I want to copy by VHS tpaes of family home movies from my VCR before it fails and I don't know where to start or what information is relevant Anyway ... I'm in the UK so my tv system is PAL My VCR has SCART socket and I have a collection of cables including adapaters for DIN type connection My PC is a Packard Bell IXTREME X2711 PB81X06201 with Intel core 2 quad processor Q6600 2 GB of memory nVidia GeForce 8500 GT (display adapter) conectors are DVI? Coax type DVI? Multipin VGA – monitor S-Video tv tuner anlogue/digital – listed as AUSTeK Tiger 2 Capture device by device manager data sheets says analogue video is sampled by ADCs, decode by multi-line and active comb filters conector audio/video input for spider cable audio L/R RCA input S-Video mini-DIN compostite RCAvideo input internal tv audio output Realtek High Def. audio Operating system is Vista Home Premium, Windows Movie Maker installed What to do first? Can I use the s-Video connector on the AUSTeK card for analogue input from the SCART connector on the VCR? All help appreciated Teka
No reflection on Afterdawn, but the Videohelp site also has an active capture forum. http://forum.videohelp.com/forums/10-Capturing
Thanks Attar I tried Videohelp with no response I'm a newbie and wonder what I'm doing wrong - is my question rude, too long or have I done something inappropriate. Any comments will be appreciated Teka
I don't think so. SCART is a UK (?) connector that I'm not familiar with, so no help there. My tuner card has an S-Video connector and a mini stereo input and can be programmed to record from it. If your card can be set to record from the analog input using whatever software (I was using Beyond TV) then it's just a matter of starting the tape and seeing if it comes up on the screen.
You should look for the pinouts from the scart socket.. it's a standard config. Quite a few scart-rca adapters come with s-video connection, but unless your video actually puts out an appropriate signal on those scart pins you will be out of luck. simple enough .. now it gets tricky.. as you can see s-video is rgb+y .. 3 colour signals plus the luminance information.. These signals are usually available inside a vhs encoder buried within a player/recorder (and in a tv decoder as well) but whether they actually make it out of the case is another matter.. Thats down to you to find out.. A standard scart connection does not have these signals available.. They are often labeled inside a video recorder tho.. look for R-Y B-Y and Y testpoints (green is actually the luma signal = Y).. system called "colour difference" modulation using the chroma under luma broadcast standard.. .. that will show you where you need to look.. You might get lucky and find chroma and luma takeoff points.. which will just need a simple low value capacitor to isolate the dc content from your input (if there is a dc offset.. usually not), but the 2 pieces of equipment may not be grounded to the same polarity of mains wire making the takeoff and the input FULL MAINS potential between them..!!!!! be aware.. or make it easy on yourself and go and buy a capture card with straight composite video and audio inputs.. Damn I know a lot about this subject........ like anybody with a professional broadcast tv/telecommunications background should. The only major problem you might run into is in scart-scart connections where the "on" signal was never actually specified as +ve or not+ve (pin 8) .. different bits of equipment vary in their usage.. so one piece of equipment will function perfectly with another but not with a third.. a little crazy really when the rest was nicely standardised..
