Easycap USB 2.0 Video Capture Device with Audio
The EASYCAP USB 2.0 Video Capture Device with Audio can directly capture high-quality video and audio files using a USB 2.0 interface without a sound card.
EasyCap USB Video Capture adapter with composite or S-Video paired with stereo audio capture, you’d be hard-pressed to find a more convenient way of digitizing your memories or setting up a simple USB capture surveillance system.
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EasyCAP USB 2.0 Video Adapter with Audio captures High-quality video and audio files directly by USB2.0 interface without a sound card.
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Key Features:
- High Quality
- Durable
- Lightweight
Specifications:
- Green LED for Power indicator
- Full-Screen Video Resolution Input
- With a USB 2.0 connection, the output will be full-screen DVD video resolution up to 720×480 at 30 fps for NTSC and 720 x 576 at 25 fps for PAL.
- With a USB 1.1 connection, the video resolution reaches 320×240 at 30 fps for NTSC and 320×288 at 25 fps video for PAL.
- Video input: 1 S-video input and RCA-type composite video input
- Video system supported: NTSC, PAL, and SECAM.
- Supports all video capturing/ recording formats including DV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 with DivX codec, SVCD/VCD, DVD, AVI, WMV
- High MPEG bit rate adjustment up to 10000Kbps
- Supports color adjustment, including brightness, contrast, saturation, hue, and sharpness control
- USB-powered operation. No power adapter needed
- Power Consumption: 5VDC, 250mA(max) through USB port
Package Includes:
- 1x Easycap 4 port converter
Product Usage Instructions
Overview
You now have all the options you need for recording your favorite movies, TV shows, or life video from an analog video source onto your computer. And edit them, burn DVDs, convert them, and send them to your iPod, PSP, or 3GP Mobile Phone. So you can watch them anywhere and anytime.
Connection Guide
If you are using a scart interface, please follow the below picture to connect the equipment and set the switch to OUTPUT.
Notice:
- You may have to buy a Video and Audio cable, and an S-Video cable to connect the USB Video Capture to your analog video device. You need to buy the Scart Video/Audio adapter if the output of your video source device is Scart type.
- The following devices can be used as analog video sources: Video recorder, DVD player, Video camera, Set-top box, Game player, and any device that provides an analog video signal.
Download Link
Driver and Arcsoft ShowBiz 3.5 software at the bottom of the below link: http://www.ezcap.com/ezcap172 You can find the series number sticker of ShowBiz software on the Manual. For the Simplified Chinese system, please use the following link: http://cn.ezcap.com/ezcap172
Hardware Installation
Connect the USB Video Capture device to your computer following the connection guide. Ensure all cables are securely plugged in. Please download the driver first: http://www.ezcap.com/ezcap172 and double-click Setup.exe to start to install drivers. Follow the Next prompts then click Finish to end the driver installation. Now, plug USB Video Capture into the USB2.0 port of your computer. The system will appear if you Found the new hardware or others. Please wait for the installation automatically until the system appears your Device is now installed and ready to use. Click on the Sound, video, and game controllers in the Device Manager, you should see the Ezcap Video Grabber, which means the driver is installed correctly.
Software Installation
Please download the ArcSoft ShowBiz software: http://www.ezcap.com/ezcap172, and double-click Setup.exe to start installing ShowBiz software. Click the Next and/or Finish buttons following the attention of the installation program to complete the software installation. When asked to enter a Product Key, enter the code which can be found on the software sticker on the manual.
- Download the ArcSoft ShowBiz software from this link.
- Double-click on Setup.exe to start the installation.
- Follow the on-screen instructions and enter the Product Key found on the software sticker in the manual when prompted.
Software Guide
- Double click ShowBiz 3.5. icon which is on the Desktop of your computer to open it. Click the Capture button to enter the capture panel.
- Click the drop-down box next to Source and select Escape USB video capture, and click the drop-down box next to Audio Device and select Audio Pin Source.
- Click the drop-down box next to Video Input and select Composite or S-Video according to the connection of the device.
- Click Video Settings to select the right TV system for your video source, such as NTSC-M, PAL-B, or others. Now, you should see the right video on the software panel.
- Click the RECORD BUTTON to start recording, and click again to stop recording.
- To learn more about ShowBiz3.5, please click OptOptionstton and select Help to get the information.
Ver: M17220240618
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Where can I find the Product Key for the software installation?
A: The Product Key can be found on the software sticker in the manual.
Q: What devices can be used as analog video sources with the USB Video Capture?
A: Analog video sources that can be used include Videorecordersr, DVD players, Video cameras Set-top boxes Game people, yers, and any device providing an analog video signal.
EasyCAP drivers for Windows 8, 8.1 and 10
Update: I’ve moved EasyCAP driver file hosting to Google Drive as Google Cloud billing hit $100 AUD per month, EasyCAP driver downloads were 638 Gigibytes for the month of November! All links have been updated. 
The EasyCAP converts an RCA or S-video source into a USB video and audio capture device – known as a Sound, video and game controller device in Windows – the possibilities for connecting analog sources to a Windows machine are endless and it’s priced insanely cheap.
All of this positive feedback stops when you connect it to a Windows machine – XP, 7, 8, 8.1 and now 10 – and realise there are hundreds of variations of this device produced with drivers designed specific to each variant with no original manufacturer to provide drivers or compatibility… at this point most users bin it and go on with their lives… I almost gave up too…
After a fortnight of driver hunting, driver conflicts, BSOD’s from resource conflicts and even ‘Windows driver paywalls’ – where you have to pay to download drivers for the EasyCAP – I got ‘my’ EasyCAP working as a video and sound capture device in Windows 8.1 (and Windows 10)!
Here’s the gotcha, ‘my’ EasyCAP – shown in packaging above but with labels on each cable – is sold on eBay, Amazon, etc. as the EasyCAP Capture USB 2.0 Video Adapter with Audio which is shared by every other variant out there but internally it is called the eMPIA Technology USB 2861 Device.
Unfortunately there is no way to tell what variant you have until you open the package and check the Device Properties for that Unknown Device showing within the Windows Device Manager and at that point you then can start looking for drivers that may be ‘compatible’ with – definitely not designed for – Windows 8, 8.1 or 10.
The eMPIA Technology USB 2861 Device has the following hardware details shown within the Windows Device Manager.
Screenshot from Windows 8.1 and Windows 10
Manufacturer and Provider:
- eMPIA Technology
Hardware IDs:
- USB/VID_EB1A&PID_2861&REV_0100&MI=00
- USB/VID_EB1A&PID_2861&MI=00
Below is a link to the Windows 7 drivers that were compatible with my EasyCAP device and further down a list of other EasyCAP drivers you can try. All of them require you to disable Windows Driver Signature from Advanced Startup; you can read about this from Sparkfun’s tutorial for Disabling Signed Driver Enforcement in Windows 8.
The driver package that worked in Windows 8.1 and now Windows 10:
- ThumbDTV_driver_5.7.129.0.zip (aka EMBDA64 5.7.129.0 – 1/29/2007)
I suspect this USB 2861 Device 5.8.306.0 – 3/6/2008 driver package hosted on the Microsoft Update Catalog is a newer driver release than the one I have working but I have not installed it so cannot confirm compatibility; in my mind, don’t fix something that ain’t broke…
Other driver packages and installers that might help other frustrated EasyCAP users (some are duplicates but different driver versions), good luck!