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GaryKleiner wrote on 1/26/2005, 10:02 AM
Saving it on DV tape may be unnesesary if your camcorder will pass through the signal between your VHS and the firewire input of the computer. Many will, some won't.

Gary
Former user wrote on 1/26/2005, 10:02 AM
That depends upon your camera. Does it have Analog inputs? (usually an RCA video and two audio plugs)

Dave T2
cervama wrote on 1/26/2005, 10:12 AM
Gary and DaveT2 thanks for the response. I just want to save it to dv tape at this time. My camera has RCA and audio. How do I do this procedure?

Thanks,

MAC
Former user wrote on 1/26/2005, 10:13 AM
Run a video cable from the output of your VCR to the video input of the camera, run the audio to their respective plugs.

Put your camera in VCR mode (not camera mode). Hit record on the camera and play on the VCR.

Dave T2
cervama wrote on 1/26/2005, 10:19 AM
Thanks, thats easy. Thank you sir. I can always count on this forum. (awesome forum)

MAC
jsteehl wrote on 1/26/2005, 10:41 AM
BTW, you may also need to use the cam's menu to set the A/V from output to input (I have to on my Sony's).

I do have to agree with Gary. Total waste of time if you are going to HD to edit anyway. I mean unless you are upgrading your HD in a year or more the VHS tape arn't going anywhere (keep them in a cool, dry, safe place).

Say you had 30 hours of VHS, that would be 60 hours of play time to go VHS -> Cam DV Tape -> PC! But you may have other reasons for doing that :)

-Jason

-Jason
rs170a wrote on 1/26/2005, 11:24 AM
My camera has RCA and audio.

Potentially dumb question but are you sure those are input/output jacks and not output only?

Mike
scifly2 wrote on 1/26/2005, 12:49 PM
RS170a - that is not a dumb question. When I bought my mini dv I looked specifically for ANALOG input capability. Most under about $450.00 do not have that feature. Those that do share the av jack for output and require that you change setting in the menu.
rs170a wrote on 1/26/2005, 12:56 PM
...looked specifically for ANALOG input capability.

Thanks scifly2. As you said, in a lot of the newer models, this feature has been discontinued :-(
Since cervama didn't tell us what the model was, I thought I'd ask to be sure.

Mike
cervama wrote on 1/26/2005, 3:03 PM
My camcorder is DCR-TRV 38 will that be a problem? rs170a?
GlenL wrote on 1/26/2005, 4:26 PM
I have the same video camera and you can do it. Please refer to the manual for specific instructions. The manual is well written so just look for the heading that describes what you want to do.

Later, you can use iLink (Firewire, IEEE1394) to download from the TRV38 to the PC.

Just so you know, it is possible to hook the VCR to the TRV38 analog inputs and then use the pass-through capability to convert to DV format that you download to the PC. And that's all in one pass. The quality is pretty good, but I decided to buy the AVDC-100 and have been very pleased with the results from VCR and old analog camcorder content.