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Old 21st August 2012 | 19:43
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Milo Minderbinder
 
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looking at the specs for that, there appears to be two modes of connection: one with a USB lead, one with an analog video out connection for output to a TV
I think you'll find the USB connection is only for downloading recorded videos and images - not for realtime monitoring. Instead you're going to have to use the video out conenctor.
That means getting a video capture card (or TV card with capture inputs) for that laptop. Your best bet is probably a USB TV card - I'm out of date with these, but in my experience Hauppuage ones have always seemed to be the easiest to use.
You'd have to run a video cable from camera to TV card, with the USB card plugging into the laptop, showing "live" the output from the camera

What I can't see anywhere is the actual spec for the video out cable - based on past experience I'd guess that the socket on the camera is proprietary, while the supplied lead acts as an adaptor with a composite-video plug (usually yellow) at the other end. If so you need to be sure that the TV card you buy has a matching socket (or if the output is S-video, then the card mush have S-video inputs

Looking at one of my usual suppliers, they don't have much of a choice
Compro VideoMate Live USB2 Tv Tuner Hi-End - Scan.co.uk
and
VS-TVUSB2800RF - Kworld V-stream Xpert TV-PVR USB2 TV Tuner Box with Remote Recording Editing Burning - Scan.co.uk
The Compro one says it has S-video inputs, the KWorld one doesn't specifiy whether its S-video or Composite. You can buy adaptors though
Other companies will have other models
One of those cases where rather than buy online its worth going to the shop along with the camera and making sure all the parts fit. Or else calling the online advice line before buying

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