Need Help Transfering Video via S-VIDEO Cord

kermit · 06-17-2005, 01:01 AM

Hey - I've got an HP ZD7000 17" widescreen, 3.0ghz HT processor, 128mg 5600 Geforce graphics, Windows XP (sp2), etc.

I'm trying to connect a Sony High8 Cam NP-F333 4years old.

It uses an S-Video cord which I have, and have plugged it into my laptop but I'm not able to figure out how to capture any film.

I'm trying to use the standard program that came with my laptop WinDVD creator but am having problems.

I'm not sure if for some reason my SVIDEO port even works. I'll need to check it out on another PC and will do that later.

Please help if you can.

kobaj · 06-17-2005, 01:16 AM

Well is the svideo port on your laptop an output not a input cause most laptops are outputs. In which case wont work with your cam.

**The_Other_One** · 06-17-2005, 01:22 AM

Yup, you need some input card. PCMCIA or USB

jjsevdt · 06-17-2005, 10:29 PM

There are video capture devices that connect via USB, but they are not of good quality.

kermit · 06-19-2005, 07:42 PM

How would I know the difference between output and input.

**The_Other_One** · 06-19-2005, 08:19 PM

Read up about your computer and see what it has... Or go into display proporties and see if you have something about TV Out

As for USB not being good quality, that's not completely true. Some can be decent, the problem is it's much easier to drop frames on the USB bus than say firewire or PCI.

06-17-2005, 01:01 AM	#1 (permalink)
kermit Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 130	Need Help Transfering Video via S-VIDEO Cord Hey - I've got an HP ZD7000 17" widescreen, 3.0ghz HT processor, 128mg 5600 Geforce graphics, Windows XP (sp2), etc. I'm trying to connect a Sony High8 Cam NP-F333 4years old. It uses an S-Video cord which I have, and have plugged it into my laptop but I'm not able to figure out how to capture any film. I'm trying to use the standard program that came with my laptop WinDVD creator but am having problems. I'm not sure if for some reason my SVIDEO port even works. I'll need to check it out on another PC and will do that later. Please help if you can.

06-17-2005, 01:16 AM	#2 (permalink)
kobaj Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,368	Well is the svideo port on your laptop an output not a input cause most laptops are outputs. In which case wont work with your cam. __________________ My site Winner of photo competition: Bokeh. - Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.00GHz - Gigabyte EP45-UD3R Motherboard - 4GB (2x2GB) G.Skill DDR2 800 RAM - XFX GeForce 9800GT 512MB - Seagate 400GB SATA Hard Drive - Cooler Master Centurion 5 Mid Tower Case

06-17-2005, 01:22 AM	#3 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 25 Posts: 13,418	Yup, you need some input card. PCMCIA or USB __________________ Primary- i7 920 \| 6GB RAM \| 9800GT \| 160+160+500GB Secondary- Athlon X2 4200 \| 2GB RAM \| 7600GT \| 80+250GB Netbook - Atom N280 \| 2GB RAM \| GMA945\| 160GB

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jjsevdt Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: San Antonio, TX Age: 26 Posts: 1,135	There are video capture devices that connect via USB, but they are not of good quality. __________________ C2D E6420 @ 2.13GHz on AsRock Penryn1600SLI-110dB 4GB DDR2 800 1 - 750GB \| 1 - 1TB HDD PNY nVidia 9600GT Vista Ultimate 64bit All Powered by: RAIDMAX HYBRID 2 530W PSU PSN: JjSeVdT Steam: JjSeVdT

06-19-2005, 08:19 PM	#6 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 25 Posts: 13,418	Read up about your computer and see what it has... Or go into display proporties and see if you have something about TV Out As for USB not being good quality, that's not completely true. Some can be decent, the problem is it's much easier to drop frames on the USB bus than say firewire or PCI. __________________ Primary- i7 920 \| 6GB RAM \| 9800GT \| 160+160+500GB Secondary- Athlon X2 4200 \| 2GB RAM \| 7600GT \| 80+250GB Netbook - Atom N280 \| 2GB RAM \| GMA945\| 160GB

06-19-2005, 07:42 PM	#5 (permalink)
kermit Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 130	How would I know the difference between output and input.

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