Analog to Digital Audio/Video
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- mikeim
Looking for a product that will allow me to convert VHS tapes from a VCR to my PowerBook.
And also be able to record back to VHS from my PowerBook.
- chossy0
look for your svideo connection if you have this on vcr and powerbook you are ok if not you will need to get a breakout box like this http://dv411.com/advc100.html
- mikeim0
OK, I know I do have that on my powerbook.
If my VCR does have it, am I able to convert both ways?
ie. Analog to digital and digital to analog?
- Luckypp0
Not necessarily - what I had to do was capture all the analog data to digital via a DV cam, and then re-capture it onto my mac. If you use a decoding box like a dazzle, the quality can really go down.
- mikeim0
that's what I've done in the past, sent VHS tapes to my dub house and had them convert to miniDV so I could import from my DV cam into Final Cut Pro.
Trying to avoid that.
- chossy0
you will need to consult your spec. to see what kind of video card you have to make sure it does both video and audio in and out. Older powerbooks only carried the video signal.
- chossy0
You could look at getting an aja IO breakout box as this is brilliant and gives you plenty of scope for different formats it is not cheap but cheap for what it does if you know what I mean.
- danthon0
For a cheapish option... try the JVC dv/vcr dualhead decks. They are about $1500 CDN and have firewire. (of course) Using your dvcam as a capture device will wear out the play heads.
- danthon0
Also there are some low end dv's like sony that have av-digital converters built in. You can run the vcr to the line in and capture without having to record to dv first.