Lazer Disc to Digital Use

[TalktoRick]

Hello Lonman,
My lazer disc player has S video out, and I have a desk top XP computer with an S video in. Could I not "capture" the audio and video with the desk top? How would I import to either my Hoster laptop or external hard drive? Thanks, TalktoRick

[Lonman]

Unless you added a video capture card, the majority of stock PC's do not come with one as an option. The S-Video jack on the PC is most likely an output for extended desktop monitor.
Video capture cards will typically have both the video & corresponding audio inputs for the sound.
You can get an internal card and install it into your PC or get a USB interface that will work with both the PC or the laptop.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...&Sku=S262-7177
Once you have the songs ripped to your computer & named, you would just use Hoster import HD and use the KMH option. This will create a small file that will have the same name as the corresponding video, this will allow it to be able to be in the Hoster database for searching & book making.

[TalktoRick]

My desktop does indeed have an S video in, and RCA's in. I am having it worked on. When it is ready, would I not just hook up the lazer disc player? I think it pops up on the desktop, asking me what quality of file I want to make. I would choose the best of the options. I would send it to a 1 and a half terabyte hard drive. From there I could follow your instructions after capture. Let me know if this could work. Thanks, Rick

[Lonman]

Originally Posted by TalktoRick

My desktop does indeed have an S video in, and RCA's in. I am having it worked on. When it is ready, would I not just hook up the lazer disc player? I think it pops up on the desktop, asking me what quality of file I want to make. I would choose the best of the options. I would send it to a 1 and a half terabyte hard drive. From there I could follow your instructions after capture. Let me know if this could work. Thanks, Rick

If it truly is a capture card, then yes it should work. Selecting the 'best' option is going to create a very large file just for a heads up. The 1.5 TB drive should be large enough to handle them all. I believe I put mine in somewhat of a medium high quality state, a 3 minute song takes up approx 100+mb. I have over 2000 songs in video files that take up approx 250gb of drive space.