Transferring old videos to pc/laptop
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My mum wants to put all the old footage from the video camera we had on to cd. So she bought some software called EzCap. The video camera no longer works, but we have one of those tape/video cassete things that the small cassetes from the jvc video camera fit in to and play through a normall video recorder/player. Now her understanding of it was that there would be a lead to go into the video player and a usb lead to go in to the pc/laptop. Well im having a flipping hard time getting this software to work. For a start, the instructions have been translated from japanese to english and dont read correctly at all. Here is what we have to work with http://www.szforwardvideo.com/product/Pro_7_6.html and as well as that i have a scart lead with the red, yellow and white pins on the opposite end. So i have connected those pins into those that can be seen on the link and connected the usb to the laptop. So its a scart from the video, going through those pins and into the usb port. However, there is then a s-video lead sat doing nothing as i cant see where it could go (no where on laptop or video to plug it in).
Can anyone help or is this a lost cause?!?
p.s there isnt any images within the instructions showing how things should be connected up.
Can anyone help or is this a lost cause?!?
p.s there isnt any images within the instructions showing how things should be connected up.
I assume you cannot get a picture to show on the PC.
As for the S-Video forget it you have enough with the two audio and one video plug.
I have a scart to phono like you describe but it has a slide button for input or output as the connectors on the scart socket are separate pins for input and output. Now I wonder if you have a lead where it is designed as an input to scart not an output.
Do you have resistance meter or continuity buzzer if so you could see what your yellow plug connects to
17 VIDEO Ground
19 VIDEO Output
20 VIDEO Input
So if your yellow lead (centre pin) is connected to pin 20 of the scart it is for input not output so you wont see the picture.
I am sure someone more knowledgeable than me will be along soon and brush my ramblings aside but in the meantime give it a try.
As for the S-Video forget it you have enough with the two audio and one video plug.
I have a scart to phono like you describe but it has a slide button for input or output as the connectors on the scart socket are separate pins for input and output. Now I wonder if you have a lead where it is designed as an input to scart not an output.
Do you have resistance meter or continuity buzzer if so you could see what your yellow plug connects to
17 VIDEO Ground
19 VIDEO Output
20 VIDEO Input
So if your yellow lead (centre pin) is connected to pin 20 of the scart it is for input not output so you wont see the picture.
I am sure someone more knowledgeable than me will be along soon and brush my ramblings aside but in the meantime give it a try.
Edited by SLacKer on Monday 24th November 18:05
Right, i've got it working now, cheers for your help. Only problem now is that there is a small 1 cm bar that runs horizontally across the bottom of the video that is quite fuzzy but it isnt there when you watch the video on the tv, just since its been recordered on to the laptop. Any ideas what it might be?
skinner05 said:
Right, i've got it working now, cheers for your help. Only problem now is that there is a small 1 cm bar that runs horizontally across the bottom of the video that is quite fuzzy but it isnt there when you watch the video on the tv, just since its been recordered on to the laptop. Any ideas what it might be?
It is the overscan lines that a TV will not show. For TV transmission they used these for TELETEXT.I know you have already spent money on new kit however, if you are still struggling to get things right...
By far the easiest way to copy VHS to DVD is to use a bog standard DVD recorder, these can be bought for as little as £50. Just plug the Video player in and record straight onto a DVDR. If you then want to edit on a PC/Mac it is easy to upload the recorded DVD.
Better still get a VHS/DVD recorder Combo.
By far the easiest way to copy VHS to DVD is to use a bog standard DVD recorder, these can be bought for as little as £50. Just plug the Video player in and record straight onto a DVDR. If you then want to edit on a PC/Mac it is easy to upload the recorded DVD.
Better still get a VHS/DVD recorder Combo.
Edited by cjs on Tuesday 25th November 21:40
cjs said:
I know you have already spent money on new kit however, if you are still struggling to get things right...
By far the easiest way to copy VHS to DVD is to use a bog standard DVD recorder, these can be bought for as little as £50. Just plug the Video player in and record straight onto a DVDR. If you then want to edit on a PC/Mac it is easy to upload the recorded DVD.
Better still get a VHS/DVD recorder Combo.
......you'd want the video on DVD anyway, so a good suggestion...By far the easiest way to copy VHS to DVD is to use a bog standard DVD recorder, these can be bought for as little as £50. Just plug the Video player in and record straight onto a DVDR. If you then want to edit on a PC/Mac it is easy to upload the recorded DVD.
Better still get a VHS/DVD recorder Combo.
SLacKer said:
skinner05 said:
Right, i've got it working now, cheers for your help. Only problem now is that there is a small 1 cm bar that runs horizontally across the bottom of the video that is quite fuzzy but it isnt there when you watch the video on the tv, just since its been recordered on to the laptop. Any ideas what it might be?
It is the overscan lines that a TV will not show. For TV transmission they used these for TELETEXT.Gassing Station | Computers, Gadgets & Stuff | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff