[9.8' / 3 m] I've owned the Elgato USB Analog Video Capture Device for nearly two months and have already used it to capture many client videos. This included 25 hours of Hi8 tapes for one client, and 37 minutes of VHS tapes from another client.

The capture quality of the audio and video has been perfect, and the operation of the software and hardware is easy.


After finishing a capture and before saving the MP4 video, the software allows me to trim the beginning and end, to remove extra blue screen or other superfluous video, a feature that I used a lot.

Elgato worked perfectly on my desktop, which I had rebuilt for me in early 2020 so it would be compatible with Win 10. Unfortunately, I had some problems with the HP Z Book laptop I just bought, however.

First, I had immediately upgraded the Z Book to Win 11, which wants to save any new file to One Drive. Unfortunately, One Drive has a 5 GB capacity and when it fills up, you're encouraged to buy more storage space. Video, of course, requires a lot of storage space.

Users of Elgato Video Capture, therefore, need to remember to click Preferences in the Video Capture window and select the preferred storage location for their video files.

A bigger problem was that Elgato was not able to receive the video portion of the capture on the Z Book. The audio came through, but not the video.


I contacted Elgato, and a member of their support staff worked with me via e-mail, sending me instructions. There seemed to be no solution, but the support technician worked with me tirelessly, and the final instruction today worked perfectly.


I much appreciate his persistence in helping me solve this problem.

[9.8' / 3 m] I am very happy with the black edition. I use it on my ar and mounted it behind my scope.

[Black] I didn't want to outsource family footage to be digitized; so happy was able to do it myself with this! It worked flawlessly and has captured approx. 20 hours of 8mm footage from an old camcorder. Turned into a great Christmas present for the family.

[9.8' / 3 m] Got this card over holidays and transferred bunch of mini DVDs from DVDCam and worked flawlessly. After upgrading my MacOS, app started crashing but legato support quickly released beta version and also updated their website support info which was very easy to find and fix. Thank you Elgato.

[0.4 lb] I've used elgato for over a year now to transfer 100s of hours of video from VCRs, camcorders, and more. It works fantastic! Highly recommend this device!

[9.8' / 3 m] Camera once installed is worth every penny. The Flirs are twice the price and this does the job perfectly. The contrast is crazy. The only thing you have to set the angle manually but that is why it's half the price. Highly recommend if you boat at night in busy waters or waters with rocks and structure you can't see at night. B&H delivered in two days!

[0.4 lb] Have had the NightWave for about 6 months now. 3 trips to the Abacos and numerous dinners/sunset cruises. It is an absolute gamechanger...I no longer rush home just as the sun is setting. Navigating under bridges, in between channel markers, docking -- its been fantastic.

[Black] Purchased to convert old Handycam video8 tapes via rca jacks to digital. Easy and provided better images than other similar converters I've tried. Recommended for vcr or tape Camcorder to digital.