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ADS Pyro AV Link

ADS Pyro AV Link
From ADS Technologies

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Average customer review:
The ADS Pyro AV Link comes in a variety of SKU's depending on the software included. No software is required, however to use with Windows XP or Windows Vista. Excellent option for computers running Windows Vista that have a Firewire connection. Works with Movie Maker and Vista Capture Wizard.

Product Description

A complete, fully integrated hardware/software solution, PYRO A/V Link Professional provides the best value and the best components for capturing, editing and exporting both analog and digital video in real time. What does this mean? If you have a video from virtually any source and a player of that media, you can simply connect it to the A/V Link hardware for transfer to a computer. Once transferred, you can edit and enhance the video and either send it back to the original player/recorder, or to one of another format, or download to your DVD drive. You can simply make copies too but this gives you the power to do more. PYRO AV Link with Premiere Elements includes PYRO AV Link, an external box that connects to your computer via FireWire. With Composite, S-VHS and Component connectors, capture video from any source. For video editing, it includes Adobe Premiere Elements software that offers the perfect combination of creative control and reliability for home video editing. It automates tedious tasks so you're free to create cool effects and transitions and easily burn DVDs (included Adobe Premiere Elements is for PC WINDOWS XP ONLY). Export digital video files to VCR's Convert between devices (from DV to Analog or Analog to DV) without using a computer

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #15438 in Consumer Electronics
  • Brand: ADS Tech
  • Model: API-555
  • Dimensions: 2.00 pounds

Features

  • Capture any analog video source to high quality DV video format
  • Component IN/OUT - Exclusive component video connectors!
  • Includes Adobe Premiere Elements software
  • Compatible with FireWire/1394 enabled PC and Macintosh computer models
  • Convert analog video to DV or DV to analog

Editorial Reviews

From the Manufacturer
The ultimate DV capture and editing solution. A complete, fully integrated hardware/software solution, Pyro A/V Link Professional provides the best value and the best components for capturing, editing, and exporting both analog and digital video in real time. Pyro AV Link with Premiere Elements includes Pyro AV Link, an external box that connects to your computer via FireWire. With Composite, S-video, and component-video connectors, you can capture video from any source.

. For video editing, it includes Adobe Premiere Elements software offers the perfect combination of creative control and reliability for home video editing. It automates tedious tasks so you're free to create cool effects and transitions and easily burn DVDs (Adobe Premiere Elements works only with Windows XP).

What's in the Box
Pyro A/V Link device, Adobe Premiere Elements, a 6-foot composite-video/stereo audio cable (red, yellow, white RCA jacks), a 6-foot S-video cable (4-pin Din), a 6-foot 6-pin-to-6-pin IEEE 1394 cable, a 6-foot 4-pin-to-4-pin 1394 cable, an AC power adapter, a user's manual, and warranty information.

Customer Reviews

Old Model Old Software No Support3
I wanted a ADS API 557, was directed to a number of vendors and this one in particular sold an old product API 555 and an old software Premiere Elements 2.0. When I complained about the switch, I got zero response. The API does work, but the input connectors and the output connectors are not securely mounted and anyone using this device should not plan on moving the cables once they are connected. Buy extra cables and make the connections to the ADS one time and do not move them. For the same money as this API 555 you can get the 557 with Elements 3.0, but you have to shop carefully to be sure what you are getting. I give the product 3 stars, and Amazon and the vendor 1 star. If you want a better quality all-around, get the Canopus. You will pay more, but in the long term it will still be working when the ADS isn't.

Read the instructions, use Movie Maker and this works great4
The trick with this product (and I have found with other A-D converter products that use their own codec) is to read the instructions.

I have had problems with audio in some A-D conversions, particularly when writing to DV-AVI. This product has a switch to "unsynch" the audio, which seems to fix audio problems that cause unreliable playback.

I have not used Adobe Premiere, but it is my understanding that it may be the source of some problems. This product converted to WMV and AVI using Movie Maker perfectly after adjusting the handling of the audio.

It is nice that it works with Movie Maker and any software that recognizes a firewire connected device.

Won't run on Athlon XP processor, despite what the box says1
The box says that the software will run on an Athlon XP processor. But this is not true ! The Adobe Premiere 3.0 installer complains that the processor does not support the SSE2 instruction set, and simply refuses to install.
So this is useless to me and is going back to Fry's.