newbie help please!! Loosing my mind! What have I done wro..

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I'm using my Sony TRV 38 camcorder to act as an interface to my
computer to get video transferred onto the hardrive from a VCR for
archiving purposes. So it's hooked up like this: VCR to camcorder
video in - camcoder set to VCR mode and AV to DV out. Camcorder hooked
to Windows XP computer via firewire.

Start up the vcr and no problem viewing the video on the computer via
Windows movie maker, Nero vision, etc. Problem is that when I hit the
"start capture" button on the software, the blank tape starts running
in the camcorder and the video signal from the VCR is lost! I really
wanted to do this real time, as most of the tapes I'm trying to
archive are 120 minutes. Any ideas or comments would be really
appreciated!

Jeff

 

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"helpee_helperton" <jeffruynospam@shaw.ca> wrote in message
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> I'm using my Sony TRV 38 camcorder to act as an interface to my
> computer to get video transferred onto the hardrive from a VCR for
> archiving purposes. So it's hooked up like this: VCR to camcorder
> video in - camcoder set to VCR mode and AV to DV out. Camcorder hooked
> to Windows XP computer via firewire.
>
> Start up the vcr and no problem viewing the video on the computer via
> Windows movie maker, Nero vision, etc. Problem is that when I hit the
> "start capture" button on the software, the blank tape starts running
> in the camcorder and the video signal from the VCR is lost! I really
> wanted to do this real time, as most of the tapes I'm trying to
> archive are 120 minutes. Any ideas or comments would be really
> appreciated!
>
> Jeff

You are attempting to do what is called referred to as pass-through or Sony
calls it "Digital convert function". Normally on the Sony you have to set
the "A/V -> DV OUT" to "on". The tape must be removed from your Sony
camcorder. Additionally pass-through does not work with Movie Maker. If
all else fails you can always input the VCR to your camcorder, then use
FireWire to transfer your video from your camcorder to your PC.

Rich

 

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Rich wrote:
> "helpee_helperton" <jeffruynospam@shaw.ca> wrote in message
> news:qs51f0hk6s5v9lsrr358q4ndjcmdma35dd@4ax.com...
>
>>I'm using my Sony TRV 38 camcorder to act as an interface to my
>>computer to get video transferred onto the hardrive from a VCR for
>>archiving purposes. So it's hooked up like this: VCR to camcorder
>>video in - camcoder set to VCR mode and AV to DV out. Camcorder hooked
>>to Windows XP computer via firewire.
>>
>>Start up the vcr and no problem viewing the video on the computer via
>>Windows movie maker, Nero vision, etc. Problem is that when I hit the
>>"start capture" button on the software, the blank tape starts running
>>in the camcorder and the video signal from the VCR is lost! I really
>>wanted to do this real time, as most of the tapes I'm trying to
>>archive are 120 minutes. Any ideas or comments would be really
>>appreciated!
>>
>>Jeff
>
>
> You are attempting to do what is called referred to as pass-through or Sony
> calls it "Digital convert function". Normally on the Sony you have to set
> the "A/V -> DV OUT" to "on". The tape must be removed from your Sony
> camcorder. Additionally pass-through does not work with Movie Maker. If
> all else fails you can always input the VCR to your camcorder, then use
> FireWire to transfer your video from your camcorder to your PC.
>
> Rich
>
>
I also struggled with this problem with my TRV 340 but soon found that
not all capture software allows pass-thru. On the ones that do you MUST
turn off "DV Device Control" (set to "none" or something similarly
worded). I've found that Premiere 6.5, Vegas, DVGate, MGI Video Wave,
Ulead DVD Workshop let you do this...(I assume many others, too) AND it
doesn't matter if you leave a tape in the camcorder.

Marty

 

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Thank you for the insights - I now see that the software was the
problem and have tried Pinnacle Studio 9 with success. That is, it
works, but I'm not sure if the results are comparable to what I'd get
using a different capture device.

Jeff


On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 03:02:00 GMT, Martin Lab <bigkriss@dlab.com>
wrote:

>
>
>Rich wrote:
>> "helpee_helperton" <jeffruynospam@shaw.ca> wrote in message
>> news:qs51f0hk6s5v9lsrr358q4ndjcmdma35dd@4ax.com...
>>
>>>I'm using my Sony TRV 38 camcorder to act as an interface to my
>>>computer to get video transferred onto the hardrive from a VCR for
>>>archiving purposes. So it's hooked up like this: VCR to camcorder
>>>video in - camcoder set to VCR mode and AV to DV out. Camcorder hooked
>>>to Windows XP computer via firewire.
>>>
>>>Start up the vcr and no problem viewing the video on the computer via
>>>Windows movie maker, Nero vision, etc. Problem is that when I hit the
>>>"start capture" button on the software, the blank tape starts running
>>>in the camcorder and the video signal from the VCR is lost! I really
>>>wanted to do this real time, as most of the tapes I'm trying to
>>>archive are 120 minutes. Any ideas or comments would be really
>>>appreciated!
>>>
>>>Jeff
>>
>>
>> You are attempting to do what is called referred to as pass-through or Sony
>> calls it "Digital convert function". Normally on the Sony you have to set
>> the "A/V -> DV OUT" to "on". The tape must be removed from your Sony
>> camcorder. Additionally pass-through does not work with Movie Maker. If
>> all else fails you can always input the VCR to your camcorder, then use
>> FireWire to transfer your video from your camcorder to your PC.
>>
>> Rich
>>
>>
>I also struggled with this problem with my TRV 340 but soon found that
>not all capture software allows pass-thru. On the ones that do you MUST
>turn off "DV Device Control" (set to "none" or something similarly
>worded). I've found that Premiere 6.5, Vegas, DVGate, MGI Video Wave,
>Ulead DVD Workshop let you do this...(I assume many others, too) AND it
>doesn't matter if you leave a tape in the camcorder.
>
>Marty