

It came with a most awesome batch of Video Capture/Editing/DVD Burning apps in the form of iLife: iMovie, and iDVD. since you're trying to use an Hosestech device. Otherwise, you may have to use it only in Bootcamp. So I don't know if you're going to have much more success getting this to work in a VM. Honestech may not have tested with a SVGA II card, believing that "no one would use such a old video card with our software." This would explain why the software works in Bootcamp, but crashes in a virtual machine. This video card might not be powerfull enough for the Honestech software.

The virtual machine still has a SVGA II video card, even when you select 3D acceleration. I don't have any experience with very recent USB video capture devices so I can't say for certain how much faster, nor if it will actually help with improving video capture. The Honestech requirements call for a 2GHz P4, so you'd want a Mac that's faster than that.

You didn't mention what kind of Mac you're using for a host. I'd have to capture in a smaller window, etc. My experience with USB TV tuners in the past has been less than optimal. Video capture can be quite resource intensive. Most times, this won't be noticeable in light duty applications, but video is often not light duty. There is always a performance penalty with a virtual machine. These are my thoughts, based on my experiences with VMWare products over the past few years: So I'm not sure how much help you'll get. I don't think there are that many people using that specific product here on the forums.

However, it does work in my bootcamp system. I have been trying to get this to work with Windows XP under Fusion. I have Honestech VHS to DVD 3.0 Deluxe USB device for converting VHS tapes to DVD.
