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Can a DV cam get video with USB?

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bluemax

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Borrowed a friend's camera to capture our child's birth but it's time to give it back. I don't want to just send this to a VCR, I'd like to edit it on the PC and send some small clips out.

I'm using the included VideoWave III-se... USB seems to work fine for getting the still snapshots but I can't seem to capture the video from USB... can it be done?

It's a Sony MiniDV DCR-TRV17 if that helps....

If worse comes to worse, I can capture using my crummy TV tuner, but I'll need to dig up an adapter for RCA audio to 1/8" and the quality will be pretty stinky...
 
I'd say it's probby worth buying a $20 firewire card to be able to edit a good quality version of an event like that for your friend. USB can capture video - but I read that even USB2 has problems dropping frames compared to firewire, which is almost flawless. The DV cam has firewire or iLink, right?
 
Originally posted by: brxndxn
I'd say it's probby worth buying a $20 firewire card to be able to edit a good quality version of an event like that for your friend. USB can capture video - but I read that even USB2 has problems dropping frames compared to firewire, which is almost flawless. The DV cam has firewire or iLink, right?
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Yeah those cards are cheap.
 
Originally posted by: brxndxn
I'd say it's probby worth buying a $20 firewire card to be able to edit a good quality version of an event like that for your friend. USB can capture video - but I read that even USB2 has problems dropping frames compared to firewire, which is almost flawless. The DV cam has firewire or iLink, right?
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another vote for purchasing a firewire card


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My motherboard actually has 1394 Firewire built in. 🙂 He just doesn't have a cable....

So how does it work? You just play the video in VCR mode? Or is it sucked through the firewire port like a giant file? I'm totally new to this.... 🙁
 
Then just buy a $20 firewire cable. 🙂

You have to use a program on the PC side to capture the video. What program will you use to edit it?
 
This disc has:

MGI PhotoSuite v8.1
PhotoSuite SE v1.1
VideoWave IIIse

I don't know what they're all good for or how to capture the video. If it can pull the video off the camera using USB I'll do it - I don't care about any skipped frames. I just can't figure out HOW! 🙁
 
Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
You can't use USB. For one thing, it's too slow. It would take days and days. For another, the camera won't do it.
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Well, the software's HELP menu did reveal that under the "capture" menu, you can only access the camera with 1394 Firewire. I guess I could buy my friend a cable to thank him for the use of his camera. 🙂

USB was useless then... well... I was able to get his pictures and put them on CD for him - now he can finally clear out his pictures and start taking more. 😉
 
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