Dug out an old Panasonic video tape camera, and found a tape with nearly
an hour of film that has never been transferred to a PC. Current PC is
a laptop, the only connection being USB. Played the tape via the TV
using a lead with 4 way mini jack on camera end and three phono (RCA)
plugs on the other, into SCART on the TV, using an adaptor.

How do I connect the camera directly to the PC, or, more to the point,
do I need one of these :

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...d5482-a910-4f6
2-b1e2-a66912b500ea&pf_rd_r=V59WMPC643GF8Q7B8BC7

Camera is Panasonic nv-ds15b

Thanks!

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Graeme

I don't know what the link goes to, but of curse you need some kind of video
grabber system, unless you want to do the horrible point a camera at the tv
screen transfer!
One issue you used to find with home made videos is the erratic sync pulses
due to the mechanics, which can make the results a little wobbly to say the
least so many of these devices contain some memory so the data can be read
out with no variations it being buffered in the unit. Whether times have
changed and things are now more capable I do not know. Of course there are a
number of services out there which can do it for you and put it onto a dvd
or even a big drive or ramstick if that is your wish.
Brian

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Dug out an old Panasonic video tape camera, and found a tape with nearly
an hour of film that has never been transferred to a PC. Current PC is a
laptop, the only connection being USB. Played the tape via the TV using a
lead with 4 way mini jack on camera end and three phono (RCA) plugs on the
other, into SCART on the TV, using an adaptor.

How do I connect the camera directly to the PC, or, more to the point, do
I need one of these :

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...d5482-a910-4f6
2-b1e2-a66912b500ea&pf_rd_r=V59WMPC643GF8Q7B8BC7

Camera is Panasonic nv-ds15b

Thanks!

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Graeme wrote:

do I need one of these :

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0049BE3TA

Yes something like that, a neighbour of my parents wanted device to
capture videos, I recommended he buy this one

https://www.amazon.co.uk/StarTech/dp/B00535BRBI

I generally find startech products to be good.

In message , Andy Burns
writes
Graeme wrote:

do I need one of these :
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0049BE3TA

Yes something like that, a neighbour of my parents wanted device to
capture videos, I recommended he buy this one

https://www.amazon.co.uk/StarTech/dp/B00535BRBI

Excellent, thank you. That'll do.

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Graeme

On 06/01/2019 11:19, Graeme wrote:
In message , Andy Burns
writes
Graeme wrote:

do I need one of these :
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0049BE3TA

Yes something like that, a neighbour of my parents wanted device to
capture videos, I recommended he buy this one

https://www.amazon.co.uk/StarTech/dp/B00535BRBI

Excellent, thank you. That'll do.

I have one of the Chinese clones of this. From Ebay and it works well.

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F

In message , Graeme
writes

Dug out an old Panasonic video tape camera, and found a tape with
nearly an hour of film that has never been transferred to a PC. Current
PC is a laptop, the only connection being USB. Played the tape via the
TV using a lead with 4 way mini jack on camera end and three phono
(RCA) plugs on the other, into SCART on the TV, using an adaptor.

How do I connect the camera directly to the PC, or, more to the point,
do I need one of these :

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...d5482-a910-4f6
2-b1e2-a66912b500ea&pf_rd_r=V59WMPC643GF8Q7B8BC7

Camera is Panasonic nv-ds15b

Thanks!

I forked out and got one of those (it's £39.95!). I haven't used it very
much, but it works very well indeed.

There are others that are similar and much cheaper (Easycap, EZcap and
variants), and also work well - but there was a time when there were
some fake copies on sale, and it was pot luck whether they really worked
properly.
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Ian

On 06/01/2019 08:56, Graeme wrote:

Dug out an old Panasonic video tape camera, and found a tape with nearly
an hour of film that has never been transferred to a PC.Â* Current PC is
a laptop, the only connection being USB.Â* Played the tape via the TV
using a lead with 4 way mini jack on camera end and three phono (RCA)
plugs on the other, into SCART on the TV, using an adaptor.

How do I connect the camera directly to the PC, or, more to the point,
do I need one of these :

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...d5482-a910-4f6
2-b1e2-a66912b500ea&pf_rd_r=V59WMPC643GF8Q7B8BC7

Camera is Panasonic nv-ds15b

Thanks!


Back in the 80s/90s EU laws prohibited video-out from imported
camcorders to protect the European VCR market - ie Philips & Grundig.
(I think there's still a 30-minute record limit on digital cameras in
Europe).

To comply the Japanese makers simply covered up the video-out ports on
the camcorder and disabled the output in firmware. But if you were
brave, on many models (certainly on my Sony Video8 and Hi8's) you could
drill a hole to expose the video-out socket and enable it with a hack.

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Reentrant

On 06/01/2019 15:11, Reentrant wrote:
On 06/01/2019 08:56, Graeme wrote:

Dug out an old Panasonic video tape camera, and found a tape with
nearly an hour of film that has never been transferred to a PC.
Current PC is a laptop, the only connection being USB.Â* Played the
tape via the TV using a lead with 4 way mini jack on camera end and
three phono (RCA) plugs on the other, into SCART on the TV, using an
adaptor.

How do I connect the camera directly to the PC, or, more to the point,
do I need one of these :

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...d5482-a910-4f6
2-b1e2-a66912b500ea&pf_rd_r=V59WMPC643GF8Q7B8BC7

Camera is Panasonic nv-ds15b

Thanks!


Back in the 80s/90s EU laws prohibited video-out from imported
camcorders to protect the European VCRÂ* market - ie Philips & Grundig.
(I think there's still a 30-minute record limit on digital cameras in
Europe).

To comply the Japanese makers simply covered up the video-out ports on
the camcorder and disabled the output in firmware. But if you were
brave, on many models (certainly on my Sony Video8 and Hi8's) you could
drill a hole to expose the video-out socket and enable it with a hack.


D'oh ignore me. That was video *in* to use the camcorder as a VCR.

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Reentrant

On 06/01/2019 15:11, Reentrant wrote:


Back in the 80s/90s EU laws prohibited video-out from imported
camcorders to protect the European VCRÂ* market - ie Philips & Grundig.
(I think there's still a 30-minute record limit on digital cameras in
Europe).

IIRC the 30 minute limit on doing video with an ordinary digital camera
is to save them being subjected to some sort of customs tarriff for
"genuine" video cameras.

On Sun, 06 Jan 2019 08:56:28 +0000, Graeme wrote:

Dug out an old Panasonic video tape camera, and found a tape with nearly
an hour of film that has never been transferred to a PC. Current PC is
a laptop, the only connection being USB. Played the tape via the TV
using a lead with 4 way mini jack on camera end and three phono (RCA)
plugs on the other, into SCART on the TV, using an adaptor.

How do I connect the camera directly to the PC, or, more to the point,
do I need one of these :

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...d5482-a910-4f6
2-b1e2-a66912b500ea&pf_rd_r=V59WMPC643GF8Q7B8BC7

Camera is Panasonic nv-ds15b

Thanks!

Just checking; do you have FireWire output from the camera?

Allegedly you can get converters from FireWire to USB.

Cheers



Dave R


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On 06/01/2019 13:46, Ian Jackson wrote:
In message , Graeme
writes

Dug out an old Panasonic video tape camera, and found a tape with
nearly an hour of film that has never been transferred to a PC.
Current PC is a laptop, the only connection being USB.Â* Played the
tape via the TV using a lead with 4 way mini jack on camera end and
three phono (RCA) plugs on the other, into SCART on the TV, using an
adaptor.

How do I connect the camera directly to the PC, or, more to the point,
do I need one of these :

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...d5482-a910-4f6
2-b1e2-a66912b500ea&pf_rd_r=V59WMPC643GF8Q7B8BC7

Camera is Panasonic nv-ds15b

Thanks!

I forked out and got one of those (it's £39.95!). I haven't used it very
much, but it works very well indeed.

There are others that are similar and much cheaper (Easycap, EZcap and
variants), and also work well - but there was a time when there were
some fake copies on sale, and it was pot luck whether they really worked
properly.
I bought a cheapy one like
https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Internal-...+video+capture


and it was fine, even worked with Linux.

On Sun, 6 Jan 2019 08:56:28 +0000, Graeme
wrote:


Dug out an old Panasonic video tape camera, and found a tape with nearly
an hour of film that has never been transferred to a PC. Current PC is
a laptop, the only connection being USB. Played the tape via the TV
using a lead with 4 way mini jack on camera end and three phono (RCA)
plugs on the other, into SCART on the TV, using an adaptor.

How do I connect the camera directly to the PC, or, more to the point,
do I need one of these :

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...d5482-a910-4f6
2-b1e2-a66912b500ea&pf_rd_r=V59WMPC643GF8Q7B8BC7

Camera is Panasonic nv-ds15b

Thanks!

This is the one I use:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/p/External-US...PC/15012027940
I think I got it from Amazon but they are not selling it at the
moment.

It came with software that displays the video from my VHS player in a
small window on my PC without needing the TV. Start recording at the
appropriate point, and there is a timer to stop automatically after
some time so you don't have to watch over the process. Then use the
software to edit the recording and save to one of many formats. I
favour .mp4 as it results in a file about 10% the size of the initial
one, with unnoticeable loss of quality if you choose suitable
parameters.
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Dave W

On 06/01/2019 12:43, F wrote:
On 06/01/2019 11:19, Graeme wrote:
In message , Andy Burns
writes
Graeme wrote:

do I need one of these :
*https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0049BE3TA

Yes something like that, a neighbour of my parents wanted device to
capture videos, I recommended he buy this one

https://www.amazon.co.uk/StarTech/dp/B00535BRBI

Excellent, thank you.* That'll do.

I have one of the Chinese clones of this. From Ebay and it works well.


Ditto:
https://uk.banggood.com/USB-2_0-Vide...p-1303507.html