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Hi,
What type of hardware do i need to capture video from a digital video camera? (JVC mini DV) and which would you recommend?
I tried to capture some video through nero vision but the output file is kinda grainy.
I was under the assumption that a fast system would be enough to capture the same quality as the input but obviously it isn't.
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Are you trying to TRANSFER the digital video to yoru pc, or CAPTURE from the video?
To capture from a digital video recorder makes no sense...
digital - analogue signal - analogue decoder - digital end product....
You need this....
http://windv.mourek.cz/
It's free, and it worsk very easily. Just plug yoru firewire cable into your firwire card on your pc (you'll need to buy one if you don't have one) and run this software.... job done. The if you want, you can mess with the video with all kinds of software, virtualdub being one of my favourites...
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"Are you trying to TRANSFER the digital video to yoru pc, or CAPTURE from the video?
To capture from a digital video recorder makes no sense...digital - analogue signal - analogue decoder - digital end product...."
I'm trying to capture video to hard drive.
Nero vision says:
This feature allows you to capture video from an external device (JVC mini DV) that is connected to your computer. This video will be stored to hard disk only so that you can use it in future projects.But when i try that the captured video is kinda grainy. I'm looking for same quality that is on the digital camera.
"You need this....http://windv.mourek.cz/
It's free, and it worsk very easily. Just plug yoru firewire cable into your firwire card on your pc (you'll need to buy one if you don't have one) and run this software.... job done. The if you want, you can mess with the video with all kinds of software, virtualdub being one of my favourites..."
Don't i need a video capture card to get same quality on hard drive as is on digital camera?
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Capture usually implys encoding while loading video to your drive, why the low resolution after.
Transfer means just that, info in without encoding, most machines dont have the resources to transfer and encode same time.
No for no recompression or direct stream copy in your software, transcode to your target file after you get files on harddrive.XxxFrancisxxxUSAis giving good advice.
Leon Wisnensky
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The video card is not actually involved it the transfer process other than to monitor the progress. It is just another video input, no editting, conversion, etc. happens at that place in the process. The appearance of the final product is determined by the editting software.
When I connect my DV camcorder to the firewire cable and turn it on, Windows Movie Maker sees the camcorder, starts and prepares for capture. If the video is "grainy" it may be the condition of the tape.
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Grainy to me means low pixel, If its not captured in 720 x 480 its garbage in. Includes making sure cam and capture properties are 720 x 480. Check software b4 session to encode correctly.
Leon Wisnensky
The Hot Dog Vending Pimp
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If that camera has firewire to start with didn't it come with software and a patch cable?
As for capture software I have to go along with Movie Maker 1 or 2. Another good one where you have a lot more control is Media Encoder. You have a lot more control over what goes in and what comes out. You can even encode on the fly. It's free from the microsoft site...I may be crazy, but I'm not stupid...
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lol. Just so I don't sound like I abaoned the post, lol. i agree with above stuff.
You need a firewaire card, then it will stream the digital data from your camera's tape, to your computer's hard drive. THEn you will just have digital video files, and you can play with them in your choice of video editign software ( I know not much abotu what is good on the digital video editing dsoftware front. I will from now on be burining hard copies to dvd dual layer, but... I also like to divx them and keep a back up on drive (and put the original dvd's away in sealed packaging for future if ever needed!).
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Oh, and the software I linked to is perfect, and free, to get the files from the camera to the drive. No software is better or worse, all it is doing is literally dragging the data from the tape to the drive. The data will be only as good as your camera made it (cheap camera = grainy, 3 ccd $3000 Sony = awesome!).
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