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babychar2002 · 09-04-2004

I want to connect my standard dvd player to my computer. Both of my computer and the dvd player have a s-video slot. I was wondering after you connected them together where do you go to copy the dvds file to my computer, which then i could burn it to a cdr. I dont have a dvd drive so i was wondering if the metho would whork. Pleas Help

*Chriso* · 09-04-2004

Does your video card support Video-In? If not you would need to buy some form of image capture card (and link the audio aswell).

The easier (and cheaper) way to transfer the DVDs to your computer would be to rip the DVDs to your computer using a DVD-ROM drive in your computer and a DVD ripper (eg Smartripper, DVDDecrypter etc). I can advise you on these further if you need.

Chris

babychar2002 · 10-04-2004

Quote:

Originally posted by Chriso
Does your video card support Video-In Chris

My Video card has a s-video slot but it didnt say in or out. PLeas Help!

EFloUVA · 11-04-2004

I have connected my standalone DVD player to my computer as well. Video In or Video Out should not matter on your graphics card. I am not sure if you will have the same sort of setup as I do, but this is what works for me.

[1]. You will need to connect the S-Video cable from the Video Out on the DVD player to the S-Video port on your graphics card.

[2]. You'll need audio too. You might need a Y-Splitter in this case. I got one from Radio Shack. Connect the Audio Out from the DVD player to the Audio In on your PC/Graphics Card.

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If you are trying to copy the contents of your DVD to make a backup, like Chriso said, it would be easier to get a DVD drive for your PC and get a ripper. Not only is this easier, but copying the DVD this way is, in my opinion, a hell of a lot less time-consuming.

If you're planning on copying the DVD by way of a standalone, you'll have to watch the DVD in realtime. Connecting the standalone to your PC will not show up as an extra drive and allow you to access the DVD files.

little-endian · 12-04-2004

@babychar2002

I fear you are mixing up a few things here:

It is impossible to grab digital data from an analogue (!) S-Video interface.
You would have to get access to the DVD Player's internal bus, which you can forget :-)
Of course you could capture the analogue signal again to a file, but this wouldn't make any sense since you can get the original data much easier by using any cheap DVD drive for your computer.

PS: How is this related to Audio, per se?

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babychar2002 CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: USA Posts: 592	Connect a Standard dvd player to a computer. <a href='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a13febf7&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE' target='_blank'><img src='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=30&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=a13febf7' border='0' alt='' /></a> I want to connect my standard dvd player to my computer. Both of my computer and the dvd player have a s-video slot. I was wondering after you connected them together where do you go to copy the dvds file to my computer, which then i could burn it to a cdr. I dont have a dvd drive so i was wondering if the metho would whork. Pleas Help

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Chriso CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Liverpool, England Posts: 2,065	Does your video card support Video-In? If not you would need to buy some form of image capture card (and link the audio aswell). The easier (and cheaper) way to transfer the DVDs to your computer would be to rip the DVDs to your computer using a DVD-ROM drive in your computer and a DVD ripper (eg Smartripper, DVDDecrypter etc). I can advise you on these further if you need. Chris __________________ Videos of me playing piano, would be nice to have feedback from you all! [23:49] <Chriso> !seen Boobies [23:49] <JuPiLeR> I found 430 matches to your query; please refine it to see any output. OS: openSUSE 10.3 and Windows XP SP2 PSU: Enermax Liberty 400w - Modular Mobo: Jetway V266B CPU: AMD AthlonXP 2000+ RAM: 256MB Crucial PC2100 + 512MB Corsair Value Select PC2100 HDD: 120GB Maxtor ATA133 8MB Cache + 320GB Western Digital "RAID Edition" ATA100 8MB Cache Gfx Card: NVIDIA GeForce 6200 passive cooled Sound Card: SB Live 1024 DVD-ROM Drive: Asus E-616 CD-RW: LiteON 52246S DVD-RW: NEC ND2510A in external Firewire enclosure (Prolific chipset) USB2 Card: ALI chipset (got an NEC chipset one waiting to go in) Firewire Card: Not sure of chipset...but it seems to work D-Link Network Card My old Voodoo 3 2000 PCI has now retired, still in perfect working order though! Get Firefox! Join CDFreaks

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EFloUVA CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 263	Re: Connect a Standard dvd player to a computer. I have connected my standalone DVD player to my computer as well. Video In or Video Out should not matter on your graphics card. I am not sure if you will have the same sort of setup as I do, but this is what works for me. [1]. You will need to connect the S-Video cable from the Video Out on the DVD player to the S-Video port on your graphics card. [2]. You'll need audio too. You might need a Y-Splitter in this case. I got one from Radio Shack. Connect the Audio Out from the DVD player to the Audio In on your PC/Graphics Card. -------------------- If you are trying to copy the contents of your DVD to make a backup, like Chriso said, it would be easier to get a DVD drive for your PC and get a ripper. Not only is this easier, but copying the DVD this way is, in my opinion, a hell of a lot less time-consuming. If you're planning on copying the DVD by way of a standalone, you'll have to watch the DVD in realtime. Connecting the standalone to your PC will not show up as an extra drive and allow you to access the DVD files.

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12-04-2004	#5 (permalink)
little-endian CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 280	@babychar2002 I fear you are mixing up a few things here: It is impossible to grab digital data from an analogue (!) S-Video interface. You would have to get access to the DVD Player's internal bus, which you can forget :-) Of course you could capture the analogue signal again to a file, but this wouldn't make any sense since you can get the original data much easier by using any cheap DVD drive for your computer. PS: How is this related to Audio, per se?