@Doug-Burck

HDMI is a digital connection, SCART is analogue. The two are entirely different.

For your proposed connections to work and assuming that you wish to transfer your VHS tapes for computer editing, the analogue output of the VHS tape would need to be digitised by the Panasonic player. Its output would then go to the digital HDMI socket but the signal would need to be converted to analogue before it reaches the first SCART plug. That analogue signal would then be passed to the Video Convertor, whose purpose is to convert the incoming analogue signal to digital, which is what your computer would save.

Thus, three conversions (A>D, D>A and A>D) would be involved even before the signal reaches your computer.

Can you provide a link to the Amazon product you bought, please? I'd very much like to see whether it includes a D>A convertor somewhere in the cable, or either of the plugs. Somehow, I doubt whether it does or, if it does, what the quality is like!

Jeff
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@Doug-Burck 

But, no luck, I need to use a HDMI cable to go from that new SCART to the Panasonic VHS/DVD. 

This doesn't make sense to me. Please upload some photos.

Does your VHS player only have HDMI out? Usually, these devices have RCA Cinch video/audio outputs (common in North America), SCART (common in Europe) or Component (common in France).

@Doug-Burck

Hi

. . . . Magix Video Saver software, found that the SCART device that came with it does not connect to my Panasonic VHS/DVD player . . . .

The Panasonic player may have only red/white/yellow sockets on the back and assuming the SCART cable is the original that came with the software, then you can unplug the SCART plug/adaptor from the cable, then use the cable to connect the VCR, making sure you use the 'out' sockets, not those labelled Component video out to the video converter dongle.

HTH

John EB
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johnebaker, Thank you so much! Now that makes so much sense! Yes, the back of the Panasonic player has just what you described. I'm going to do as you you explained and I'll let you know how it goes. Again, thank you so much and thanks to everyone who has joined in on this discussion. I really appreciate it.