camcorder as a video out?

[SonKun]

my camcorder (the sony dcrtrv18) has passthrough so since I can take video out from my vcr throught the camera and into my computer via firewire. Would it be possible to do it vice versa like send the video signal from my computer to the camcorder and then to the video in on my tv?

[SonKun]

anyone know?

[donpedro]

Try it and let us know.

[BJ_M]

kinda what i was thinking -- just try it .. nothing will blow up

[SonKun]

no just hooking it up wont work. I think It might if there was someway of telling the computer to send the signal through the firewire cord. then I think it would work caus the camera says it has a "DV in/out" so im pretty shure I could send the video out signal to the camcorder and then out the video out on it.

[donpedro]

Check manual to camcorder or capturing software help. It was explained in mine.

[BJ_M]

what you are describing is like the preview (w/ firewire) function in Vegas video

[SonKun]

I dont have a video out card so I wanted to see if There was any way I could use my camcorder like one. Hooking the camcorder to the computer via firewire. Then hook the camcorder to the tv with the rca jacks

[donpedro]

From Pinnacle Studio 8 Help

Outputting to a camera or video recorder...
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... with an IEEE-1394 cable

If your ieee-1394 device has a DV input, just connect the device to the camera or recorder with an ieee-1394 cable.

... with analog audio/video cables

If you have a Studio product, which has an analog (TV or video) output, e.g. Studio DVplus or DC10plus, proceed as follows:

Connect the video outputs of the capture card to the inputs of the video recorder and the audio outputs of the sound card (or the Studio DVplus, depending upon which hardware you are using) to the audio inputs of the video recorder.

Connecting the TV set / video monitor

To view the recorded footage, a TV set or a video monitor must be attached to the DV camcorder/VCR.

Note: Not every DV camcorder supports this function of simultaneous output to TV!

Many camcorders have an integrated display, in which case you do not need to attach a video monitor. If you don’t wish to connect a TV set or video monitor to your DV camcorder/VCR, you can always use Studio’s Preview window.