Recording from VHS to Camcorder ???

[j4mes_bond25]

I've worked on many video editing project, it was all but involved retriving recording from camcorder tape into my PC & after editing saving it on a blank DVD.

This time, I've someone asking me to retrieve just about 2 minutes of video from the normal VHS video table (and NOT the camcorder tape) & then make a DVD of it.

Guess, I might need a DV (in and out) camcorder, however, I wonder how exactly do I capture the video while it's playing on the normal home video player & record it on the camcorder's tape (so I can afterwards have it on my PC & then make a DVD of it).

Could anyone precisely say as which cable (I presume, "red, white, yellow cable") would I need & which particular cable goes in which particular port of which particular device (video tape & camcorder) ???

[redwudz]

A regular VHS player would have composite video out, along with the left and right stereo channel outputs. The video cable usually has yellow ends and the audio white and red cable ends. But standard RCA cables will work as well if they are decent quality. If your camera has the same inputs, that's what you would use. If it can pass through the VHS video out through the DV port, great. If not, you might have to record it on a DV tape and play that back to get it into the computer.

As for the actual hookups, that depends on your camcorder. If you could post the brand and model, someone here might be familiar with it's capabilities.

The other option is some sort of capture device, such as a capture card or external capture device to get the composite VHS into your computer.

[j4mes_bond25]

A regular VHS player would have composite video out, along with the left and right stereo channel outputs. The video cable usually has yellow ends and the audio white and red cable ends. But standard RCA cables will work as well if they are decent quality. If your camera has the same inputs, that's what you would use. If it can pass through the VHS video out through the DV port, great. If not, you might have to record it on a DV tape and play that back to get it into the computer.

As for the actual hookups, that depends on your camcorder. If you could post the brand and model, someone here might be familiar with it's capabilities.

The other option is some sort of capture device, such as a capture card or external capture device to get the composite VHS into your computer.

Thanks for your reply & time. I've Sony SLV-SE820 video having "red, yellow, white" port in the front. The camcorder I've is only DV in but not the DV out, however, am going to get my cousin's camcorder, which is I presume has BOTH DV in & out.

I wonder if you could let me know how exactly do I use what I already have i.e. my Sony DV in camcorder (IF I can use it, at all), my cousin's DV in & out camcorder (IF I HAVE TO HAVE it), Sony video SLV-SE820 & a Toshiba laptop (model no.: PT900E-06QVN-EN).

Do I have to press record button on my camcorder (assuming I use my cousin's camcorder) once I connect it with my video & which cable do I precisely need to connect my camcorder & video (is it the one with "red, yellow, white" on one side & the other side having one single port that connects the camcorder i.e. the normal cable we use to see the camcorder's content onto the television screen) ???

Right now, I'm rather unsure about camcorder's model no. but I should be able to know it by midday today. (it's 10.30am GMT, right now)

[Richard_G]

The yellow, red, white phono connections on the front of the SE820 are inputs only, you'll need to use a SCART adapter on one of the sockets on the back to convert SCART to yellow, red, white phono. These then go to the camcorder but only if it is a model that supports analogue in. Most European ones don't unless they are middle to top of the range.