capture via pass thru

[framig]

hello friends,
i've been reading problems about vhs to dvd capturing. some suggest that you use pass thru using sony dv cam... what is this? how do you do it ? well, correct me if i'm wrong..a pass thru is like this
from the vcr hi fi, connect the rga cacble to the video cam and from the video cam use the firewire cable, connect it to your capture card and when you press play on your vcr,video contents will appear on the video cam... am i correct? you see, whnever i want to transfer my vhs tapes to dvd, i use the same system as i have mentioned but I FIRST TRANSFER MY VHS TAPE TO HI8 TAPE AND FROM THERE I USE THE REGULAR CAPTURING SYSTEM BUT I NEVER USE NEITHER HAVE I TRIED THE PASS THRU SYSTEM!!!
PLEASE SOMEBODY COMMENT ON THIS ISSUE!!!
THANKS!!

[thecoalman]

If by this:

I FIRST TRANSFER MY VHS TAPE TO HI8 TAPE

You mean your transferring you video from VHS to hi-8/D8 tape on a Digital cam there's no difference quality wise. By just transferring direct to computer your saving wear and tear on your cam, time too since you don't have to transfer twice if that is how you need to do it etc.

[framig]

YES, YES AND YES, YOUE ARE VERY RIGHT!! THAT'S WHY I INQUIRED ABOUT THE PASS THRU SYSTEM HOPING THAT I COULD SAVE TIME HERE IN MY PRESENT SYSTEM.
I SAW THE BIG DIFFERENCES!! IF I CAPURE DIRECTLY TO MY COMPUTER VIA THE ANALOGUE OR RGA CABLE, THE IMAGES ARE SOMEWHAT SPREAD OUT MEANING IT IS NOT THAT SHARP AS CAPTURED THRU HI8 OR THE SYSTEM FIREWIRE.
WELL IF YOU CAN HELP ME FURTHER ON THIS PROBLEM I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT! BUT THAT'S ALL I KNOW SO FAR AS FAR AS TRANSFERRING VHS TAPES TO DVD IS CONCERN!

[thecoalman]

Each cam is different, read the manual.

[yg1968]

On my Sony DV camcorder, it's fairly simple. You have to enable DV out on the camcorder from your camcorder's menu. Make sure that no tape is in the DV camcorder. Use the RCA cables that came with your camcorder to connect your VCR to your computer.