VCR to DV Camera to WMM problems

From: whodee (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/29/04


Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 17:54:53 -0800


>-----Original Message-----
>I'm trying to capture video from a VCR. When I play the
>VCR tape through my Sony TRV 22 I can see it in WMM, but
>when I click "Capture" the DV tape in the Sony starts to
>play and all I do is capture off the DV tape. Not what
is
>on the VCR tape. Is it possible to capture straight from
>the VCR to WMM without first having to record onto a DV
>tape? I am using firewire.
>Thanks,
>Chuck
>.
>Try putting your trv22 on record pause in vcr mode, then
hook an iee1394 cable to the camera.Click capture, you
will get an error message, just click ok,it should start
to capture the analog video. This works for me. I have a
trv38.