Capturing Video via Parallel Printer Port! 1997 Was Weird
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This original Dazzle hails from the brief few years where it actually made sense to put an MPEG-1 encoder inside of a parallel port device. But even with its printer-adjacent connections, the LAV-1000 is surprisingly capable! Let's set it up, record VHS and PS2 video footage, and use Windows 98 to edit the resulting video and image files.
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β Archive of the Dazzle CD-ROM for Windows 95
https://archive.org/details/dazzle-211-drivers-cd
β Background music licensed from Epidemic Sound:
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00:00 obsolete dongles
00:54 The OG Dazzle
02:11 parallel port popularity
02:57 unboxing the box
05:59 what's inside it
07:23 ads, competition
09:33 dazzling legacy
10:09 setting it up
11:14 Amigo capture app
12:24 capturing a VHS tape
15:46 MPEG-1 playback
17:41 video game capture
19:05 still image/cam mode
20:01 misc features
21:16 iFilmEdit video editing
24:49 video phone calls
26:04 video screensaver
27:48 Kai's Power Goo
29:25 final thoughts!
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