Video Capture pass thru on Sony DCR-TRV18 digital camcorder

[no10ken]

I have searched my entire instruction book for whether or not this Digital camcorder supports pass thru. I have a firewire port and USB port on the Sony and also on my Capture card. Can someone help??

[EricB]

Just search on Google for "sony trv-17 pass through" and you get your answer..... yes

[yg1968]

It does. The manual calls it digital to analog conversion or some thing like that.

Esentially you must enable DV out on the camcorder's menu. Plug your VCR to your camcorder. Use a firewire cable (not a USB cable) to your computer's firewire port (if you don't have a firewire port on your computer then buy one with a firewire cable). To capture, you can use Windows Movie Maker or a freeware program called DVIO.

[f13dfx]

no10ken:

I just purchased a Sony TRV18. How have your captures from your old analog tapes via the pass-through turned out?

I'm curious as I am having problems with dropped frames when doing this to my Toshiba laptop via the firewire port.

What is your configuration for capturing?

Thanks in advance!

[SingSing]

I think your laptop drive is not fast enough.
Did you turn on the DMA ?

[no10ken]

I am using Pinnacle Studio Deluxe to capture analog to digital from my VCR, with no problems whatsoever. I do have a 1.9GHZ processor with 120 GB hard drive. I think your laptop is not fast enough to process at firewire speeds, therefore dropping frames. The Sony TRV18 is an awsome camcorder for the money!!!!!

[f13dfx]

I found my problem!!!

I disabled Norton AntiVirus auto-protect, and everything was fine. No dropped frames at all, even using Ulead Video Studio 6 with Preview Window on!!!

Cheers