Re: Newbie- Trying to digitize my Super8 home videos

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Yes, I am aware that the Videoh! Cd is a third-party product, not supported
on this board. I only brought that up in response to a post.

My question is about the RCA input jacks on my computer, hoping maybe
someone would know how I could use that input, which is designed for an
analog input (camera, VCR, TV) with MovieMaker.



"Mike Williams" wrote:

Did Videoh come with documentation and an accompanying video capture program
on CD-ROM?

I assume the Videoh connexts to your computer by USB and your VHS player by
the RCA cables. If your (unspecified type of) computer already has some sort
of capture card then you may have accompanying documentation for it. Someone
on the MovieMaker or MediaCenter newsgroups may have a better idea, but
right now you have some third-party hardware and software issues, which are
not handled directly by any Microsoft products.

"Margaret Bartley" <MargaretBartley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message news:5574B974-82F6-4F9B-A322-82E3B184B42B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have a capture device, Videoh!, that isn't working, but it doesn't offer
free support, they charge $199 for a support call! and when I try to
email
in a question, they just say my free support time has lapsed. grrr.

I'm trying to understand my computer's setup and the whole video/WMM thing
before I go out and buy another capture device.

I'm not sure how much of this is specific to my computer,which, of course,
I
don't expect others to be able to help with, and how much is generic to
all
computers.

My computer clearly has analog input jacks. Those three RCA phone plugs
are
labelled "Video", "L", and "R", just like my VCR, TV, and DVD players.
And
the label on the computer under them says "Video 2 Input".

But when I go in to Manage Devices, and look under "Sound, Video and Game
Controllers", I'm not sure what to look for, or what to do when I find it.

I'm trying to find out what those three RCA jacks are connected to - is it
a
card? what kind? Can I use it? How? Where's the documentation? At this
point, I'm kind of fumbling around in the dark.

"Mike Williams" wrote:

You can get USB capture devices from various manufacturers
(Pinnacle/Dazzle,
D-Link, ...) that will grab video from VHS players. Windows Movie Maker
may
be able to work with the captured content, but it won't talk to a VHS
player
directly.

"Margaret Bartley" wrote:

I'm trying to get started.

I have three plugs on my computer that look just like the plugs on my
VCR
machine - yellow labelled "Video", red labelled "R", white labelled
"L".
Right next to these three plugs is an input jack for S-video, and
under
them
all is a line with the label "Video 2 input".

I would think that I could connect the three jacks with the
corresponding
output jacks in my camcorder, but Windows MoveMaker tells me that it
cannot
detect a video capture device when my camcorder is connected and
playing
a
tape.

Any suggestions? Do I need to buy another piece of hardware? There
are
more connection jacks on my computer, as well as a jack for a cable
connection on my camcorder, which I use when I connect to my TV to see
my
video on TV.

I don't know if I just need to keep trying different plug
configurations
between the camera and the computer, or if I need to buy another piece
of
hardware that will convert the analog signals coming from my camcorder
into
digital input that MoveMaker will recognize. Why have these
Red-White-Yellow
jacks on my computer, if it won't take input?

Many thanks



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