capturing with my sony vaio

[rsuave5]

hi ok ive read alot im ready to buy,i have
sony vaio
p4 1.8
win xp
512sdram
80 gig
cd and dvd burner
adobe premiere, dvdit, dvgate

ok i have a sony min dv cam trv 140 i cannot pass through with this damnit! so im looking to transfer my video to dvd or svcd i cannot capture with the vaio as i have no rca in puts. ne way i bought dazzle digital video creator for 145.00 and it captures to mpeg 1. needless to say its going back.
ne way im looking for the right card to go analog in firewire out? does it exist? ne feed back pr advice is welcomed. im trying to go from my vcr to my comp and my hair is getting pulled out in lumps and my wallet is thinning

[deathbug]

ok, I somehow had the same problem with my DV camera , so what I did was to first record on my DV (in digital mode) and capture through firewire later at the computer. The quality is quite enough for SVCD I think, you should take care of your original tape on VHS for best quality. If you are going to record a TV program and you have something like Sky or DirectTV you should record directly to your miniDV cam.

Hope it helps!

[rsuave5]

i think you assume my vcr has a firewire ouy and it doesnt maybe i should buy one that does instead of this capture mess

[deathbug]

As far as I know, even if you get your hands on a vcr with firewire out, you wont be able to transfer your tape because your original is not in digital format. It is the same for my DV or your miniDVD, try capturing Hi8 or 8 tapes through firewire and you can't, you have to record again in digital mode. My advice is to first ask the capabilities of the vcr that has the firewire out and give it a try.

[rsuave5]

i was thinking vcr with 1394 will transfer to my mini cam and then from there capture to my computer i didnt quite understand how you said you were doing it thanx for the info

[yg1968]

Your camera doesn't have a video in. You can therefore only transfer the camcorder tapes to your computer. See its features:

http://www.sonystyle.ca/webapp/commerce/servlet/ProductDisplay?merchant_rn=1&prrfnbr=5...s&cgrfnbr=2082

I have never heard of a VCR with firewire out. That's unlikely to exist unless you have a digital VCR.

You will need a capture card. Some people suggests the Dazzle DVC II or the new Dazzle DCS 200 (both are mpeg hardware encoders). Others suggest Win-TV-PVR-250. I don't own any of these cards but it seems that they are good solutions.