can you use the N900 to switch vhs to digital ?
 

I just saw a commercial that connects to vhs and records to digital so you can make dvd or save it to your pc. Can this be done > !!!

Just food for thought !

Re: can you use the N900 to switch vhs to digital ?
 

i do believe the video out port on the n900 is just that, a video out; it can't receive data back in.

Re: can you use the N900 to switch vhs to digital ?
 

you could record it with the camera! lol

Re: can you use the N900 to switch vhs to digital ?
 

yeaH !!! wishfull thinking

Re: can you use the N900 to switch vhs to digital ?
 

Got. I would think a MAD DEVELOPER could tweak it , and make it work .!! i Guess i really think that this phone can do everything . This phone keeps on giving and giving

Re: can you use the N900 to switch vhs to digital ?
 

A video out and a video in have no common electronics. Either use camera to shhot the screen or no dice.

You can go in reverse thoughh :P

Re: can you use the N900 to switch vhs to digital ?
 

might be possible using some wacky USB hardware and hostmode. probably better off just using a computer that has video in though.

Re: can you use the N900 to switch vhs to digital ?
 

It would be possible with a simple tv-tuner connected via hostmode to the N900, though there exist no drivers yet :/

Re: can you use the N900 to switch vhs to digital ?
 

Can a RCA video signal be converted into audio and fed thru an adapted audio cable, coming in as if it was from a microfone? And would the audio recording capabilities of the N900 have enough range and resolution to decode the video signal?

Re: can you use the N900 to switch vhs to digital ?
 

Short answer:
Without a USB video input box and a Linux driver, the N900 has no video input hardware.

**** around with your phone answer:
The N900's noise floor is pretty high for pure audio, and plus there is almost certainly filtering and compressing and echo-cancelling on the audio input. Treating video as an audio signal would result in those signal adjustments applying to the video and looking nasty.

However, even if you connect the yellow video-out cable to the N900's microphone-in (believe this is the "white ring" on your N900 video cable), at no point is a circuit converting this "audioized" video to RGB video for a computer screen. I don't think you can tell mencoder "this is an audio-digitized RCA signal of X voltage, convert to RGB".

It's a fun idea, since everything from Commodore 64 to modern games (Bangai-O for Nintendo DS) have used varieties audio signals to transfer arbitrary data. If you like trying stuff, go for it. If you just want video-in, use a USB device, build the source module, be ready to overclock your phone for performance, and cross your fingers.