I am trying to capture video from a Sony Digital handycam, through the USB cable, I have tried all the different speeds in the capture form but I am still getting a video that plays fast and jumpy. Any clues, thanks
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Problems With Capture Speed
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, Apr 05 2011 09:47 AM
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Posted 05 April 2011 - 10:23 AM
ranchhand, on 05 April 2011 - 09:47 AM, said:
I am trying to capture video from a Sony Digital handycam, through the USB cable, I have tried all the different speeds in the capture form but I am still getting a video that plays fast and jumpy. Any clues, thanks
To capture video froma digital camcorder you should be using the Firewire (Sony calls it "i.Link") not a USB connection.
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Posted 05 April 2011 - 10:43 AM
myguggi, on 05 April 2011 - 10:23 AM, said:
To capture video froma digital camcorder you should be using the Firewire (Sony calls it "i.Link") not a USB connection.
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does the firewire need to go into some kind of converter box, none of my pc's have the firewire conection?
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Posted 06 April 2011 - 04:32 PM
You can buy and install a PCI Firewire card that should do what you want (presuming you have a desktop)
If you have a laptop, there are PCMCIA Firewire adaptors
If you have a laptop, there are PCMCIA Firewire adaptors
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