How to Record Videos from Video Camera to PC via TV Tuner

Just hours ago, I recorded lots of videos from our Sony Handycam Vision CCD-TRV118 NTSC. Unfortunately, unlike the latest camcorders with USB and/or fireware capability, it only has an S/Video out and AV out slots built in it. Here are the steps on how I recorded it:

Specs Used:
Leadtek WinFast TV2000 XP WDM TV Tuner
WinFast PVR
Intel Dual Core 2.66 Ghz, 1GB DDR, WinXP
Sony Handycam Vision CCD-TRV118 NTSC
Sony Video Hi8 Tape

Steps:

1. Make sure that the drivers for the TV tuner is properly installed together with the software capturing tool Winfast PVR.
2. Connect the S/Video Out of the videocam to the S/Video in slot of the TV tuner.
3. Connect the AV out of the videocam to the microphone slot of your sound card. In my case, the sound card of the PC is built-in in the motherboard Asus P5D1-X. Optionally, you may connect the AV out of the videocam to the AV in of the TV tuner.
4. Open Winfast PVR then select S-Video as the input source. Click the configuration option. The set-up should look like the screenshot below. Click the check icon at the bottom once you've finished the configuration.
5. Press the Play button of the videocam and then press the Record button.
6. Click the Record button again to finish the recording. If you have enabled the playback, WinFast will automatically playback the recorded video.

The saved file format is MPEG-2 and is most probably located at the hard disk with the largest disk space partition available.

Don't worry about the large file format as there are many Video Editing tools available like the following:

Cyberlink Power Director
Windows Movie Maker
Sony Vegas
Adobe Premiere