The eMPIA Technology USB 2861 Device has the following hardware details shown within the Windows Device Manager. 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. as the Eas圜AP 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.

Here’s the gotcha, ‘my’ Eas圜AP – shown in packaging above but with labels on each cable – is sold on eBay, Amazon, etc. The Eas圜AP 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.Īll 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…Īfter 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 Eas圜AP – I got ‘my’ Eas圜AP working as a video and sound capture device in Windows 8.1 (and Windows 10)! Update: I’ve moved Eas圜AP driver file hosting to Google Drive as Google Cloud billing hit $100 AUD per month, Eas圜AP driver downloads were 638 Gigibytes for the month of November! All links have been updated.

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