Analog to Firewire Cables?

[Lord Poe]

Do standard RGB analog to firewire cables exist? I'm planning on pulling some stuff off old VHS tapes, so I can edit them on the computer. I can pass it through my camcorder, or use an old converter (Dazzle), but let's say I'm lazy(Because I am)> I want to cut out the middle-man. Does such a cable exist? I did a quick Google search, but haven't found it yet.

[Joviwan]

I am not aware of such a beast, and I imagine that that kind of signal conversion would require a rather sizable piece of hardware stuck to it, but that's assuming I don't have my head up my ass.

You could probably find a 50-70 dollar ATI TV Tuner card (TV-Wonder), those come with RGB inputs and video capture options. That probably breaks your lazy barrier, though.

[General Zod]

Would a USB adapter with RGB hookups do the trick?

[phongn]

Do standard RGB analog to firewire cables exist? I'm planning on pulling some stuff off old VHS tapes, so I can edit them on the computer. I can pass it through my camcorder, or use an old converter (Dazzle), but let's say I'm lazy(Because I am)> I want to cut out the middle-man. Does such a cable exist? I did a quick Google search, but haven't found it yet.

Not possible.

Would a USB adapter with RGB hookups do the trick?

That's a converter like he has.

[Lord Poe]

Damn, gotta pass it through the camcorder, I guess. I don't want to add all the sortware and set up the Dazzle converter.

[Netko]

Pretty much. Firewire is basically the same thing as USB - it does some things slightly to somewhat better but more expensively which is sadly the main reason it doesn't have much market share beyond the video editing niche. But it is a full featured external device connector and not just a video cable so such a converter (beyond stuff akin to the device already linked) simply doesn't exist.

[Lisa]

http://www.theimagingsource.com/en/prod ... /overview/

330 usd

I've never used it but it looks like it will do what you want.