I'm capturing VHS tapes from the composite output of my VCR. I bought a cheap composite-to-USB card (dongle). Use virtualdub to record the stream on my PC to AVI. However, this card, all others I've come across, do more than I want. Specifically, they all force, in hardware, deinterlace and upscale (either 720p or 1080p).
I'd rather do the deinterlacing and any scaling in software (e.g., avisynth, filters, and vdub), so I have full control over the result.
Has anyone come across either composite to HDMI or USB dongle, or a PCIe card with composite in, that will maintain the native 480i? Seems like some old card would do this.
As a test, I used an old Canon HV10 in passthrough mode, into PC via 1394/FireWire, in DV mode, and captured with windv. This maintained the 480i. But, the HV10 firmware halts on the copy protection signal. In my defense, these are VHS tapes I own and I don't plan to distribute, sell, or share the captures. Just want to preserve the content before it deteriorates.
Thanks for any guidance or tips.