recording from DVD player to laptop

[blueyes]

I've done a search but came up blank so as the title says:

I have a DVR which records the CCTV in my outlets. I want to get some of the recording onto my ACER Travelmate 242LC laptop (I know... it's crap!). The laptop has the following connections:

side-
2 x pc card slots

rear-
parallel port
external display port
4 x usb 2.0 ports
network jack
speaker/line out jack
audio line in/mic in jack

I was thinking of using the small bullet connector socket on the back of the DVD which goes to the TV screen on site, as the picture signal obviously comes out of there, but I'm not sure what I need to connect it to my laptop.

Thanks for your help.

[cjs]

blueyes said:

I've done a search but came up blank so as the title says:

I have a DVR which records the CCTV in my outlets. I want to get some of the recording onto my ACER Travelmate 242LC laptop (I know... it's crap!). The laptop has the following connections:

side-
2 x pc card slots

rear-
parallel port
external display port
4 x usb 2.0 ports
network jack
speaker/line out jack
audio line in/mic in jack

I was thinking of using the small bullet connector socket on the back of the DVD which goes to the TV screen on site, as the picture signal obviously comes out of there, but I'm not sure what I need to connect it to my laptop.

Thanks for your help.

Edited by cjs on Friday 8th February 11:10

Can you burn a DVD on your DVR of the required footage and then import that onto your PC using Windows Media player or similar?

Edited by cjs on Friday 8th February 11:11

[blueyes]

cjs said:

blueyes said:

I've done a search but came up blank so as the title says:

I have a DVR which records the CCTV in my outlets. I want to get some of the recording onto my ACER Travelmate 242LC laptop (I know... it's crap!). The laptop has the following connections:

side-
2 x pc card slots

rear-
parallel port
external display port
4 x usb 2.0 ports
network jack
speaker/line out jack
audio line in/mic in jack

I was thinking of using the small bullet connector socket on the back of the DVD which goes to the TV screen on site, as the picture signal obviously comes out of there, but I'm not sure what I need to connect it to my laptop.

Thanks for your help.

Edited by cjs on Friday 8th February 11:10

Can you burn a DVD on your DVR of the required footage and then import that onto your PC using Windows Media player or similar?

Edited by cjs on Friday 8th February 11:11

No, it's just a hard drive DVR purely for recording CCTV.

[cjs]

blueyes said:

cjs said:

blueyes said:

I've done a search but came up blank so as the title says:

I have a DVR which records the CCTV in my outlets. I want to get some of the recording onto my ACER Travelmate 242LC laptop (I know... it's crap!). The laptop has the following connections:

side-
2 x pc card slots

rear-
parallel port
external display port
4 x usb 2.0 ports
network jack
speaker/line out jack
audio line in/mic in jack

I was thinking of using the small bullet connector socket on the back of the DVD which goes to the TV screen on site, as the picture signal obviously comes out of there, but I'm not sure what I need to connect it to my laptop.

Thanks for your help.

Edited by cjs on Friday 8th February 11:10

Can you burn a DVD on your DVR of the required footage and then import that onto your PC using Windows Media player or similar?

Edited by cjs on Friday 8th February 11:11

No, it's just a hard drive DVR purely for recording CCTV.

Okay next does the DVR have a USB port? If so try plugging the laptop in and see if it recognises the DVR, you may be able to import the video that way.

If not you will need to get an interface that will allow you to import a composite video signal. Pinnacle do them.

Or another option, if you have a mini DV camcorder that has a AV input, you could record onto that and then import onto you laptop via USB maybe, or get a DV/Firewire PC card?

[cjs]

Or another option, buy a cheap DVD recorder, record off the Video out of the DVR and then you will have a DVD to import. Might be the cheapest, simplest option??

[cjs]

Pinnacle do stuff like this

http://www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSite/uk/Products/...

[sgrimshaw]

Search ebay for Video Capture.

one like this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-TV-Tuner-Video-Capture-P...

or this
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TV-Video-Audio-USB-Capture-A...

should do the job.

The yellow connector is the composite in, I expect you have a composite out on the DVR.

Simon

ps apologies for the ebay link having crap music, but they were the only UK based ones I could see at a glance.

[blueyes]

sgrimshaw said:

Search ebay for Video Capture.

one like this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-TV-Tuner-Video-Capture-P...

or this
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TV-Video-Audio-USB-Capture-A...

should do the job.

The yellow connector is the composite in, I expect you have a composite out on the DVR.

Simon

ps apologies for the ebay link having crap music, but they were the only UK based ones I could see at a glance.

I have a composite connector on the DVR but it's a socket not a plug so I don't think it would work: female to female

I need the second one you quoted but with a yellow plug, not socket, on it.

I'll do some searching now i know what sort of thing I'm looking for.

Any further links would be appreciated.

thanks for your help so far.

[sgrimshaw]

blueyes said:

I have a composite connector on the DVR but it's a socket not a plug so I don't think it would work: female to female

I need the second one you quoted but with a yellow plug, not socket, on it.

I'll do some searching now i know what sort of thing I'm looking for.

Any further links would be appreciated.

thanks for your help so far.

You just need a bog standard RCA phono lead to plug in to both "sockets".

You may have something lying around at home, they are the same as those used in hi-fi audio leads (they may be 1 red, 1 black or 1 white). Split one of those, the colour is just for ease of connection.

It looks like this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1-2M-Dual-Twin-Phono-2-RCA-A... available almost everywhere Currys, Comet, B&Q, Ebay.

You can get a single one if you need to buy one, even a very long one is cheap as chips http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/COMPOSITE-PHONO-CABLE-PC-TO-...

Simon

Edited by sgrimshaw on Friday 8th February 14:27

[blueyes]

sgrimshaw said:

blueyes said:

I have a composite connector on the DVR but it's a socket not a plug so I don't think it would work: female to female

I need the second one you quoted but with a yellow plug, not socket, on it.

I'll do some searching now i know what sort of thing I'm looking for.

Any further links would be appreciated.

thanks for your help so far.

You just need a bog standard RCA phono lead to plug in to both "sockets".

You may have something lying around at home, they are the same as those used in hi-fi audio leads (they may be 1 red, 1 black or 1 white). Split one of those, the colour is just for ease of connection.

It looks like this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1-2M-Dual-Twin-Phono-2-RCA-A... available almost everywhere Currys, Comet, B&Q, Ebay.

You can get a single one if you need to buy one, even a very long one is cheap as chips http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/COMPOSITE-PHONO-CABLE-PC-TO-...

Simon

Edited by sgrimshaw on Friday 8th February 14:27

Doh!

You are right... I'm so thick!

Top work!

Thanks PHers!