Capturing analog video

[Fayettedawg]

I'm using my DV camcorder as a pass through converter to convert analog video to digital so I can edit it in Movie Maker. I have the digital camera hooked up to my computer with a Firewire cable but I'm encountering a problem when I try to capture the vid
eo. I can see the analog video playing in Movie Maker when I press play on my analog VCR but I can't capture the video. Movie Maker says to press start on the analog video source then click on START CAPTURE. When I do this, my DV camcorder starts to pla
y and it starts capturing the video on my DV tape. If anyone has encountered this or has a solution, I'd be grateful for advice.

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

You cannot usually use a DV camcorder as a pass thru device, it's not
designed that way.

You can however record analog video from your analog in onto a DV tape and
then capture the tape footage through firewire.

Cari
www.coribright.com

"Fayettedawg" > wrote in message
...
> I'm using my DV camcorder as a pass through converter to convert analog
> video to digital so I can edit it in Movie Maker. I have the digital
> camera hooked up to my computer with a Firewire cable but I'm encountering
> a problem when I try to capture the video. I can see the analog video
> playing in Movie Maker when I press play on my analog VCR but I can't
> capture the video. Movie Maker says to press start on the analog video
> source then click on START CAPTURE. When I do this, my DV camcorder
> starts to play and it starts capturing the video on my DV tape. If anyone
> has encountered this or has a solution, I'd be grateful for advice.

[Ed]

It depends on the camcorder. I do it regularly with no problem.

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"Cari (MS-MVP)" > wrote in message
...
> You cannot usually use a DV camcorder as a pass thru device, it's not
> designed that way.
>
> You can however record analog video from your analog in onto a DV tape and
> then capture the tape footage through firewire.
>
> Cari
> www.coribright.com
>
> "Fayettedawg" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I'm using my DV camcorder as a pass through converter to convert analog
> > video to digital so I can edit it in Movie Maker. I have the digital
> > camera hooked up to my computer with a Firewire cable but I'm
encountering
> > a problem when I try to capture the video. I can see the analog video
> > playing in Movie Maker when I press play on my analog VCR but I can't
> > capture the video. Movie Maker says to press start on the analog video
> > source then click on START CAPTURE. When I do this, my DV camcorder
> > starts to play and it starts capturing the video on my DV tape. If
anyone
> > has encountered this or has a solution, I'd be grateful for advice.
>
>