Capturing VHS with my PC
Questions:
I have connected my VHS recorder directly to my pc using scart with an input
and output switch. I have also connected using S-Video lead but find that
even though I can get picture and sound, there is no colour. I am using
Ulead VideoStudio 7 and have adjusted the configuration accordingly ie to
PAL, but no matter what I choose there is no colour. I even tried connecting
my DV camcorder, but the image I get on the camcorder is also black and
white. Is it possible the scart connection or should I trying using the
firewire connection also?

Answer:
The reason for the black & white picture is the S-Video connection. Only an
SVHS VCR will be able to output the video on an S-Video lead. A standard VHS
VCR will only put a B&W picture over S-Video because the colour and picture
(chrominance & luminance) parts of the signal are on different cables, but
the VHS VCR can not split them. Therefore the colour part of the video
signal that the S-Video input is expecting will be missing on the
chrominance cable and ignored from the luminance cable. To get a colour
picture from the VHS VCR you will need to connect a composite lead into the
PC, if it has one, or convert the composite to S-Video with a converter.

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my thoughtd(that may be wrong) hence the post:

Why would a VCR have an S-Video connector then ?
Why would/do DVD players and digital camcorders output via S-Video ok then ?
I thought S video and SVHS were not really much to do with each other ?