Can I use the Sony DCR-TRV10 as an A/D Converter?

jmeredith wrote on 5/12/2004, 9:05 AM

Anyone had any experience with the Sony DCR-TRV10? Long story short... I'm wondering if it has the ability to act as an A/D converter and if so, what the connection process is. I'm on the road and trying to accommodate a last minute request from the bossman.

Thank you

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berenberen wrote on 5/12/2004, 9:47 AM

I have the trv18 and I use it that way, but I'm not familiar with the trv10. Does it have an analog input/output jack? If it does, there's no reason it can't be used.

riredale wrote on 5/12/2004, 9:56 AM

I have a well-worn TRV8, which is the TRV10 sans MemoryStick. It works fine as an A/D converter.

jmeredith wrote on 5/12/2004, 10:05 AM

thanks for the replies... sorry to be a dumb dumb but as far as connections go - is it SVideo OUT of the VCR into the TRV10 and then Firewire to my PC? Any other settings I need to account for?

jmeredith wrote on 5/12/2004, 3:56 PM

bump

can anyone give me a quick rundown on the connections/settings I need to make?

Thank you

riredale wrote on 5/12/2004, 5:26 PM

I think you can use either S-video or the regular video connection going to the camera. The manual would know. I've never used the S-video connection on my camera.

johnmeyer wrote on 5/12/2004, 5:42 PM

I have the TRV-11 which is basically the same as the TRV10 and TRV8. Mine is NTSC. If you are using a PAL version, you may have problems, because, thanks to the European unions, the "pass-through" feature has been disabled. However, there are sites that show you how to enable the feature.

If you have NTSC, you have the pass through. To get analog video digitized and into the computer, you hook the subminature jack of your Sony A/V cable to the camera. The other end of this cable has three RCA jacks, and you hook these to the audio and video outputs of your VCR, TV, etc. If you have S-video output on your VCR, then by all means connect the S-video cable between the VCR and the TRV10 camcorder. If you do, you do not need to connect the RCA video cable.

You then need to set the video menu on your camera to allow DV input. The default is to send video from the camcorder to the VCR. You need to change the menu setting to reverse this (don't forget to set it back before you print to tape).

Finally, connect the firewire (1394) cable between your computer and the camera.

One other thing. Make sure you take the tape out of the camcorder before you hook up the cables. When using the camcorder as an A/D converter, you don't need the tape in the camera. Also, turn off "device control" in Vegas, or whatever application you are using to capture the video.

jmeredith wrote on 5/12/2004, 5:53 PM

THANK YOU VERY MUCH - my friend lost the manual so I was at a loss here. I had the cable connections right but didn't know about setting the video menu to allow DV input. Works like a charm and I'll sleep much better tonight so thank you again.