I have one of these. It works pretty well for capturing video as 4:3 or 16:9... that's about the only options, which is fine... however it records audio at 8khz mono. It's originally made for recording drone video footage, so it didn't need good audio quality. But most of the recordings I've made have had unusable audio, which is really unfortunate. :(
Yo Ando, does the handycam record digital video and then convert that to analogue? I have some camcorders that record to MiniDV and I would love to actually use them, but I was curious about the quality going from digital to analogue back to digital. Honestly quality is secondary at this point, I just want to know if the thing works on digital camcorders lol.
It does I’m using the word analog colloquially rather than literally for the handy cam, but I am using it literally for the VHS cam but as long as it has a composite output it should be fine it all records to digital In the end
Eco Tek mentioned! 🔥🔥🔥🔥. I love any place that allows me to get cheap records. Did you know that Target is selling a Frank Sinatra record for $35 right now?? That’s outrageous. Vinyl seems to hold up pretty well. I’m planning to get a lot of vinyl dolls too. If the dolls get out of shape, you just use a hair dryer or heat gun and they go back to the factory shape. I am a certified vinyl enjoyer. Dvds don’t hold up as well, sadly. The other day I was trying to watch The Game with my dad (horrible movie btw). It wouldn’t fill up the whole tv screen. Then we switched the aspect thing and it took up EVEN LESS of the screen. Black on all sides. Itty bitty. Also, it only had captions in Spanish. Then the dvd stopped playing five minutes in so we switched to streaming. I love physical media, but it’s also so delicate. I have a whole bunch of dvds but I don’t know if all of them work. I think it would be rad if we could put movies in vinyl form. If we did though, the discs would have to be HUGE to fit a whole movie. Hmmm
Hi video host here : I never had this issue with it but it can sometimes be difficult to find the correct av plug adapter. But I will say mine just straight up had a fault with it that I fixed
hey i have a sony handycam dvd202e camcorder and it can't read the discs i install in it i would like to know if i can use the mini dvr to still be able to take videos with it?
Wow you are the first one after myself of who I know went this route. I have even built a whole "new" camcorder based on that recorder because all parts are way cheaper than going with a used sony handycam. Unfortunately I have mic issues. The first I tried was coming from the fpv world with active gain control but unfortunately it only distorts and when trying the own electret mic path I think the amplifier value was still not high enough plus I got some noise :D
I’m the host of this video : I don’t believe so I think the power play probably has a way better bit rate and maybe better than 8khz audio. But this is wayyyy cheaper of a device you definitely get what you pay for by going with more expensive recorders
Everytime i try and record footage from my camcorder it shows up with a black screen. If i adjust it a little out it gets really distorted but still shows the picture. The output works fine its just the input.
I've had similar issues with these devices. Sometimes it's bad solder joints. If you are confident enough, you could open it up and see if anything is not properly soldered in.
Hey! I got one of these, and the cables it came with are headphone jack with nothing attached. I bought av to composite cables and those don't seem to work either- could you explain what adapters you ended up using?
www.amazon.com/dp/B08NV48MHP?ref=cm_sw_r_cso_cp_apin_dp_3F3FZHAZJAKEPTRVWR9C&ref_=cm_sw_r_cso_cp_apin_dp_3F3FZHAZJAKEPTRVWR9C&social_share=cm_sw_r_cso_cp_apin_dp_3F3FZHAZJAKEPTRVWR9C&starsLeft=1&skipTwisterOG=1&titleSource=avft-a&newOGT=1 here try this one the issue that I had was that the pole of the 3.5 mm jack is in different spots on different adapters and it’s very inconsistent. This one is the one I bought and it works.
kinda wish you'd have talked about the dvr thing beyond the fact that it exists
I have one of these. It works pretty well for capturing video as 4:3 or 16:9... that's about the only options, which is fine... however it records audio at 8khz mono. It's originally made for recording drone video footage, so it didn't need good audio quality. But most of the recordings I've made have had unusable audio, which is really unfortunate. :(
This is exactly what I was looking for!!!! Cheap, easy, and fun sized :D
Yo Ando, does the handycam record digital video and then convert that to analogue? I have some camcorders that record to MiniDV and I would love to actually use them, but I was curious about the quality going from digital to analogue back to digital. Honestly quality is secondary at this point, I just want to know if the thing works on digital camcorders lol.
It does I’m using the word analog colloquially rather than literally for the handy cam, but I am using it literally for the VHS cam but as long as it has a composite output it should be fine it all records to digital In the end
@@Andoonline Awesome, good to hear!
Eco Tek mentioned! 🔥🔥🔥🔥. I love any place that allows me to get cheap records. Did you know that Target is selling a Frank Sinatra record for $35 right now?? That’s outrageous. Vinyl seems to hold up pretty well. I’m planning to get a lot of vinyl dolls too. If the dolls get out of shape, you just use a hair dryer or heat gun and they go back to the factory shape. I am a certified vinyl enjoyer. Dvds don’t hold up as well, sadly.
The other day I was trying to watch The Game with my dad (horrible movie btw). It wouldn’t fill up the whole tv screen. Then we switched the aspect thing and it took up EVEN LESS of the screen. Black on all sides. Itty bitty. Also, it only had captions in Spanish. Then the dvd stopped playing five minutes in so we switched to streaming. I love physical media, but it’s also so delicate. I have a whole bunch of dvds but I don’t know if all of them work. I think it would be rad if we could put movies in vinyl form. If we did though, the discs would have to be HUGE to fit a whole movie. Hmmm
Hi there, on some other videos about this gadget they mentioned not to plug the AV out cable all the way in for it to work
Hi video host here : I never had this issue with it but it can sometimes be difficult to find the correct av plug adapter. But I will say mine just straight up had a fault with it that I fixed
a.co/d/5yddCWO these should do the trick
hey i have a sony handycam dvd202e camcorder and it can't read the discs i install in it i would like to know if i can use the mini dvr to still be able to take videos with it?
Very informative thanks for the video
You're welcome, glad it was helpful!
Wow you are the first one after myself of who I know went this route. I have even built a whole "new" camcorder based on that recorder because all parts are way cheaper than going with a used sony handycam. Unfortunately I have mic issues. The first I tried was coming from the fpv world with active gain control but unfortunately it only distorts and when trying the own electret mic path I think the amplifier value was still not high enough plus I got some noise :D
Is this better than the immersion powerplay RC?
I’m the host of this video : I don’t believe so I think the power play probably has a way better bit rate and maybe better than 8khz audio. But this is wayyyy cheaper of a device you definitely get what you pay for by going with more expensive recorders
That's good but the best way to capture analogue video is by using the Atomos Ninjja V with a Svideo/to HDMI converter.
Yes it is but, that’s expensive.
Everytime i try and record footage from my camcorder it shows up with a black screen. If i adjust it a little out it gets really distorted but still shows the picture. The output works fine its just the input.
I've had similar issues with these devices. Sometimes it's bad solder joints. If you are confident enough, you could open it up and see if anything is not properly soldered in.
Hey! I got one of these, and the cables it came with are headphone jack with nothing attached. I bought av to composite cables and those don't seem to work either- could you explain what adapters you ended up using?
www.amazon.com/dp/B08NV48MHP?ref=cm_sw_r_cso_cp_apin_dp_3F3FZHAZJAKEPTRVWR9C&ref_=cm_sw_r_cso_cp_apin_dp_3F3FZHAZJAKEPTRVWR9C&social_share=cm_sw_r_cso_cp_apin_dp_3F3FZHAZJAKEPTRVWR9C&starsLeft=1&skipTwisterOG=1&titleSource=avft-a&newOGT=1 here try this one the issue that I had was that the pole of the 3.5 mm jack is in different spots on different adapters and it’s very inconsistent. This one is the one I bought and it works.
how and where can i buy a mini dvd and pay with a credit card
@@georgecastro6331 ebay, amazon
What is the guy looking at above his monitor, looking up! hahahhha Nah I know he must be reading a prompt.
What adapter do you need to buy
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How's yours audio? My audio are disturted as hell. Video looks good tho.
Audio is pretty bad that’s why I say record audio externally
yo does this mini dvr record audio too?
Yes but it’s really bad at it
@ if i put another microphone at handycam is that will increase the quality?
And audio quality? Seems to be a bit poor...
My zoom H2 was giving me problems that day
@YogertPC I mean that this recorder works with 8 khz or something like that. Too low quality.
I thought you meant the actual video. lol but the 8khz audio is awful for recording but the picture looks pretty nice
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