Canopus ADVC-100 analog output?

[botanic]

Hello, I am still getting up to speed on capturing, but I bought a used Canopus ADVC-100 box for capturing, which works really well from VHS tape. What I have been unable to do is see any sort of analog output to TV via the Canopus, do I have to set something somewhere? I get no output whatsoever ....

Capture: Panasonic HD-630 PAL VCR, Canopus ADVC-100, Firewire
PC: P4 3.0GHz on ABIT AI-7 with 1GB RAM
Software: Premiere Pro for capture/editing.

I'm using assorted other software too (VirtualDub, TMPGenc DVD Author, DVD Decryptor, IFO Edit, ....) but I would have thought the Premiere preview output at least would show on the TV - The analog outputs on the ADVC box go through a SCART to the TV, but I also tried direct cables "yellow to yellow".

Could my box be broken, or am I missing something really simple?? I have emailed Canopus support but have not heard anything back in about a week.

Thanks

[wwjd]

I have an ADVC-100 and was thinking of trying the same thing, but have not had the time to give it a go. The one suggestion I have is to try something like WinDV, a very simple freeware application. The fewer the options the better off you are in situations like this.

If I get a chance today I will try to output video from my pc through my ADVC-100 onto a TV and IF I get it working I will let you know.


wwjd

[botanic]

Thanks. I did try WinDV also, but no luck for me...

[wwjd]

botanic,

I took a look at my user manual for the ADVC-100 and it says that the unit has to be set to Digital in when exporting video to an anolog camera. I am not sure if the assumption is that the video you are exporting is DV or not.

The manual is not very comprehensive.

wwjd

[wwjd]

The only other thing I think of to try would be to run the anolog output into your vcr and then into your TV.

wwjd

[botanic]

Thanks for this... setting the canopus to Digital and connecting to the TV via an S-Video cable is now working!

Not sure yet why it still is not passing video through a scart (audio is ok) but the biggie was definitely the A/D switch. I never thought of that at all, since I'm going to an analog destination I assumed .......... never assume!

Thanks, off to play with the scart for a bit now though I guess I don't really need to!

botanic