Getting Hi-8 footage to PC

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Hi All, hope someone can help...

I've got A Samsung Hi-8 camcorder with an s-video out
connector running to the break-out box (VIVO) of my Asus
Radeon 9600XT graphics card (s-video in port). I don't
know why but I can't get Pinnacle Studio to capture any
footage. I just get a dark screen with some broken lines
in Pinnacle, whereas the picture/sound on the camcorder
LCD is great.

Do I need a separate video capture card? If so, why? I'm
sure I've seen reviews extolling the vid capture
capabilities of the 9600XT.

Puzzled. Very. Thanks in advance.

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You have a couple of options here. Basically you need a
USB 2.0 or Firewire cable as the stream needs to be above
400mbps. Just by plugging your s-video into the s-video
on the graphics card won't work for capture.

Factors also depend on your camcorder. Assuming they are
both digital 8 or miniDV you can connect a firewire cable
to the camcorder and the USB2 or 1394 port and off you
go. If analogue format you will need to purchase a
digital converter Pinnacle or Dazzle (Pinnacle have bought
Dazzle out as a business as well) are the market leaders.

Main thing is to switch the camcorder on before you launch
Pinnalce or whatever video editor you use - make sure the
PC has recognised the camcorder then launch application.

Let me know how you get on? jordanjunkie@hotmail.com

>-----Original Message-----
>I'm having the same problem.
>
>I'm trying to get video from my Sony Handicam to the S-
video port on my Nvidia Gforce 3 Ti200 into Windows Movie
Maker. It says that there is no video device connected...
I hope someone can help.
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>

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Sounds like Sony have allowed for this with the design of
the Vaio. My own experience led me to the reply i
suggested - but fair play to folk who find the s-video
route works for them, having the specific card for the job
would always be my preferred route though

>-----Original Message-----
>You mentioned something that I question: You said "Just
by plugging your s-video into the s-video on the graphics
card won't work for capture." This is not true in my
situation.
>
>I have an NVidia card and ports at the front and back of
my Sony Vaio. When I use the software bundled with the
machine (Click to DVD) with my Sony TR96 (as analog as
they come) connected to the front jacks I have absolutely
no capture problems.
>
>I attempted to use MM2 for comparison purposes and all I
get is an error message with no ability to switch to
analog input (see thread I have going).
>
>
>
>"Dr Evil" wrote:
>
>> You have a couple of options here. Basically you need
a
>> USB 2.0 or Firewire cable as the stream needs to be
above
>> 400mbps. Just by plugging your s-video into the s-
video
>> on the graphics card won't work for capture.
>>
>> Factors also depend on your camcorder. Assuming they
are
>> both digital 8 or miniDV you can connect a firewire
cable
>> to the camcorder and the USB2 or 1394 port and off you
>> go. If analogue format you will need to purchase a
>> digital converter Pinnacle or Dazzle (Pinnacle have
bought
>> Dazzle out as a business as well) are the market
leaders.
>>
>> Main thing is to switch the camcorder on before you
launch
>> Pinnalce or whatever video editor you use - make sure
the
>> PC has recognised the camcorder then launch application.
>>
>> Let me know how you get on? jordanjunkie@hotmail.com
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >I'm having the same problem.
>> >
>> >I'm trying to get video from my Sony Handicam to the S-
>> video port on my Nvidia Gforce 3 Ti200 into Windows
Movie
>> Maker. It says that there is no video device
connected...
>> I hope someone can help.
>> >.
>> >
>>
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>