How Do You Download From A VHS Video Camera?
If you still record video images from an old VHS video camera, you may want to transfer the analog video from the VHS tapes onto your computer. Transferring and capturing video from a VHS camera is essentially the same as doing so from a VCR. The camera must have RCA composite output ports—for the cables with the yellow, white and red plugs—in order to connect to a computer and transfer its video. Install a video capture card on your computer that has composite ports. This can be an internal card that goes into one of the computer’s PCI slots or an external one that uses a USB connection. Install the software on the disc that comes with the card. Connect the VHS camera to the computer through the capture card’s ports using an RCA composite cable. Make sure you have the VHS tape you want to play loaded into the camera. Open the video software application that should have been installed on the capture card’s software. Look for the camera to appear within the application as a separate
