The HDMI port on the Camcorder is an output port. The HDMI port on the HDMI port on the XPS 8300 is also an output port, so it will not work. You need a capture card.
The manual may have errors, but it is not useless. The manual was produced when the PC was produced. You can't expect an updated or new manual for an old PC.
The OP did not need to tell us the OS in order to answer his question about making a hardware connection with his camcorder.
Vic384
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April 2nd, 2020 13:00
The HDMI port on the Camcorder is an output port. The HDMI port on the HDMI port on the XPS 8300 is also an output port, so it will not work. You need a capture card.
nyc10036
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April 2nd, 2020 14:00
@hCAMDHtw
second HDMI port?
the service manual for the XPS 8300 shows only 1 HDMI port
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Vic384
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April 2nd, 2020 15:00
The manual does not account for a discrete graphics card.
savvy2
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April 3rd, 2020 05:00
NO OS stated, XP, Vista, w7/w8,w10? OS matters because old cards have no w10 support, and the reverse !
connecting HDMI out to HDMI out will never work.
yes you need a capture card, but are very hard find, cheap very expensive.
no camera stated at all so all outputs it has , can not be known by me. ( does it have composite video out?)
most are horrible resolution nobody wants now, I have one parked , one of the last sony, made.. now junk class.
why not just buy a dirt cheap webcam, vast exits, even for 10 bucks, a fraction of any ADC capture card .
$10 1600*1200 resoluotion (you do get what you pay for)
at walmart.
wash hands before and after,
there 2 solutions one , capture card and one 10x cheaper a webcam
savvy2
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April 3rd, 2020 05:00
reading old manuals, bah.
Vic384
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April 3rd, 2020 07:00
The manual may have errors, but it is not useless. The manual was produced when the PC was produced. You can't expect an updated or new manual for an old PC.
The OP did not need to tell us the OS in order to answer his question about making a hardware connection with his camcorder.
hCAMDHtw
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April 3rd, 2020 18:00
"there 2 solutions one , capture card and one 10x cheaper a webcam"
Understood, agreed, thanks!
hCAMDHtw
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April 3rd, 2020 18:00
Thank you sir!