Capturing VHS using a DV Camcorder

[vanceen]

I've seen several references here to capturing VHS on a camcorder.

Can anyone tell me how to go about capturing with a camcorder if you have a European DV camera that came with the analog record function disabled? I bought the "widget" that enables recording, but the record function only seems to be accessible through capture software (no buttons on the camcorder).

Any help much appreciated!

[Miguel]

What camcorder do you have ?

[vanceen]

I'm at work and I don't remember the precise model number.

It's a SONY TRV***e, a Digital8 model.

[vanceen]

It's a Sony TRV325e (PAL).

I've tried capturing from a VCR. PAL tapes capture fine, and a good signal gets sent through the Firewire to my capture program (VideoFactory). With NTSC tapes I get audio but no video. (Both play OK on my TV.)

I'm confused. From reading around, I thought you had to disable DV-in to use the camcorder as a D/A convertor, but that's exactly what I'm getting for PAL tapes with DV-in enabled.

The main collection of tapes I want to edit is NTSC.