Capturing Analogue (VHS) Video

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I am trying to capture a VHS tape to my computer however I am getting
nowhere fast and would really appreciate some help/advice/opinion. I
normally use movie maker with my dv camcorder as it is simple and easy.
According to the help file it will work when trying to capture from a vhs
vcr but whenever I try I get an error that no video capture device was
detected. I have connected the VCR to the computer using various leads (S
video, RCA etc) but it will not seem to recognise that there is anything
there, even when the vcr is switched on and playing.

Would it seem likely that any capture card on my computer is only able to
work with dv input?

Any help is gratefully received,


Rich

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You have to have an analog video capture card to capture the video from your VCR or you may try to connect your VCR to your DV recorder and attempt to capture it through your usual ieee 1394 connection...just a thought.

Adaptec has a analog video capture card available...there are several others.

"Edgar Meluso." wrote:

> I had the same problem and the trouble was the video
> card,your card should be capable to capture analog
> signal,from vcr.The tv tuner is not the same.And some
> card has only S-VIDEO and AVI OUT,if your card has S-
> VIDEO or AVI IN,you should check your driver.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I am trying to capture a VHS tape to my computer however
> I am getting
> >nowhere fast and would really appreciate some
> help/advice/opinion. I
> >normally use movie maker with my dv camcorder as it is
> simple and easy.
> >According to the help file it will work when trying to
> capture from a vhs
> >vcr but whenever I try I get an error that no video
> capture device was
> >detected. I have connected the VCR to the computer
> using various leads (S
> >video, RCA etc) but it will not seem to recognise that
> there is anything
> >there, even when the vcr is switched on and playing.
> >
> >Would it seem likely that any capture card on my
> computer is only able to
> >work with dv input?
> >
> >Any help is gratefully received,
> >
> >
> >Rich
> >
> >
> >.
> >
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.video (More info?)

I am currently using an nVidea Persoanl Cinema graphics card to capture VHS
into my PC and save it to DVD. The Personal Cinema card combines television
tuner capture, RCA jacks in (as on older VHS players) and S-Video in (as on
newer VHS players and analog video camcorders like mine). It installs itself,
and on reboot, a menu will appear. choose "edit video, and it will load the
necessary application to capture (very simply) and edit your VHS format and
transfer it to any other format, including DVD, AVI, and MPEG.

"Rich" wrote:

> I am trying to capture a VHS tape to my computer however I am getting
> nowhere fast and would really appreciate some help/advice/opinion. I
> normally use movie maker with my dv camcorder as it is simple and easy.
> According to the help file it will work when trying to capture from a vhs
> vcr but whenever I try I get an error that no video capture device was
> detected. I have connected the VCR to the computer using various leads (S
> video, RCA etc) but it will not seem to recognise that there is anything
> there, even when the vcr is switched on and playing.
>
> Would it seem likely that any capture card on my computer is only able to
> work with dv input?
>
> Any help is gratefully received,
>
>
> Rich
>
>
>