Is there a device that connects your vcr to the computer?...

rubberman · #1 17-01-2002, 11:59

Wondering if there is a device that connects your vcr/camcorder to your 'puter so you could upload homemovies or anything else? I would like to do this then i burn burn videocds. any help appreciated.

bitrate · #2 17-01-2002, 17:39

erm...I'm no expert but I think if you get a TV card it should have the sockets you need to connect your video to the pc.

If I'm wrong I'm sure someone will let you know...

Glocker · #3 18-01-2002, 19:29

There are some video cards that will. That is the best way. There are also some usb devises that will. I used a Voodoo3500 TV card and it worked great. But they have since gone out of business.

hell_fire_2021 · #4 29-01-2002, 00:11

I would not get a tv tuner card, or if you don't have the slots try this device. You plug the rca jacks or s-video into this device and plug it into your usb port and there you have it. The device is called: Dazzle Digital Video Creator here are 3 sites from BestBuy that have the product.
1. ####://www.bestbuy.com/Detail.asp?m=1229&e=11044710

2. ####://www.bestbuy.com/Detail.asp?m=1581&cat=1588&scat=&e=11081062

3.####://www.bestbuy.com/Detail.asp?m=1&cat=33&scat=&e=11008488

podunkviller · #5 12-02-2002, 20:55

dazzle reads stuff in fine, it has problem putting it back onto tapes (at least im too dumb to figure it out). however, it should end up being the easiest way to do it.

i_am_a_fish · #6 16-02-2002, 11:27

i've done it using my old 4Mb ATI all-in-wonder pro.

all you need is a card that supports Video-In and a lot of hard disc space.

if you need a new graphics card as well then i'll advice you to get the 64Mb ATI all-in-wonder. this card supports VIDEO-IN, has a TV card and many more usefull features. the downside is that ati have a bad rep in making newer driver updates.

hope this helps.

Bandiet · #7 11-03-2002, 02:44

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Originally posted by i_am_a_fish
i've done it using my old 4Mb ATI all-in-wonder pro.

all you need is a card that supports Video-In and a lot of hard disc space.

You don't need that much disk space if you've a fast pc. You can do realtime (divx) encoding than..

kcodd · #8 11-03-2002, 06:52

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You don't need that much disk space if you've a fast pc. You can do realtime (divx) encoding than..

You need the hard disk space because video saved to the HDD is quite large!

KC...

Bandiet · #9 11-03-2002, 11:26

Quote:

Originally posted by kcodd
Snip:

You don't need that much disk space if you've a fast pc. You can do realtime (divx) encoding than..

You need the hard disk space because video saved to the HDD is quite large!

KC...

What i meant to say is that DivX is a very good compression method and saves you a lot of disc space compared to raw video data

cbull · #10 15-03-2002, 05:53

dose eveything connect to cable tv satelite vcr / and has a a live tv option