Originally Posted by
TheDomesticInstitution
There is an alternate way, that may not require you buying additional hardware.
If you have a miniDV camcorder, they usually have a firewire output. A lot of Mini DV camcorders allow you to hook the video cables to the output on a VCR and use the camera as a digital to analog converter. If your PC has a video editing program, and a firewire port, then you have pretty much everything you need.
Hook the RCA to mini cable between your VCR and Camera. And you can either transfer it to a mini DV tape or pass it through to your video editing program via firewire.
Anyway, just thought I'd share this, because this is the method I use to transfer VCR tapes to my computer then upload them to youtube.