Camcorder DV import

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Hi there,

I would like to import some old videos from DV tapes using my Samsung VP-K80/K85 camcorder. This device has only RCA Connectors as output (no firewire). So I bought two cables :

  1. RCA <-> HDMI
  2. RCA <-> USB

Enabling journald log, nothing happens with HDMI cable while with the USB one, I get the following messages :

kernel - usb 1-3: device not accepting address 56, error -71
kernel - usb usb1-port3: unable to enumerate USB device

In addition, lsusb do not list any device related to my camcorder

Kernel: 5.4.105-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.21.3

Thanks!

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I did this my self with a few months back, captured I used and RCA → HDMI that upscaled to 1080p and then connected it to an HDMI capture module. Then I used Simple UVC Viewer (guvcview) to capture the video. The drawback is that you have to capture the video in realtime… 1 hour tape will take an hour to capture.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07RX69KR8
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08FRGHRT3

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Nice solution, thanks for mentioning.

Btw, I would prefer to resolve the actual issue before evaluating the amazon’s alternative.

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Your computer will never see your camera… only what ever you may connect in between the two. Your cables must be a converter of somekind which then outputs a video signal. My solution is the only way if the camera only has RCA outputs.

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Got the point, thanks

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