Hooking up RCA video to G5

[sb]

Not possible. You've got to convert from analog to digital.
 
Cheapest method is to find a friend with a camcorder and borrow it for a
weekend and dub all the tapes to miniDV, then use the same camcorder to
capture them. 

That way, if you have any problems or make big changes, you can easily
recapture from the miniDV tapes using the timecode.

You can buy a low end, but perfectly usable minidv camcorder for about $400,
or get a converter box for almost the same.

Canopus is very good. Another one not mentioned is the ADS Pyro 1394.

 sb


On 1/8/04 9:49 AM, "Paul Williams" <mulder at fred.net> wrote:

> sb,
> 
> No, no DV cam or DV device of any kind. They're old beta tapes. I was
> hoping to just plug the Betamax into something and import them.
> 
> Is that possible? I figure any converter device would have to cost
> less than getting a DV record/playback device.
> 
> paul
> 
>> You need to convert the analog (output of the VHS machine) to digital
>> (firewire)
>> 
>> Will you be using a dv camcorder? If so, just hook up the firewire cable
>> from the camcorder to the G5, and using the red/white and yellow cables that
>> came with the camcorder, hook them into the Out of the VHS deck.
>> 
>> If you don't have the dv camcorder, then you will need to purchase a
>> converter device.
>> 
>> For FCP, I would recommend that you convert (dub) all your VHS tapes to dv
>> first, then use the DV tapes to import into FCP.
>> 
>>  sb
>> 
>>  On 1/8/04 9:40 AM, "Paul Williams" <mulder at fred.net> wrote:
>> 
>>>  Hi All,
>>> 
>>>  Just got my new dual G5. Now i want to start getting some old videos
>>>  on to the machine.
>>> 
>>>  Any links, articles, advice on where to start? Specifically, what
>>>  jack do i use and how do i get the VCR hooked up so i can upload?
>>> 
>>>  I'll be using FCP.
>>> 
>>>  Thanks,
>>> 
>>>  Paul
>> 
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