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| 587053 | 2007-09-02 05:47:00 | I am trying to set up a VCR player to play my old videos so I can capture them using my PC, convert them to DV and edit and save them. I have a Leadtek DV2000 video capture card and use Premiere Elements 2.0 with my digital video camera DV tapes. I am using composite connecters from the VCR player (VHS out) plugged in an adapter which is then plugged into the capture card. Premiere Elements 2 doesn't have seem to have the option of changing the video-capture setting to analog anywhere so I can't use that. Windows Movie Maker recognises the capture card and lets me configure the settings but I don't get anything on the screen when I press the play button on the VCR. I wouldn't guarantee I have the settings right as I'm not much of a techo person when it comes to this sort of thing. The capture card came with Winfast PVR software and I find its user's manual to be hugely confusing so am not sure I am even on the right track to start with. I open Winfast DVR and the input source is S-video (other options are live-TV which I am not set up for, or CVBS which I have no idea what it is). I set up the configuration to capture as uncompressed AVI. When I press the play button on the VCR, I don't get anything showing up on the PC monitor. A beginner's guide to getting started would be much appreciated! |
Alison (2911) | ||
| 587054 | 2007-09-02 05:55:00 | I am trying to set up a VCR player to play my old videos so I can capture them using my PC, convert them to DV and edit and save them. I have a Leadtek DV2000 video capture card and use Premiere Elements 2.0 with my digital video camera DV tapes. I am using composite connecters from the VCR player (VHS out) plugged in an adapter which is then plugged into the capture card. Premiere Elements 2 doesn't have seem to have the option of changing the video-capture setting to analog anywhere so I can't use that. Windows Movie Maker recognises the capture card and lets me configure the settings but I don't get anything on the screen when I press the play button on the VCR. I wouldn't guarantee I have the settings right as I'm not much of a techo person when it comes to this sort of thing. The capture card came with Winfast PVR software and I find its user's manual to be hugely confusing so am not sure I am even on the right track to start with. I open Winfast DVR and the input source is S-video (other options are live-TV which I am not set up for, or CVBS which I have no idea what it is). I set up the configuration to capture as uncompressed AVI. When I press the play button on the VCR, I don't get anything showing up on the PC monitor. A beginner's guide to getting started would be much appreciated! Does your DV camera have an analogue converter built in. If it is a canon it mostly is. |
plod (107) | ||
| 587055 | 2007-09-02 06:34:00 | Hope you have plenty of space on your HD because your about to fill it up very quickly. | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 587056 | 2007-09-02 07:54:00 | Get an RCA to 5 pin din adapter. (Or whatever is on the tuner). And plug video out from the VCR to the 5 din pin plug on the card (if its got one). And dont forget to connect audio out from the video to line in on the soundcard. And if you've got PVR2, right mouse on the screen -> video input -> CVBS. (I'm pretty sure its CVBS you select). Whats etched on the 5 pin din plug / connection on the tuner?? CVBS? Is this (www.leadtek.com) your setup? Is this (www.leadtek.com) the version of the program you're using? Under applications? I would go into configuration (if PVR 2 is installed) and click on the 4th tab on the left change it to Mpeg 2 Optimal Quality, and then click on the 2nd tab on the left make sure the audio out and record are on the right option, or you wont get sound as well. Then OK. Also, hopefully you're using Windows 2000 + and its formatted in NTFS. Or you'll have probs, if the file gets too big. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 587057 | 2007-09-02 09:02:00 | Thanks for all the suggestions. I'm using WinXP with a 160GB hard drive and a 320GB NAS so that ought to be more than enough. I have a Canon video camera so have it plugged into the VCR using the RCA jack and by firewire to my PC and can then use Premiere Elements to capture the video. So I have something that works but will keep setting up the capture card for a rainy day and when I have the right cable. Speedy Gonzales - a big thanks for all the detail you provided as I was wondering if I had bitten off more than I can chew. I only have PVR not PVR2 as its a couple of years since I bought the PC with the card but am only just getting around to using it. I hadn't realised what the blue and green ended audio cables were for that are in the link to Leadtek you gave so I've learnt something! The AV In plug on the tuner has 9 holes in it, not 5 and I can't see anything etched onto it. The adapter that plugs into it has 4 plugs at the other end of the cable - red, yellow and white female composite plugs and a black 5 hole plug (2 round holes on left and right sides and a square hole at the bottom). In my original setup, I had the 3 composite plugs from the VCR plugged into the 3 coloured plugs of the adapter. Is the 5 hole plug what you mean by the 5 din pin plug? I don't want to set up the tuner for TV or radio, but just use it to capture and convert the analog tapes I have. If I'm using XP, does that mean I am formatted in NTFS else how do I check. I taped 11 minutes to get an avi file of 2.5 GB - does that sound ok or should I tape shorter segments? Will using the capture card rather than using the video camera as the converter make any difference to the quality of what I capture? Sorry for more questions but thanks for any more advice you can give. |
Alison (2911) | ||
| 587058 | 2007-09-02 09:10:00 | Thanks for all the suggestions. I'm using WinXP with a 160GB hard drive and a 320GB NAS so that ought to be more than enough. I have a Canon video camera so have it plugged into the VCR using the RCA jack and by firewire to my PC and can then use Premiere Elements to capture the video. So I have something that works but will keep setting up the capture card for a rainy day and when I have the right cable. Speedy Gonzales - a big thanks for all the detail you provided as I was wondering if I had bitten off more than I can chew. I only have PVR not PVR2 as its a couple of years since I bought the PC with the card but am only just getting around to using it. I hadn't realised what the blue and green ended audio cables were for that are in the link to Leadtek you gave so I've learnt something! The AV In plug on the tuner has 9 holes in it, not 5 and I can't see anything etched onto it. The adapter that plugs into it has 4 plugs at the other end of the cable - red, yellow and white female composite plugs and a black 5 hole plug (2 round holes on left and right sides and a square hole at the bottom). In my original setup, I had the 3 composite plugs from the VCR plugged into the 3 coloured plugs of the adapter. Is the 5 hole plug what you mean by the 5 din pin plug? I don't want to set up the tuner for TV or radio, but just use it to capture and convert the analog tapes I have. If I'm using XP, does that mean I am formatted in NTFS else how do I check. I taped 11 minutes to get an avi file of 2.5 GB - does that sound ok or should I tape shorter segments? Will using the capture card rather than using the video camera as the converter make any difference to the quality of what I capture? Sorry for more questions but thanks for any more advice you can give. using the video camera to do the converting would be my choice(less system stress) As far as quality is concerned it will depend what the capture card is importing it as. Using premier elements and the camera to import should give you about as good as the original. |
plod (107) | ||
| 587059 | 2007-09-02 09:20:00 | If the camera has firewire and has exactly the same thing as what youre trying to capture from video, I would use firewire instead. In Moviemaker, make sure the camera is switched to camera and XP detects it, so the drivers get installed, then once it gets detected, go to the file menu in Moviemaker, and select capture video, and then select the capture device (select the camera if it appears here). It should come up, (if XP detects it,). Then once you select the camera, it should start transferring video/audio from the camera.. (Make sure the tape on the camera has been rewinded first). Once its finished, MM should let you save it as a WMV file. After this, this is where you can edit it, and use something like Nerovision (or DVD editing software). So you can burn it to DVD. if you have a DVD burner. It may also give you an option to transfer whatever you edit back to the camera (If the camera supports DV In and Out). If the camera is detected, does it appear in My computer as well?? It should. To see if the hard drives are formatted in NTFS, open My computer and highlight the hdd's letter. On the left (click on details), it'll say if its formatted in FAT32 or NTFS. Capturing thru firewire or thru S-video / CVBS on the tuner itself in MPEG2 were the same here. I've used both before, and the recorded video was excellent either way. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 587060 | 2007-09-03 01:54:00 | hi i used a vhs recorder to my tv card and use used that to capture the vhs tape, i presed play and clicked the singnal i needed to view the tape and ten pressed record and done | fishnchips (12763) | ||
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