Editing with VCR and Television « Videomaker Community Forums

brett82705
Member

I recently got with the trend of having a TV next to my computer for previewing and a vcr for faster transfer to vhs. How can i take advantage of using my vcr and tv for more productivity? How do I connect these to my computer? I heard S-video is good but what about sound?! Grrr im frustrated, was this money not well spent?

-Brett

Posted 8 years ago #
Phil Morgan
Member

I'm not exactly sure of what you're asking. First of all the NLE program you're working with has to support dual-screen viewing. Second, you need the actual ports on your computer to connect to.

Most newer computers have both a connection for your video monitor and an S-video port. But your software does have to support dual screen.

In my case, I connect the S-video out to a tv via an adaptor as the tv doesn't have S-video in. Surely an S-video vcr will connect and your tv can monitor that.

Just curious, but why would you want to output to an S-video vcr? Most consumers don't have them, but they more than likely have a dvd player.

Posted 8 years ago #
mrvideo
Member

I haven't taken a poll but I'm confident that the majority of hobbyist editors connect PC to TV via the camcorder, not the video card. It's invaluable in making quality judgements, particularly as real time editing explodes, with its down-rezzed playback windows. It's also faster and cheaper to export to VHS (vs DVD)during the process, to look at and listen to the developing project on your best equipment, which is probably not in the basement next to yor PC. Anyone with a VCR can benefit from tape made with the S-Video connection. Most don't own S-VHS decks but S-video playback is deck-agnostic, and just makes a slightly better image available to anyone with a VCR.

David Hurdon

Posted 8 years ago #