Transferring VHS to DVD using PC

[MJW]

I have some old VHS tapes which I need to transfer to DVD but I've been having some problems. I think I have all the right equipment, here goes :

Video source - an old Panasonic NV-SJ206 VCR
It only has a SCART in/out so I've bought a little SCART adapter that has left/right audio out as well as S-video and composite video out
PC - The graphics card is a Radeon X800 XT Platinum edition which has video in / out and an adapter that plugs into it allowing you connect either S-video or composite video input.
Software - I've tried three bits of software : Windows Movie Maker, Virtual VCR and Virtual Dub.
The problem is I cannot get a video signal to appear in the preview window and therefore cannot record any footage. I suspected it may have been because the VCR output a PAL signal, so I flicked a DIP switch on the graphics card to change it from NTSC to PAL but still no joy.
Can anyone please help ?

[MarkE19]

Scart plugs are directional. The adapter you have may be designed to only output the signal through the scart rather than the phono/S-Video sockets. What you probably need to do is get a switchable adapter so the signal can go in either direction - something like This. Also make sure you use the composite (phono video) connection rather than the S-Video if the VCR is VHS or you will only get a black & white picture. The S-Video connection will only work with an SVHS VCR.

Mark.

[sirugo]

Does your camcorder allow analog input signals?
If not by default - have you enabled that function?
Not all old camcorders allow analog input signals but they can normally be enabled.

[MJW]

Hi thanks for the replies. There's no camcorder involved just an old VCR, some VHS tapes and my PC. The scart adapter is switchable for input/output and I set it to output from the VCR