I am trying to record my Dell Studio's 1555's monitor to a dvd player. I know there are some programs which can record your monitor, such as Camstudio and Camtasia but I've had it crash mid-record, which means I won't be able to make a video file from what it had recorded previously- it goes to waste.
What I want to do is connect my laptop to my VCR/DVD combo machine and record preferably on a DVD, though I could record on a VCR tape as well. This way if my computer crashes I'll still have everything up to the point it crashed (the only other option is a point a camcorder directly at the screen)
My question really is, what kind of ports does my laptop need to do this? The only in ports my VCR/DVD player has is an S-Video and composite port (all three colors) so obviously I'd need one end would need to be S-video (the player side is a female S-video, so it would have to be a male S-video connector on that end) My laptop also has an HDMI, VGA and IEEE1394a (firewire) but it doesn't say whether those are for input or output Why would I need a specific video output port? I have USB headphones so the sound can be outputted via USB, why couldn't video?
Will it work outputting video from the monitor using a USB to S-video (and composite yellow, and white) cable? Or does it specifically have to be video-out (which the manual doesn't say I have any ports of. I've been trying to google such a device, but it's been difficult to find the specific, putting in "USB to S-video with composite audio male S-video connector" hasn't been working too good, some that say USB to S-video are actually the other way around the device to the computer, to computer to the device.
Also, I wonder if there are any devices which are hard drives with a record function build in, connect my monitor to those and they'll record, since a hard drive can hold more than any DVD or Blu-ray
I've tried doing some google searches, and I've emailed a few websites on whether they offer specifically what I'm looking for, that kind of the problem when googling it, if I put in "USB to S-video connector with male jack on S-video and composite ends" just wouldn't work too well, but here's what I've tried (and failed) using for searches
1. USB to S video output
2. USB to S video output from pc
3. PC to DVD player products
4. PC to DVD output
5. USB to S video output from pc
What I want to do is connect my laptop to my VCR/DVD combo machine and record preferably on a DVD, though I could record on a VCR tape as well. This way if my computer crashes I'll still have everything up to the point it crashed (the only other option is a point a camcorder directly at the screen)
My question really is, what kind of ports does my laptop need to do this? The only in ports my VCR/DVD player has is an S-Video and composite port (all three colors) so obviously I'd need one end would need to be S-video (the player side is a female S-video, so it would have to be a male S-video connector on that end) My laptop also has an HDMI, VGA and IEEE1394a (firewire) but it doesn't say whether those are for input or output Why would I need a specific video output port? I have USB headphones so the sound can be outputted via USB, why couldn't video?
Will it work outputting video from the monitor using a USB to S-video (and composite yellow, and white) cable? Or does it specifically have to be video-out (which the manual doesn't say I have any ports of. I've been trying to google such a device, but it's been difficult to find the specific, putting in "USB to S-video with composite audio male S-video connector" hasn't been working too good, some that say USB to S-video are actually the other way around the device to the computer, to computer to the device.
Also, I wonder if there are any devices which are hard drives with a record function build in, connect my monitor to those and they'll record, since a hard drive can hold more than any DVD or Blu-ray
I've tried doing some google searches, and I've emailed a few websites on whether they offer specifically what I'm looking for, that kind of the problem when googling it, if I put in "USB to S-video connector with male jack on S-video and composite ends" just wouldn't work too well, but here's what I've tried (and failed) using for searches
1. USB to S video output
2. USB to S video output from pc
3. PC to DVD player products
4. PC to DVD output
5. USB to S video output from pc