hardware to capture the audio. Rather than connecting the RCA audio to the box, connect the audio directly to your PC's line-in jack on the soundcard. I use one of those RCA to headphone jack splitters for connecting a portable CD player to a sound system. Then you set the audio capture source in the Studio program from the breakout box to line-in.I was pulling my hair out like everyone else until I stumbled upon this solution (by attempting to capture with Adobe Premiere which doesn't recognize my hardware as an audio input). Since I've been doing it this way, I have made about a dozen DVD's, with lengths from 10 min to 1 hour with perfect audio synch.Maybe it will work for you guys who've already bought the software. If you haven't bought it yet, though, look elsewhere.

First of all, it works. As advertised.I connected through USB 1.1 port. Captured a 30-minuteLizzie McGuire for my kid, edited out commercials,and made an SVCD. The video editing software is very nice,intuitive, easy to use. All I can say is, "It works !"The trouble is though, it takes so much time.My machine is 2GHz P4 laptop with 1G memory.First, it takes 30 minute to capture.Then editing process.Third, to create VCD. I found that creating VCD actuallytakes twice as much time as capture, because it converts tosome file format and then to CD image, and then copyingthe SVCD image to CD.So to record 30 minute, I ended up spending 2 hours.Not recommended for casual recording from TV, unless youhave patience and a lot of time.Very good, if you have family video, which requires somegood editing and you are willing to patiently wait(as a rule of thumb, multiply the original length by four(that is, if you are recording 1 hour, it will take four hours).But it works as advertised.

I've had a project sitting around for about a year; to transfer a VHS tape of a newscast(involving my Mom's retirement) to DVD and send it out to my family members. After reading the reviews here on Amazon, I passed by this product this fall, but received "Pinnacle MovieBox usb" as a Christmas Gift. I love it!The software is almost completely intuitive. OK, I tried to do my project the night after Christmas and messed it up, probably by not manually setting the software to mpeg2, but the second burn worked great and played on our 2 year old dvd player! This included two VHS tape segments, one of the newscast and one of diving in Bonaire with some 8mm waterskiing video from my old Canon camcorder. Titles were easily added.Luckily, I saw none of the audio sync problems other people have complained about. My computer is only a year old though and pretty much new. Is a P4 2.4 gig, with 512mg ram, and a Western digital HD with 8mg buffer. MovieBox aparently "renders" projects differently depending somewhat on the speed of your machine. Not being a tech type, I can only be happy that I didn't run into any problems with MovieBox. I love the size (very slim), feel (very sturdy aluminum) and overall simplicity.

I love it it works great the people that wrote reviews and said this program wasn't good is a liar it works great

First time I tried to buy a device to edit my home videos was a Pinnacle, it did not work called support they give me a discount to upgrade the software and still did not work!, called back then they told me to upgrade my computer, second time I tried with a Dazzle, again get into some trouble and guess what Pinnacle buyed Dazzle, again they offer a new software to fix the problem I said no thanks.My Brother in Law just buy this product Moviebox USB, does not work on Vista or Windows 7 even with the new drivers and guess what I just send email to the support and they just say:"We are sorry, but there is no support by phone, chat or email support for these products.Avid Customer Success"So do no buy this product stay away from Pinnacle.

I have need for this once each year. Almost every year something changes like a service pac update to the OS, so that it becomes necessary to SPEND another $50 to $100 to keep current.This year I can't use the software due to the arrival of SP3 and the decision by Pinnacle to no longer support V10.7 and fix the subsequent problems created by SP3 on XP.I refuse to pour another offering into the software. I started with V9 several years ago. thinking I was investing in a good time proven and durable system. It is still installed on the same computer and now no longer works without another "offering".

I bought this product a few years ago at an apple store and found out that it works with great with MAC (even though it says it's for PC). The trick is DON"T install the software. I Just plugged my audio video cables from my VHS player into the box and then plugged the firewire cable to the MAC. From there I opened up iMovie and selected the Camera as input on iMovie. iMovie (and iMovie HD) both just simply accept the input the same as if you where plugging in your movie camera. MAC users: Just throw set aside the software and the manual. YOU JUST PLUG IT IN AND USE IT!