Thanks for your reply.
Your feeling that VB-WinXP would be the problem sent me back to that.
So I found that VB picking up USB 2.0 devices requires the Extension
Pack installed with ehci controller enabled , and that cured that
problem, and the device now finds it's XP driver.
The grabber
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2/190-6601431-1833600?url=search-alias%3Dapsfield-keywords=grabbee-hd
$99.95
I got mine on eBay for $76 from Hong Kong.
Now going cheap :-)
Just thinking aloud:
My PCs are all mini-ITX in very small cases, so PCI card solutions are
not suitable.
The
I have just bought an HDMI to USB-2.0 grabber called GrabBee-HD.
http://www.greada.com/grabbeex-hd.html
Motherboard photo: http://www.davekimble.org.au/computers/GrabBee-HD.jpg
Inside it has chips labelled Sigma PL330B-CPE3 and iTE IT6604E.
Note that it compresses the video with H.264 .
I knew
I have just bought an HDMI to USB-2.0 grabber called GrabBee-HD.
http://www.greada.com/grabbeex-hd.html
Motherboard photo: http://www.davekimble.org.au/computers/GrabBee-HD.jpg
Inside it has chips labelled Sigma PL330B-CPE3 and iTE IT6604E.
Note that it compresses the video with H.264 .
I knew