My camcorder stops recording at random times during video capture... - Page 2

Jerry Hill · #11 (**permalink**) 10-17-2008, 11:14 PM

What''s the connection between the games console and the TV?

Nintendo Fan Mike · #12 (**permalink**) 10-17-2008, 11:31 PM

Originally Posted by Jerry Hill

What''s the connection between the games console and the TV?

The camcorder is hooked up to the TV's AV output ports in its back by an AV cable. The console (Nintendo Wii) is plugged into the TV's front AV input ports, like any other console.

The camcorder loses its signal with the game sporadically, and would stop recording at the time it does, and I have no idea why. When I'm not recording and watching the LCD, it sometimes would say "No Signal" and then flicker back again once the video game get's past this certain part. It also does this with my brother's console, which is completly different than mine (he has a Microsoft Xbox 360, I have a Nintendo Wii, the camcorder has sporadic signal issues with any video game on both consoles)

It's really pissing me off cuz I had a good video, but then it lost the signal at the end of the fighting match I was recording, and stopped recording, and so I sometimes have to keep re-recording it untill I get the whole video recorded without the camcorder ending the video due to signal loss.

Jerry Hill · #13 (**permalink**) 10-17-2008, 11:40 PM

Right, so have you plugged the console direct into the cam to eliminate the TV as the problem?

Nintendo Fan Mike · #14 (**permalink**) 10-18-2008, 02:21 AM

Originally Posted by Jerry Hill

Right, so have you plugged the console direct into the cam to eliminate the TV as the problem?

I can't dude, my camcorder doesn't have AV inputs like TVs do. All it has is an AV in/out jack on the back that's used for analog recording (wat capture cards do), or playback of videos on the TV. The jack can also be used for headphones.

Jerry Hill · #15 (**permalink**) 10-18-2008, 02:41 AM

Yeah, but I'm guessing the plugs that go into the TV from the camera and the console are regular RCA phono type? If so, if you've not got an inline female/female connector get little brother to hold the two yellow ones together, at 90 degrees to each together, so you can have the centre pins touching each other, and the outside conductors touching each other, this is perfectly safe and easy to do. Don't worry about the red and white audio connectors, and avoid touching the conductors with fingers. Whilst he's doing that run a trial. It it's ok then we know it's the TV causing the problem, if not then I think we have to suspect the camera.

Nintendo Fan Mike · #16 (**permalink**) 10-18-2008, 02:27 PM

Originally Posted by Jerry Hill

Yeah, but I'm guessing the plugs that go into the TV from the camera and the console are regular RCA phono type? If so, if you've not got an inline female/female connector get little brother to hold the two yellow ones together, at 90 degrees to each together, so you can have the centre pins touching each other, and the outside conductors touching each other, this is perfectly safe and easy to do. Don't worry about the red and white audio connectors, and avoid touching the conductors with fingers. Whilst he's doing that run a trial. It it's ok then we know it's the TV causing the problem, if not then I think we have to suspect the camera.

My brother only comes over every other weekend, so wat if I need to record analog when he's not here? And sometimes the camcorder says "No Signal" whenever the screen changes, so it's not the camcorder, it has to do with the signals it's receiving. And also, the Wii is connected to the TV with the red, yellow, and white AV jacks, and it's connected to the Wii via USB port. The camcorder is a signal AV cable that the red, yellow, and white jacks go into the TV's AV outputs, and the jack goes into the back of the camcorder. I don't undeerstand the method ur trying to tell me to do.

Jerry Hill · #17 (**permalink**) 10-18-2008, 03:16 PM

OK, I'll elaborate.

The cable plugged into the Wii USB port has a yellow, black, and red RCA type plug on it that normally plugs into the AV in on the TV.

The camera AV cable has the same plugs, and that normally plugs into the AV out on the TV.

Disconnect both yellow plugs from the TV and hold them together like this (I'm using yellow and black here just to make it easier than digging out cables for this photo):

To be able to do that and play the console you're going to need someone else to hold the plugs together.

Play the game as best you can using the camera's screen, see if it works ok.

Nintendo Fan Mike · #18 (**permalink**) 10-18-2008, 06:35 PM

Originally Posted by Jerry Hill

OK, I'll elaborate.

The cable plugged into the Wii USB port has a yellow, black, and red RCA type plug on it that normally plugs into the AV in on the TV.

The camera AV cable has the same plugs, and that normally plugs into the AV out on the TV.

Disconnect both yellow plugs from the TV and hold them together like this (I'm using yellow and black here just to make it easier than digging out cables for this photo):

To be able to do that and play the console you're going to need someone else to hold the plugs together.

Play the game as best you can using the camera's screen, see if it works ok.

I understand now. So just by touching them together like that makes it only play on the camcorder? I can play my game on the camcorder, I've done it before. It's not hard, just a little awkward.

I don't know about getting someone else to hold it tho. My brother only comes over every other weekend, so besides that, I'm alone when recording and playing games. I can't get someone to hold it. So I don't think I can do this.

And I doubt my brother would go out of his way just to hold them together for me for like 10 minutes.

So how is doing it this way gonna make the signal problems go away? Just cuz it's not playing on the TV doens't mean it'll help keep the signals...

Jerry Hill · #19 (**permalink**) 10-18-2008, 06:39 PM

It's just a way of connecting the Wii to the camera without having to get something else to do it, the idea is to eliminate the TV as being the source of the problem, that's all, if it still gives you problems it ain't the TV.

Call it a process of elimination.

Btw, have you recorded games with your normal setup with any other camera before?

Nintendo Fan Mike · #20 (**permalink**) 10-18-2008, 07:32 PM

Originally Posted by Jerry Hill

It's just a way of connecting the Wii to the camera without having to get something else to do it, the idea is to eliminate the TV as being the source of the problem, that's all, if it still gives you problems it ain't the TV.

Call it a process of elimination.

Btw, have you recorded games with your normal setup with any other camera before?

I don't really think the TV has anything to do with why the cacmorder loses its signal whenever the screen changes. It's the AV cables cuz that's where the signals r. That makes more sense.

No, this is the first time I analog recorded my video games. The camera I had before my Aiptek A-HD+ 1080p camcorder was my mom's Kodak Easyshare cx7430 digital camera. I couldn't analog record with that since I didn't know how to at that time, and it doesn't have an AV input either. So I pointed the Kodak digital camera at the TV screen to record my games, whcih gave it bad quality do to the fact that analog recording is a wiser choice for recording video games.