Transferring video camera movies to pc. and burning to CD/R

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  • alwaysblue
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    • Jan 2003
    • 77

    Transferring video camera movies to pc. and burning to CD/R

    Hi, I'm completely new to this aspect of the video world, do I need anything special like a video capture card?? I want to transfer video footage shot with my dad's video camera onto my pc. and then eventually burn the footage onto CD/R at the best quality I can.
    I have windows XP.
    Intel Pentium 1.6 cpu.
  • UncasMS
    Super Moderator
    • Nov 2001
    • 9047

    #2
    a firewire card will be a good choice if your cam supports that.
    otherwise usb2 might be the way to go.

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    • alwaysblue
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      • Jan 2003
      • 77

      #3
      thank-you for your response, I need a firewire card and connector. I have Pinnacle studio 8 software, is that good enough for what I want to do?

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      • SKD_Tech
        Lord of Digital Video
        Lord of Digital Video
        • Jan 2003
        • 1512

        #4
        Pinnacle should work just fine

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        • UncasMS
          Super Moderator
          • Nov 2001
          • 9047

          #5
          pinnacle 8 is fine, but pls make sure that your camera supports output via firewire before you buy a firewire card!

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          • alwaysblue
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            • Jan 2003
            • 77

            #6
            The camera has a connection for a cable that plugs into the camera obviously on one end and a firewire connection at the other end, it is not a usb connection. I assume that means it is made to work with a firewire card. I have a recent panasonic model. Let me know if I'm incorrect.

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            • setarip
              Retired
              • Dec 2001
              • 24955

              #7
              "I assume that means it is made to work with a firewire card."

              Read the "specifications" in the documentation that came with the camera - or check at the Panasonic website...

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              • atifsh
                Lord of Digital Video
                Lord of Digital Video
                • May 2003
                • 1534

                #8
                better choice would be...

                remember u may be mistaken by a svideo output with firewire(IEEE1394) most recent but cheaper models have svideo not firewire.
                also for firewire card dont buy any firewire, for this believe me im using a hardware VCD encoder that gives me far more better vcd quality then any other type of encoding even frm best avi to vcd encoding. i have Snazzi VCD maker try to get a firevire card of Snazzi which also have a hardware VCD/SVCD encoder that will give u excellent quality without AV sync problems.

                Simple firewire card on ebay 20 $
                Snazzi firewire under 80$
                Snazzi AV/DV under 200$ (best if u have money) all connections av/svideo/fitewire with hardware encoder.
                Seems like as soon you buy somehing, v. 2 comes out 1.5 times as fast!..!

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                • alwaysblue
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                  • Jan 2003
                  • 77

                  #9
                  Hi, it says it has i.LINKTM(IEEE 1394 PC Interface), at my local future shop store they have a boxed firewire card with cable by Pinnacle for about 100.00 bucks, would this be worth it???

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