Video Capturing software?

[Cook1]

Hey all, looking for a program that can take the video off of a Sony digital camcorder and put it on my hard drive so I can use Adobe Elements to edit it and such.

The software that came with Sony can only allow for 5 minutes to be taken off at any one given time. Need something that will let me take off more then that.

Any ideas?

 

[HN]

WinDV

 

[Cook1]

The PC I'm on doesn't have an IEEE1394 port. Has USB which is what it says to use in the Sony manual. If it had the IEEE1394 I could just use Adobe Elements to capture the video.

Sorry, should have mentioned that.

 

[HN]

Hmmm, couldn't find any programs recommended for transferring dv video over USB.
I'm kinda surprised, though, that sony would recommend USB for the DV transfer (i can understand, maybe, transferring data [pics/short clips] from the memory card)
The concensus would be to get a 1394 pci card for speed and quality (http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/196714 )
Sorry couldn't help you with the program

 

[Cook1]

Thanks for the help though HN, very much so apprieate it.

 

[doan]

The USB port on the sony camcorders is only for transfereing data from the memory stick. To tranfer from tape you have to use firewire (IEEE 1394).

After you get a IEEE 1394 card, I reccomend the following for DV transfer to your PC:

Scenalyzer ($39)
DVIO (Free)

I've also heard good things about WinDV, but I've not used it. The nice thing about Scenalyzer is that it will automatically detect Scene changes and start a new file for each scene.

EDIT: after re-reading the post, I guess I should say " My sony DV cam only allows transfer from tape via 1394". If the new camera's have USB2 they could potentially tranfer DV over USB, but I've not seen a program that will do that.