In my experience these types of cameras need some sort of DV passthrough that converts the analog signal to a digital one.
On May 6, 2010, at 2:54 PM, Pat Hannon wrote: > The camcorder is a Sony handycam CCD-TRV59E PAL. > It only has/uses 8mm tapes. > It has a S Video out jack > It has a A/V out jack > It has a RFU dc out (RFU adaptor DC output) jack. > > I have a A/V out cable with two male fittings on the end which fits in > the A/V out jack > I have a S Video cable with a male connection each end. > > The connection to the PC is a Belkin Hi-Speed USB 2.0 DVD Creator. > > I do _not_ have a video card in the computer but can put one in if need be. > There is no firewire connection on the handycam and my PC. > > I have also failed to do this with Windoze XP. > > Many thanks for the help so far. > > Pat > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > What's inside your camcorder ? > > Tape (mini-dv), or Tape (VHS) > Disk (DVD-/+R/RW) > > The connexion to PC, and the grabbing of the video depends of the type > of your camcorder. > > Laurent > > Pat Hannon wrote: >> How do I upload a camcorder tape to my computer? I want to upload video >> I took with my camcorder to the computer. It is not on a memory card. >> What do I need to do and what program? >> Thanks >> >> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > -- > Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users Patrick Gleason GV: (810) 373-2021 Cell: (810) 772-6624 -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
