tomryan1984 0 Posted January 27, 2010 I want to plug a analogue camera through a 100m diveumbilical and straight into a laptop USB port. Currently looks like a three pin plug with a raw signal from the camera. How can i adapt this to take a USB and show me the picture on my laptop?Thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Soundy 1 Posted January 27, 2010 You can't plug it in directly - you need some sort of video capture device. I use one of these to plug cameras into my laptop for adjusting/focusing: http://reviews.cnet.com/search-results/adaptec-gamebridgetv-avc-1410/4505-5_7-31653718.html What does this cable/three-pin connector normally plug into? The pins are PROBABLY video, power and ground, so you'll need something to split out the video and power pairs, then take the video feed and plug it into the capture device. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tomryan1984 0 Posted January 28, 2010 The pin connector usually plugs into a 'control box' this has on off switch for the camera, the 230V input and some sort of transformer and gives a Video Out as a S video lead where we would usually plug in a flat screen tv. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Soundy 1 Posted January 28, 2010 I would assume this "control box" is not with you underwater So if I'm following this, the camera is already running through the umbilical to the control box up on dry land, and you need to capture the S-video output from that box, into the laptop? If that's the case, all you need is a USB capture device that has an S-video input... such as the aforementioned Adaptec Gamebridge. Install that along with the included software, plug the camera's control box into it with an S-video cable, and you're off to the races! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
