Yellow is composite video, red and white are left and right audio. You should have an output capability in that format (?) from your camcorder I suspect. I wouldn't think that you would see any loss of quality using that connection. You can get cables with y/r/w on one end and scart the other but there is no need if you have y/r/w on both machines. I guess you have to set the dvd recorder to record form the correct input somehow.