[dimmie]

Hi. I need to get some idea from you guys as to how i get started,and what equipment i need, to hook up a 7/8 year old JVC camera (video) non-digital.. to my computer to transfer old home movies to my computer to burn on to my new dvd burner. i have a
pent. III 1000mgz win xp and 512 meg ram 40 gig hd......is my system fast enough to do this, I just put in a dvd burner and a USB 2.0 what equipment do i need to get started and can you send me to any web sites for tips and tricks !!! thanks all

[MustBNuts]

Have you done a search in this forum? This question has been asked a million times....

Easiest and cheapest way is via TV card, hook VCR to it, and play VCR tapes through TV and hit Record. Since you have a JVC, I assume it is a VHS-C (which is what I had back then, too), so you just use the adapter and pop it into the VCR. Just make sure you set it up just as you would a regular TV: set TV to channel 3 or 4, toggle the VCR/TV setting on the VCR to VCR, and play.

You can also use the VCRTV card scenario to capture through Movie Maker 2, just adjust the Capture Device setting.

From there, all you need is editing software. Movie Maker 2 is good for beginning, but it won't be long before you want to move ahead....Ulead is good. I use Media Studio Pro 7 - I think it's great.

Hope this helps,

MBN

[dimmie]

does the TV card hook up to your mother board like a usb port?? is the hook up wire like a cable wire to and from your tv card and vcr ?? how much $$ for the tv card and can an "idiot" do it !! ( as in me ) !!!!

[MustBNuts]

TV accessories come in different flavors, I believe. Mine is a card that I installed in an empty PCI slot in my PC.

The cost for a TV card should be under $50. I don't believe it would be hard to install, but I just worked on a friend's PC, he dismantled it when it wasn't working properly and when he replaced all the cables he got every one of them wrong. As a result, he burned out his machine. As a result, if you are claiming "idiot" status, you may be better off spending a bit more and buying it from a Best Buy type of operation and having them install it. No use screwing up the whole PC over this.

The TV card has a plug on it that looks just like the one on the back of your VCR or TV, and is for the cable cord - standard issue. You would use that to connect and you'd connect it exactly the way you would connect it the PC were actually just a regular TV.

I don't know much about the USB variety, but the install would be a non-issue, and presumably, it would have the cable input required...take a look at one and see.

Hope this helps,


MBN