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how to transfer video to computer?
Name: Vien Date: December 22, 2005 at 22:49:03 Pacific OS: Windows XP Professional CPU/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)?
Name: xa4goris Date: December 23, 2005 at 02:23:43 Pacific
Reply:
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
Name: Bryco Date: December 23, 2005 at 05:44:05 Pacific
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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
Name: Vien Date: December 23, 2005 at 08:28:58 Pacific
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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
Name: xa4goris Date: December 26, 2005 at 02:31:13 Pacific
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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
Name: wizard-fred Date: December 26, 2005 at 05:07:59 Pacific
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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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Response Number 6
Name: Vien Date: December 26, 2005 at 21:53:43 Pacific
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Thank you very much folks. Have a wonderful Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!!
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