OT: usb video capture

Hope you won't mind this off topic subject. Just need a little
advice.

I have purchased a video to usb capture lead from ebay

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1807140479...84.m1439.l2649

to copy some old vhs films I have onto dvd. But the red/yellow/white
leads are female, the same as on my tv/vcr. Would I be able to buy
m/f adaptors or have I bought the wrong thing here?

On 15/09/2011 4:04 PM, John wrote:
> Hope you won't mind this off topic subject. Just need a little
> advice.
>
> I have purchased a video to usb capture lead from ebay
>
> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1807140479...84.m1439.l2649
>
> to copy some old vhs films I have onto dvd. But the red/yellow/white
> leads are female, the same as on my tv/vcr. Would I be able to buy
> m/f adaptors or have I bought the wrong thing here?


you've got the right thing - you just need some leads to go with it -
assuming you're connecting your vcr to it - a set of phono av leads will
do the trick assuming that's an output from your vcr.
otherwise you'll have to find a scart - phono lead.

--
Gareth.
That fly.... Is your magic wand.

On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:04:06 +0100, John wrote:

> But the red/yellow/white
> leads are female, the same as on my tv/vcr. Would I be able to buy m/f
> adaptors or have I bought the wrong thing here?

Yes, that's normal. "Equipment" has sockets, and is connected by
"connecting leads" with plugs on each end which may be extended by
"extension leads" with a plug on one end and a socket on the other. Your
USB converter is "equipment", and although it's sockets are on short
flying leads instead of mounted to the converter body, they still follow
the convention for being "equipment" rather than "connecting lead" or
"extension lead".

Rgds

Denis McMahon

On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:08:45 +0100, the dog from that film you saw
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On 15/09/2011 4:04 PM, John wrote:
>> Hope you won't mind this off topic subject. Just need a little
>> advice.
>>
>> I have purchased a video to usb capture lead from ebay
>>
>> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1807140479...84.m1439.l2649
>>
>> to copy some old vhs films I have onto dvd. But the red/yellow/white
>> leads are female, the same as on my tv/vcr. Would I be able to buy
>> m/f adaptors or have I bought the wrong thing here?
>
>
>you've got the right thing - you just need some leads to go with it -
>assuming you're connecting your vcr to it - a set of phono av leads will
>do the trick assuming that's an output from your vcr.
>otherwise you'll have to find a scart - phono lead.

Many thanks, much appreciated.

On 15 Sep 2011 20:18:55 GMT, Denis McMahon
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:04:06 +0100, John wrote:
>
>> But the red/yellow/white
>> leads are female, the same as on my tv/vcr. Would I be able to buy m/f
>> adaptors or have I bought the wrong thing here?
>
>Yes, that's normal. "Equipment" has sockets, and is connected by
>"connecting leads" with plugs on each end which may be extended by
>"extension leads" with a plug on one end and a socket on the other. Your
>USB converter is "equipment", and although it's sockets are on short
>flying leads instead of mounted to the converter body, they still follow
>the convention for being "equipment" rather than "connecting lead" or
>"extension lead".

Thanks for your help, much appreciated.

John wrote...

>
> Hope you won't mind this off topic subject. Just need a little
> advice.
>
> I have purchased a video to usb capture lead from ebay
>
> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1807140479...84.m1439.l2649
>
> to copy some old vhs films I have onto dvd. But the red/yellow/white
> leads are female, the same as on my tv/vcr. Would I be able to buy
> m/f adaptors or have I bought the wrong thing here?


Amazon sell the extras you might need

http://www.amazon.co.uk/EasyCAP-Vide.../dp/B0011N9QNC

"Jon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed) ...
> John wrote...
>
>>
>> Hope you won't mind this off topic subject. Just need a little
>> advice.
>>
>> I have purchased a video to usb capture lead from ebay
>>
>> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1807140479...84.m1439.l2649
>>
>> to copy some old vhs films I have onto dvd. But the red/yellow/white
>> leads are female, the same as on my tv/vcr. Would I be able to buy
>> m/f adaptors or have I bought the wrong thing here?
>
>
> Amazon sell the extras you might need
>
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/EasyCAP-Vide.../dp/B0011N9QNC

So will his local pound shop.

--
Graham.

%Profound_observation%

Graham. wrote...

>
> "Jon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed) ...
> > John wrote...
> >
> >>
> >> Hope you won't mind this off topic subject. Just need a little
> >> advice.
> >>
> >> I have purchased a video to usb capture lead from ebay
> >>
> >> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1807140479...84.m1439.l2649
> >>
> >> to copy some old vhs films I have onto dvd. But the red/yellow/white
> >> leads are female, the same as on my tv/vcr. Would I be able to buy
> >> m/f adaptors or have I bought the wrong thing here?
> >
> >
> > Amazon sell the extras you might need
> >
> > http://www.amazon.co.uk/EasyCAP-Vide.../dp/B0011N9QNC
>
> So will his local pound shop.


Looked today - didn't see any.
Lidl are flogging it though - for a bloody tenner.

On 15/09/2011 17:08, the dog from that film you saw wrote:
> On 15/09/2011 4:04 PM, John wrote:
>> Hope you won't mind this off topic subject. Just
>> need a little
>> advice.
>>
>> I have purchased a video to usb capture lead from ebay
>>
>> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1807140479...84.m1439.l2649
>>
>>
>> to copy some old vhs films I have onto dvd. But the
>> red/yellow/white
>> leads are female, the same as on my tv/vcr. Would I
>> be able to buy
>> m/f adaptors or have I bought the wrong thing here?
>
>
> you've got the right thing - you just need some leads
> to go with it - assuming you're connecting your vcr to
> it - a set of phono av leads will do the trick
> assuming that's an output from your vcr.
> otherwise you'll have to find a scart - phono lead.
>

VCR phono sockets are usually for input from a
camcorder. For the lead, make sure it's set up for
output to the phono plugs, or at least can be switched
for that.