Many thanks for the help and advice on this thread. It was a learning
curve for me and I have learned a lot thanks to all in this users
group.
Pat Hannon
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The camcorder is a Sony handycam CCD-TRV59E PAL.
It only has/uses 8mm tapes.
It has a S Video out jack
It has a A/V out jack
It has a RFU dc out (RFU adaptor DC output) jack.
I have a A/V out cable with two male fittings on the end which fits in
the A/V out jack
I have a S Video cable with a male
In my experience these types of cameras need some sort of DV passthrough that
converts the analog signal to a digital one.
On May 6, 2010, at 2:54 PM, Pat Hannon wrote:
The camcorder is a Sony handycam CCD-TRV59E PAL.
It only has/uses 8mm tapes.
It has a S Video out jack
It has a A/V out
That's correct. If the video camera has no firewire or USB output, then you
have to use something else to digitize it and send it to the PC. Years ago
on Windows, we used a stand-alone device to digitize the analog video signal
and encode it to the computer. We also had video cards which
Or do what I do to get my old analog tapes into digital: play them into a
DVD recorder (I got one for less than $80). Then rip the DVD. This way, the
family can watch all that raw footage to their hearts' content on DVD, and I
can proceed with editing it.
In fact, I use the family to find scenes
Hi Pat,
On 04.05.2010 21:46, Pat Hannon wrote:
How do I upload a camcorder tape to my computer? I want to upload video
I took with my camcorder to the computer. It is not on a memory card.
What do I need to do and what program?
Thanks
I use a firewire-cable to connect my CamCorder
