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Miscellaneous => General Chat => Topic started by: Kimimaru on August 28, 2008, 03:21:08 PM
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Just recently, I got a new camera that has an A/V cable that I can plug into my TV and record directly from there. The one problem is that when I plug the cables into my TV, nothing shows up on the LCD screen; all I see is a black screen. Is there a specific part of the TV where you need to plug the A/V cable into?
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No TVs that I know of have AV jacks that let you record from the TV. Those are input jacks. To the TV.
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No TVs that I know of have AV jacks that let you record from the TV. Those are input jacks. To the TV.
Mine does. I prefer to plug my Wii, PS3, or other device into my camera though.
Did you read the camera manual? My two video cameras both required a change in the settings to receive instead of send signals.
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Where can I plug my camera into the Wii? I only see 2 open USB ports on the back, and when I plug my camera into them, it still shows the blank screen.
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Does your particular camera actually support receiving and recording video signals? Read the manual.
If your camera does support this, you would still need to somehow connect it to the Wii's video out cable. The USB ports are virtually useless.
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Here's a brief overview of what I have to do:
1. Turn off my Wii
2. Swap the 480p cables for the Standard Yellow RCA cable
3. Turn on the Wii (Seems the Wii can't switch between SD and 480p on the fly unless an update has changed that.)
4. Connect the Wii's Yellow RCA plug to the yellow RCA plug on my video camera's cable using a double female adapter.
5. Go through my video camera's settings to switch from output to input mode.
6. Play Wii
7. Press record on my video camera when appropriate. (Some cameras can take snapshot pictures. My new one cannot.)
8. Take the SD/USB card out of my camera and put it in my PC.
9. Since my camera won't take stills, I have to use a computer program to play the video then take snapshot images.
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Okay, thanks a lot! I'll try it tomorrow since it's too late right now.
Does your particular camera actually support receiving and recording video signals? Read the manual.
If your camera does support this, you would still need to somehow connect it to the Wii's video out cable. The USB ports are virtually useless.
Yeah, my camera supports that.
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Here's a brief overview of what I have to do:r.
5. Go through my video camera's settings to switch from output to input mode.
My Sony Handycam DCR-TRV280 has no input function. You are fortunate that your camera's options allow for a switch between output and input of the composite video/audio device.
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Nice, it works! Thanks a lot for the help; I really appreciate it! Now one last question: What program do you use to take stills?
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What program do you use to take stills?
VLC: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
I use Alt+S or Ctrl+S to take a snapshot while the video is playing. I also slow down the playback when needed.
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Thanks a lot! I'll put up a new video from my camcorder up really soon!
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Whenever I take a snapshot, it comes up with an error messsage and closes the program. The snapshots are saved, but they have no preview available.
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Okay, I don't need help anymore. I got this great program called BSplayer! Thanks for all the help guys!