Capping with VCR or DirecTV with ULead?

[ThaKidKB8]

I'm tryin to capture stuff from a vhs tape, and or directv but I can't find the right channel on my tuner to get the thing going, lol... My Ulead channels are also jacked up, they are off by a few channels. I'm talking about ULead VideoStudio6. Anyone got any advice?

[bprothero]

Use the line-in on your capture card and software rather than the tuner. Directv receivers have s-video output; so capture using that if your capture card supports s-video. You will probably have to use composite video with your VCR unless you have a SVHS or Hi8 VCR with s-video outputs.

Brian

[ThaKidKB8]

Damn, oh well... My cap. card doesn't have the DV stuff to go in. I guess I'll have to stick with MMC.

[Lamont Cranston]

The VCR(s) and DirecTV reciever I have both have RF out. You can receive the signal by setting channel on your tuner to match the channel you select, channel 3 or 4, on the back of either unit. Both my units are a few years old and maybe the new units do not have rf out. Remember the quality of the video will be poor at best and the audio will be monaural.

[bprothero]

My new DTV receiver (DTivo) has RF out, S-Video out and two composite video outputs in addition to stereo audio and 5.1 DD audio output. I use the S-Video output when capturing to my Dazzle DVC and Matrox Marvel G400-TV.

S-Video = best
Composite = good
RF = fair

You should be able to capture the signal from one of these outputs.

Brian