how to save from video cam to computer

[Shady]

a friend has a video cam the records on tapes and wants to get the stuff on computer
what does he need to do this ?

 

[Motoxrdude]

A tv tuner card will work.

 

[glitterjunkie]

how would a TV tuner card work? Sorry, I have this problem as well.

 

[The_Other_One]

a friend has a video cam the records on tapes and wants to get the stuff on computer
what does he need to do this ?

Capture card would do fine. They typcially have SVHS or RCA(yellow) connection on them. A select few have onboard video(Red and White) but many you must go though your sound card.

An easier option, if you have firewire and your friends camera has firewire, is to simply USE firewire One cable, much higher quality. If you don't have firewire but the camera supports it, I'd suggest going that route. The cards are about the same as a decent analoge capture card.