22Jan DSLR FILM NOOB Quick tip of the day – Video out via Canon USB cable
There are always a lot of questions about hooking up a Canon DSLR to a standard definition monitor. The special cable you need normally comes with new cameras, but a lot of people either lose it or buy used and don’t get the cable. If you don’t have it, the cable is called a AVC-DC400ST cable and you can find it here for about $10. Make sure the cable has a red, white, and yellow RCA leads, some of the cables for sale are miss labeled and are actually AVC-DC400 cables which don’t output stereo audio.
If you’d like to find out more about hacking the cable for headphone monitoring applications check out this earlier post. You can also use this method if you aren’t good with a soldering iron. Or for around $20 you can get a cable that’s already made and ready to go.
January 22nd, 2014 at 9:48 am
Great tip about the USB AV cable.
Have come across an 11 pin USB connector that brings out the AV signals as above AND the digital signals to say a dslr controller on a tablet?
So that with ML you could have audio with dslr controller?
Great site by the way, still finding very useful stuff after many visits
January 22nd, 2014 at 11:16 am
John, it’s probably possible as the data information for controls most likely uses different pins then the audio and sd video output. You could probably take a scope and data analyzer, look at whats coming out of each pin and figure it out. Could probably even do that with just a scope, should be pretty easy to spot the audio and video signals as well as the digital output for the usb control.
January 22nd, 2014 at 3:45 pm
it is possible…… but it’s DIY, using an old HTC cable and some snipping and soldering. I’ve only tested USB, but haven’t finished it yet for video since my T5I did not come with such a cable….
http://www.achillies.com/CHDK_Files/USB_Splitter.htm
What is nice is that when you plug in USB, the led does light up on it. I was doing this for quick audio monitoring if I didn’t have my tablet (with dslr controller) on me.
January 22nd, 2014 at 3:54 pm
I’ll read through that tonight, looks like an interesting option. Thanks for the info!
January 22nd, 2014 at 12:35 pm
kinda off topic, but i was watching Michael Torpey’s diy video and in the video he mentioned making a microphone splitting adapter to plug in a rode video mic and wireless receiver (http://youtu.be/puNlqQIBdN8?t=4m43s). Is there a tutorial or an already made product?
January 22nd, 2014 at 2:09 pm
If you already have an XLR adapter box for your camera you can use an adapter like this to accomplish that task. You can find the wiring diagram here in this earlier post. You just need to bring in a tip from one device and a ring from the other, wire that up to a male plug’s tip and ring and tie all the commons together. The only problem with that is there’s no way to turn down one channel or the other. That’s why people usually use an xlr box.
January 23rd, 2014 at 8:59 pm
Hey deejay, thanks for the reply.
I used to have a beachtek but sold it. I am hoping there is a cable so I do not need to go out and buy a juicedlink.
Right now, I use the rode video mic onto one camera (t2i) and the wireless receiver onto my other camera.
But when I am with one camera, i’d like to be able to mic my subject and use my rode videomic at the same time, which is wht the cable would be so helpful.
January 26th, 2014 at 1:43 am
Can i use this solution with Canon Eos-M by external monitor. Is it real time or delayed video? Thanks