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Former user wrote on 1/20/2002, 1:09 PM
If you don't have one, the main thing you need to transfer to VCR is a video card that allows Video Capture/Output. There are a few on the market, but they are not all compatible with Video Factory.

You can also use a Firewire capture card, but this requires a digital camera or a digital bridge to input and output.

Do you have the hardware for Video Input and Output?

Dave T2
woodk16 wrote on 1/20/2002, 1:38 PM
No, I do not have the hardware. I do have a camcorder Could I somehow run it through that???
woodk16 wrote on 1/20/2002, 1:42 PM
When I purchased Video Factory, it did come with Firewall hardware card that I installed on my computer. It is a Unibrain Video Capture Card and cable. I'm just not sure how to use it. Can I hook my vcr directly to that cable or does my camcorder have to be hooked up to that cable and then I would use my RCA Audio Video Cable from my camcorder to my vcr???

Thanks,

Kim
Chienworks wrote on 1/20/2002, 2:37 PM
I'm assuming that your camcorder is a DV model, right? You can connect
a firewire cable from the unibrain card to the camcorder and use that for
the conversion to analog A/V, and use the A/V outputs from your camcorder
to connect to the A/V inputs on the VCR. This also assumes that your
camcorder has a "passthrough" mode. Most of them do for DV to analog.

You must render your output file using the DV template (choose NTSC DV
or PAL DV depending on where you are in the world), and don't make any
changes at all to the template. When that's done, go into Video Capture
again and choose the "Print to tape" tab. Since you'll be outputting to
the VCR (only using the camera as a converter), you'll have to go to
Options, Preferences, and remove the checkmark next to "Enable DV
Device Control". Open up the .AVI file you've created, start the VCR
recording, and then click either the record on device or preview on device
button to start the movie playing.