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Re: Anyone imported Video8 (analogue) into PC
You will need some sort of TV card or capture card. TV cards are generally cheaper & can recieve TV. Capture cards can't necessarily recieved TV but usually capture at better quality and are more expensive.
You will pay between £40 and £60 for a good TV card, and can pay over £100 for a capture card.
Most TV cards & capture cards will come with and s-video connection. If your camera can output to s-video (most can), use this connection as it is very good quality.
Unfortunately, you will need to install some sort of capture device, and these are always USB or PCI cards, unless your computer is a laptop in which case you may be able to find a PC-Card based capture card.
If the camera has a Firewire/iLink/IEEE1394/DV out (four names for one socket) and your PC has the same, use that. This is unlikely, however as an Analogue camera is unlikely to have a Digital output and very few PCs have Firewire inputs.
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