How do you hook up a PS2 to your computer for capturing?

Bushido Philosopher · Post by **Bushido Philosopher** » Tue Dec 17, 2002 4:03 pm

So how would I go about doing this?
I would test it out with trial and error but the capture hardware is on a computer at another house.

Can anyone help?

jbone · Post by **jbone** » Tue Dec 17, 2002 4:42 pm

Ko Oh Yoku wrote:So how would I go about doing this?
I would test it out with trial and error but the capture hardware is on a computer at another house.

Can anyone help?

Plug the outputs from the PS2 into the inputs in the capture card/video card/whatever you use to import video from an external source.

Bushido Philosopher · Post by **Bushido Philosopher** » Tue Dec 17, 2002 6:53 pm

hmm...i remember there's only either an iLink or USB slot that can receive data from an external source.

i wouldn't be able to use the iLink port in the PS2 would I??
and if not, is there an adapter or something I can buy?

jbone · Post by **jbone** » Tue Dec 17, 2002 10:00 pm

Ko Oh Yoku wrote:hmm...i remember there's only either an iLink or USB slot that can receive data from an external source.

i wouldn't be able to use the iLink port in the PS2 would I??
and if not, is there an adapter or something I can buy?

Onto what sort of computer are you trying to capture the footage?

Bushido Philosopher · Post by **Bushido Philosopher** » Tue Dec 17, 2002 10:52 pm

a SONY VAIO Digital Studio

here are the specs.....er...least i think this is the one...

<A HREF=http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSH ... ique=>VAIO Digital Studio</A>

iserlohn · Post by **iserlohn** » Tue Dec 17, 2002 11:58 pm

what sony calls i.LINK is, IIRC, firewire. if there's no analog capture card (you'll know it, it's got the yellow/red/white plugs and an S-Video one as well), you may want to invest in a breakout box to handle analog source capture. Of course, there could be a way to do DV out from the PS2, but I wouldn't know - I don't have one.

jbone · Post by **jbone** » Wed Dec 18, 2002 12:17 am

Yeah, I basically agree with iserlohn. Firewire video capture boxes are relatively economical these days, and PCI capture cards are dirt cheap if you know where to look - so if you're planning to capture video regularly, you may want to invest in a good piece of capture hardware.

Alternately, if you plan to edit a lot of video, you can spend a bit more and get a prosumer solution with video inputs and outputs, as well as hardware video processing abilities.

Bushido Philosopher · Post by **Bushido Philosopher** » Fri Dec 20, 2002 7:48 pm

ok, then what card would you suggest??

iserlohn · Post by **iserlohn** » Fri Dec 20, 2002 8:21 pm

If you're still not sure that you want to devote years to this, something cheap. Otherwise, sell your soul to pinnacle =)

Toxie_punk · Post by **Toxie_punk** » Sun Jan 05, 2003 4:31 pm

If you have a TV card in your computer you can run a line from your VCR to the computer and hook the PS2 up to the VCR, thats how I do it.

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