VCR to PC

gooner_47

gooner_47

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Hi guys,

I'm looking to hook up my VCR to my PC to digitize some old videos...

The VCR only has a SCART socket.

I have a graphics card with an S-Video / Composite Video Input & Video Output Dongle) and a Soundblaster X-Fi Extreme Music.

Would I be right in assuming I can just buy a SCART to 3.5mm jack and phono cable, connect the 3.5 jack to the line in on my soundcard, and the phono to the composite input on my graphics card?

Firstly will this work, and secondly is it the best way of doing it for picture/sound quality?

Thanks.

P.S What software do people recommend for capturing the video and audio? And will it capture BOTH the video and sound - if the video is coming into the graphics card and the audio is going in seperately into the sound card?
 
have you looked into taking it to a shop to be done (or do you not want them seeing the videos ;) ). might work out cheaper than you think, and save a lot of hassle.
 
I'd rather keep my midget goat sex porn to myself thankyou very much... ;)

lol nah I'd kinda like to try it myself tbh. Had a quick google and found some (unprofessional looking) sites that can do it for a fiver so guess the shops would be £5-£10? The SCART to 3.5 cable is only £8 so I'll give it a go I reckon.

With that in mind, original q's still stand...
 
I may be wrong here but

the s-video on your card will be TV out not TV in

to be able to do what you want, you will need a TV tuner card
 
Bolerus said:
I may be wrong here but

the s-video on your card will be TV out not TV in

to be able to do what you want, you will need a TV tuner card
Click to expand...

Some, and I strongly emphasise some graphics cards do have video in, but as you have said a TV tuner card will deffinatly be up to the job, I have a card that has S-Video, Composite and TV in, means I can run the VHS player in via Composite (scart-composite converter) or I can run it via the ariel line.

InvG
 
I think it has video in... here's a link could you have a look?

http://www.hothardware.com/articles/HIS_X1900XT_IceQ3_Dual_DLDVI_VIVO_512MB/

"an S-Video / Composite Video Input & Video Output Dongle to compliment the card's ViVo functionality"

That lead they mention has 2 s-video connectors (as well as 2 composite connectors), one has an arrow pointing one way, the other has an arrow pointing the other way - i assume this is input and output?
 
It has ViVo (Video In Video Out) as most Radeons have, but to be honest I never got mine to work, but then I have a TV tuner card, so it isn't exactly that big a deal anyways really for me.

InvG
 
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