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how to transfer video to computer?
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Original Message
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Name: Vien
Date: December 22, 2005 at 22:49:03 Pacific
Subject: how to transfer video to computer?OS: Windows XP ProfessionalCPU/Ram: Pentium 4 2.4GHz, 256MB R |
Comment: Hi everyone, I try to transfer my video from Canon ZR300 Camcorder to computer through the firewire cable. I have to playback the video in order to capture it into the computer. This took so long even when I use 2x speed. My question: Is there a fast way to grab a whole video from the camcorder to my computer WITHOUT playback the video? When I capture video from the camcorder to my computer, which file format should I use (etc. DVD, DV or AVI)? Thank you very much for any help. Vien
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Response Number 1
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Name: xa4goris
Date: December 23, 2005 at 02:23:43 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Concerning the grabbing part, the answer I think is no. If the video is on a miniDV tape, you have to play the whole tape ...
As for the format, initially I always grab in AVI DV. This gives you the highest quality digital video. It eats your gigabytes in seconds so you do need a lot of diskspace. But it's ideal to start with because it is not compressed. DVD is actually mpeg2, as in : compressed.
Xavier.
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Response Number 2
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Name: Bryco
Date: December 23, 2005 at 05:44:05 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)I agree with Xavier. And, if you want to speed up the back end process then get another 768 MB of RAM to bring it up to 1GB. Bryan
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Response Number 3
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Name: Vien
Date: December 23, 2005 at 08:28:58 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Ok. I really appreciate all your help guys. Thank you so much.
Oh, when I capture the video to my computer, will it affect the video or sound quality if my computer has a built-in video and audio on the motherboard instead of a seperated card?
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Response Number 4
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Name: xa4goris
Date: December 26, 2005 at 02:31:13 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)well normally it won't. All depends on what you will be doing with it. If you're gonna change the audio and/or video settings, the build in chips will not be flawless ...
But the main concern is that build in chips will slow down the process ! As Bryco said : get a lot more RAM. This will speed it up and make your system more stable because it won't use 100% of the available RAM constantly.
Xavier
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Response Number 5
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Name: wizard-fred
Date: December 26, 2005 at 05:07:59 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)The speed of the transfer will be the same. The speed of the playback device. Additional ram would speedup editing, rendering, converting format, and possibly writing the CD or DVD.
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