Getting Hi-8 footage to PC

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Hi All, hope someone can help...

I've got A Samsung Hi-8 camcorder with an s-video out
connector running to the break-out box (VIVO) of my Asus
Radeon 9600XT graphics card (s-video in port). I don't
know why but I can't get Pinnacle Studio to capture any
footage. I just get a dark screen with some broken lines
in Pinnacle, whereas the picture/sound on the camcorder
LCD is great.

Do I need a separate video capture card? If so, why? I'm
sure I've seen reviews extolling the vid capture
capabilities of the 9600XT.

Puzzled. Very. Thanks in advance.
 
I'm having the same problem.

I'm trying to get video from my Sony Handicam to the S-video port on my Nvidia Gforce 3 Ti200 into Windows Movie Maker. It says that there is no video device connected... I hope someone can help.
 
You have a couple of options here. Basically you need a
USB 2.0 or Firewire cable as the stream needs to be above
400mbps. Just by plugging your s-video into the s-video
on the graphics card won't work for capture.

Factors also depend on your camcorder. Assuming they are
both digital 8 or miniDV you can connect a firewire cable
to the camcorder and the USB2 or 1394 port and off you
go. If analogue format you will need to purchase a
digital converter Pinnacle or Dazzle (Pinnacle have bought
Dazzle out as a business as well) are the market leaders.

Main thing is to switch the camcorder on before you launch
Pinnalce or whatever video editor you use - make sure the
PC has recognised the camcorder then launch application.

Let me know how you get on? (e-mail address removed)
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I'm having the same problem.

I'm trying to get video from my Sony Handicam to the S-
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video port on my Nvidia Gforce 3 Ti200 into Windows Movie
Maker. It says that there is no video device connected...
I hope someone can help.
 
Sounds like Sony have allowed for this with the design of
the Vaio. My own experience led me to the reply i
suggested - but fair play to folk who find the s-video
route works for them, having the specific card for the job
would always be my preferred route though :)
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You mentioned something that I question: You said "Just
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by plugging your s-video into the s-video on the graphics
card won't work for capture." This is not true in my
situation.
I have an NVidia card and ports at the front and back of
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my Sony Vaio. When I use the software bundled with the
machine (Click to DVD) with my Sony TR96 (as analog as
they come) connected to the front jacks I have absolutely
no capture problems.
I attempted to use MM2 for comparison purposes and all I
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get is an error message with no ability to switch to
analog input (see thread I have going).
 
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