How to connect a camcorder to a computer

At the moment, an effective surveillance system can afford each. To do this, you need a camcorder, a computer and some of the information on how to connect them together. We will talk about this in our article.

Since there are different cameras, the connection process will also differ. The easiest way to connect to your computer IP camera, by analogy with any other network device. To do this, the corresponding device connector is connected to a power cable with a router or even directly with the PC LAN-input. Such a camera is configured through special programs supplied with it in one set.

With the connection of a conventional analog camcorder, several questions may occur, first of all associated with the lack of a domestic PC video input. This problem will solve the purchase of a video capture board, which is installed in the PCI-slot of the motherboard. Depending on the model and cost, on the video collection will be from 4 to 20 inputs, which will allow to organize a large-scale video surveillance in a large area. All additional features (for example, a motion detector signal or remote access) are configured thanks to the program "from the box".

To turn an ordinary camera in IP, you can use a separate video server. It converts an analog signal into digital and allows you to transfer it further to the desired computers or devices. Using a video recorder with access to cloud storage services as a server, it is easy to organize video surveillance without binding to static IP.

Connect the camcorder to the computer will be and using a USB converter. This is usually the cheapest way of connection, but the quality of the video obtained in this way leaves much to be desired.

If you want to connect a video camera or a VCR to a home PC just to watch the shooting (or convert an analog record to digital), use the instructions from the official Microsoft Windows site:

connect the tape recorder or an old film chamber to digital via S-Video connector;
on the digital activate the feature of the conversion of an analog signal into digital (may be designated as "A / V to DV OUT", "AV to DV");
connect the digital chamber with the IEEE 1394 connector on the PC.

Spend a video as follows: Insert the film into the old camera (tape recorder), turn on playback -\u003e Run playback and on a digital camera -\u003e in the "Auto-site" menu on PC Click "Import Video". Enter the file name and select a place to save it. Here we will need to rewind the tape to the beginning and only then press the button " Start importing video. " When the recording is suitable for the end, click " Stop import video"And stop the work of both video cameras. Now it remains only to complete the process with the "Finish" button.

To transfer video from a modern digital camera to a PC, no need to connect it to a computer directly. Just remove the data storage device from the device (most often it is a regular SD card) and insert it into the card reader.

We will summarize: To connect a digital camera to a PC, we need: video capture board and a connecting cable with IEEE 1394 interface (FireWire), software from a kit or Ulead Media Studio, MGI VideoWaveii SE, Adobe Premiere. For analog cameras, you will need: a video card with TV-input or a TV tuner card with video capture input, a S-VIDEO or RCA-Compoisite connecting cable, software.