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| Thread ID: 45913 | 2004-06-07 05:13:00 | vcr-dvd camcorder-dvd? | karent (5222) | Press F1 |
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| 242393 | 2004-06-09 04:53:00 | Of course its true,would i lie? At least thats the word round the campfire amongst those in the know. Not that i would count myself as such,but thats what i have picked up on my travels. |
metla (154) | ||
| 242394 | 2004-06-13 22:09:00 | Hi. Well we tried it in the weekend. Didn't work. We hooked up the VCR to the camera using the Line out sockets (there doesn't appear to be anything labelled video/audio out on the VCR??). We connected the digicam to the PC via firewire, loaded the capture software, pushed play on the VCR/record on the digicam and nothing happened (surprise!). I think the problem may be we're trying to use a pretty ancient VCR - I think it's about 7 years old. I think our next move might be to get a card for the PC. But the old boy is (unfortunately) looking at one of those analogue/digital converter thingies. I say unfortunately because they're bloody expensive! | karent (5222) | ||
| 242395 | 2004-06-13 22:54:00 | You may have to use the DV cams menu to switch the plug which you connected it to the VCR to line in mode? On my camera (and many/most others?) the line out socket (for playing back from the Camera to a TV) doubles as the input socket - it needs to be swtiched between the two settings using the menus. It could also be affected by whether you have the camera switched to Camera (record), or VCR (playback) mode? You might be able to isolate the source of the problem by forgetting the firewire-PC connection for a start and seeing if you can get the picture from the VCR to show on the camera, once you have that sorted (presuming you can), then connect to the PC. Good luck. |
AaronM (4647) | ||
| 242396 | 2004-06-14 00:34:00 | Thanks for that. We did try hooking up only the VCR/camera to see if we could view the VCR output on the digicam. No luck. I had a fiddle with menu settings but could find nothing obvious. The manual isn't very helpful in that regard either. Grateful for any advice on what to try, thanks very much. If it's any help, the digicam is a Sony TRV 19 something-or-other. The VCR is also a Sony. Sorry to be vague - I'm at work now and the gear is at home. | karent (5222) | ||
| 242397 | 2004-06-14 00:46:00 | Hi karent, AFAIK, the TRV19 only has firewire input. The S-video and RCA connections are output only. That being the case, I think a capture card may be your only option. Cheers Miami |
Miami Steve (2128) | ||
| 242398 | 2004-06-14 01:58:00 | Yes the TRV19 does not have RCA/S-video inputs (only firewire), so you won't be able to use the pass thru option with that camera. Depending on how much analogue you want to convert there are various options open to you. You're already considering the "capture box". You could also look at a capture card (they can be picked up reasonably cheaply, but do a bit of checking online for reviews of what the quality of capture is like). If you don't have too much, and you only intend it as a once off to get your old tapes converted to digital you could look at hiring a digicam that does have analogue inputs/pass-thru capability (confirm with whom-ever you rent off and ask them to show you how to set it up), then spend a weekend transferring it all to the PC and burning to DVD. If is just once off then you might find this will give you the best quality and be reasonable cost? Cheers |
AaronM (4647) | ||
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