Video capture question

[Widows Son]

Greetings,

I am curious if anyone here can offer advice as to what devices work good for capturing composite video onto the T420. I am not so much concerned about the software, I plan on using Sony Movie Studio 12 to do that work; I just need the hardware to plug my older camcorder into.

I plan on adding a USB3 card into the PCMCIA slot; wont be true 3.0 speed but better than 2.0, so that is an additional option to work with.


TIA

[rkawakami]

Is composite video the only output from your camera? No Firewire? Hmm... just checked and realized that the T420 doesn't have a built-in Firewire port .

I had used one of those cheap RCA-to-USB adapters several years ago and while I believe that it worked good enough for my purpose back then I don't recall any particular details besides not being able to start/stop my camcorder via the interface (like you can do with a Firewire connection). It was one of those no-name brands bought for around $10 on eBay.

[Widows Son]

Is composite video the only output from your camera? No Firewire? Hmm... just checked and realized that the T420 doesn't have a built-in Firewire port .

If I can get one of my old Digital 8 cameras working again I can then use firewire to transfer the Hi8(my T420 does have FW BTW, it is on the back side of the laptop next to the powered, yellow, USB port) but I will need a composite connection for the VHS tapes

Thanks for stopping by

[rkawakami]

Ah, sorry about that. I read the tabook quickly and missed the note that said some T420 came with IEE1394.