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#1 kyun7128

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Posted 29 October 2006 - 12:53 PM

Another newbie question...I set my Sony DV camcorder in play mode and I have the Roxio Media Import open.  RMI recognizes my Sony device and when I press Play on the camcorder, the RMI import screen shows the first frame of the video.  The problem seems to be that it can only see this first frame.  While the camcorder is playing, all I keep seeing is that first frame.  I turned on the Capture Now and had it run for 60 minutes and when I played it back, all I got was 60 minutes of that first frame.

I wondered if there was something wrong with my connection or my camcorder.  I got a program called PIXELA that came with my camcorder and this software has a video capture feature.  I ran that program and as the camcorder played, I could see that the PIXELA program was seeing it in real time.

It seems that RMI is not working for me and I hope I just missed a step or setting.  Any advice or comments would be apprecitated.  Thank you.

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Posted 29 October 2006 - 10:04 PM

View Postkyun7128, on Oct 29 2006, 03:53 PM, said:

Another newbie question...I set my Sony DV camcorder in play mode and I have the Roxio Media Import open. RMI recognizes my Sony device and when I press Play on the camcorder, the RMI import screen shows the first frame of the video. The problem seems to be that it can only see this first frame. While the camcorder is playing, all I keep seeing is that first frame. I turned on the Capture Now and had it run for 60 minutes and when I played it back, all I got was 60 minutes of that first frame.

I wondered if there was something wrong with my connection or my camcorder. I got a program called PIXELA that came with my camcorder and this software has a video capture feature. I ran that program and as the camcorder played, I could see that the PIXELA program was seeing it in real time.

It seems that RMI is not working for me and I hope I just missed a step or setting. Any advice or comments would be apprecitated. Thank you.

Ken


How have you connected your Sony to your PC? EMC requires a firewire connection for it to capture the video. If it is working correctly you should not need to be pressing the Play button on the camcorder since the capture program controls the camcorder. From your description it seems you are using a USB connection.

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Posted 30 October 2006 - 12:02 AM

View Postmyguggi, on Oct 29 2006, 11:04 PM, said:

How have you connected your Sony to your PC? EMC requires a firewire connection for it to capture the video. If it is working correctly you should not need to be pressing the Play button on the camcorder since the capture program controls the camcorder. From your description it seems you are using a USB connection.
Hi Walt and thank you for your reply.  I think you just found my problem.  You are right...I was using a USB connection but I did not think this would be an issue.  I guess I was wrong.  The USB cable came with the camcorder but the firewire is optional.  What is the difference?  Will firewire give you better picture quality or is it the same as USB?  Thanks.

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Posted 30 October 2006 - 11:33 AM

View Postkyun7128, on Oct 30 2006, 03:02 AM, said:

Hi Walt and thank you for your reply. I think you just found my problem. You are right...I was using a USB connection but I did not think this would be an issue. I guess I was wrong. The USB cable came with the camcorder but the firewire is optional. What is the difference? Will firewire give you better picture quality or is it the same as USB? Thanks.

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Picture quality does not come into it since EMC capture requires a firewire connection, it will not work properly, if at all, with USB.

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Posted 30 October 2006 - 08:57 PM

View Postmyguggi, on Oct 30 2006, 12:33 PM, said:

Picture quality does not come into it since EMC capture requires a firewire connection, it will not work properly, if at all, with USB.
I'm only asking because I have the option to capture the video using the USB cable and the software that came with my camcorder.  Once captured, I can import the file into MyDVD.

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Posted 31 October 2006 - 01:52 PM

In theory the quality should be equal… Both with capture at 720 X 480 @ 8 or 9 mbps which is equal to the output for a DVD Movie.

I would give the 'edge' to an AVI though. It is less compressed and when working with the file in an editor, you will find your PC will allow you to move around within the file much faster than mpeg. Reason is that the mpeg must be de-compressed for a 'window' around the point you are looking at, then compressed/saved and a new portion de-compressed and loaded to memory whenever you move outside that little 'window'.

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Posted 31 October 2006 - 06:30 PM

View Postjames_hardin, on Oct 31 2006, 02:52 PM, said:

In theory the quality should be equal… Both with capture at 720 X 480 @ 8 or 9 mbps which is equal to the output for a DVD Movie.

I would give the 'edge' to an AVI though. It is less compressed and when working with the file in an editor, you will find your PC will allow you to move around within the file much faster than mpeg. Reason is that the mpeg must be de-compressed for a 'window' around the point you are looking at, then compressed/saved and a new portion de-compressed and loaded to memory whenever you move outside that little 'window'.

One thing for sure, in video work, there is not single Rule that applies to every situation!
Thank you for that explanation.  I think that is what I was looking for.




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