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Analogue Camcorder to PC

  • 05-05-2004 1:25pm
    #1
    Cerberus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 310 ✭✭


    Hi,
    I am looking for some basic information regarding transferring video from an analogue camcorder to a PC. I would have thought this type of question would have been answered here before but I searched and went thorugh each post and can't find exactly what I'm looking for. So at the risk of a 'RTFx' type reply here it goes:

    1. What is the 'normal' way to transfer video from an analogue camcorder to a PC?

    2. What type of hardware is needed PC-wise?

    3. Does the camcorder need to have a certain type of adaptor or port?

    4. Are there any problems to be aware of when doing this regarding standards and such?

    Any help would be appreciated.

    BTW: It's not my camcorder. I only have the brand name for it - it's a 3 year old Smasung. I'll try and get more exact details later off the fella that I'm posting this for.


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  • #2
    adamlester
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29 ✭adamlester


    you can buy an analogue video capture card in most computer stores. instead of firewire it just has an analogue input. they are fairly cheap and most come with a bit of basic software. they are quite easy to get the hang of. also if you have a digital camcorder with an analogue input you could transfer to the digital camcorder first and then to the pc through firewire. pinnacle do a capture box with digital and analogue connections with the pinnacle studio 5 software (or what ever the latest one is) only thing is pinnacle are really good so it will be quite expensive


  • #3
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,731 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    All the Pinnacle cards come with Studio 9 or Liquid Edition, which you may not necessarily want. You might want to look into a cheap TV card with composite/S-Video input. S-video gives a better quality picture.
    Otherwise, a USB cable with analogue inputs, such as the Dazzle DVC80 would do the trick, but this is also bundled with (a lite version of ) Studio.

    As regards standards, anyhting you buy in Europe will be PAL (normally PAL/NTSC/SECAM multistandard), so no worries there. Pretty much all camcorders will have analogue outputs, usually in the form of a jack-sized port, and you'll then need an analogue cable if one is not supplied with the camera.


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