[MacDV] Re: Digitizing Sound from SVHS recorder

[James Asherman]

On Monday, May 10, 2004, at 01:34  PM, James Asherman wrote:

>
> On Monday, May 10, 2004, at 01:28  PM, Mark M. Florida wrote:
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>> On 5/10/04 8:42 AM, James Asherman at jimash at optonline.net wrote:
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>>> On Monday, May 10, 2004, at 09:38  AM, E. Bond Francisco wrote:
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>>>> I'm sure this has been covered previously, but I can't find 
>>>> references
>>>> to it. I need to digitize picture and sound from a VHS tape. I'm
>>>> attempting to do this by connecting my tape deck -- actually a 
>>>> Minolta
>>>> Master SVHS video camcorder -- to a Sony TRV50 mini-DV camera and
>>>> using that as passthrough. I can see and capture Picture using
>>>> FCP4-HD, but I can't seem to find the sound. So my question is, does
>>>> the SVHS out on the Camcorder/VCR carry sound at all?
>>>
>>> No you use the red and white RCA plugs for the sound .
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>> There's probalby a 1/8" mini plug adapter that came with your camera, 
>> you'll
>> need that to pipe the sound into the camcorder.
>>
>> - Mark
>>
>>
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> And just to be perfectly clear it is this 1/8th mini plug adapter that 
> ends with the RCA plugs of which I spoke. So you use the SVHS and the 
> 1/8th with the red and white and leave the yellow hanging loose. 
> Exactly the same setup for regular VHS.
> Jim
>
And if I am reading this correctly you may need female to female RCA 
adapter connectors to jam the two camcorders together.
j