07-04-2008, 05:08 PM
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TrueBassist wrote: Let me know if there is anything else I can help with. JW: I'm afraid that my initial questions will continue for a while. I appreciate your assistance very much! I'm sorry if I gave you the impression that I own an iMac. Unfortunately, I don't. I have a Dell. I'm assuming that iMac has built-in media management capabilities that the Dell doesn't. TrueBassist wrote: 1. Do you mean as in software to capture the video from the VHS? If so then I'm pretty sure that Final Cut Pro and most likely even iMovie will be capable of capturing from the source when you plug it into your iMac. It should just turn up as another capture option. JW: Actually, I was wondering if I will need to add something like a card, as well as the software, to enable video capture. TrueBassist wrote: 2 - Buy a firewire lead (on your camera it will probably be the smaller 4pin socket *clicky* and on your iMac I would guess the larger 6pin socket *clicky* but double check them!!) so you can capture from your camera using that isntead of a USB 2 wire. Firewire has a faster capture rate and I believe produces a better quality file. You can also plug in any external drives you have via firewire (they'll probably need 6pin to 6pin leads) as the transfer rate is a lot quicker. This is vital if you plan to capture / stream video to / from these drives but do make sure they have frewire sockets on them as well!! JW: My VHS player output only has coaxial and RCA jacks. Can I configure the connection, so as to take advantage of my computer's firewire input? TrueBassist wrote: 3 - The quality of VHS in our digital age is never going to be great and will probably be in the wrong scale (possibly 4:3 not 16:9) but if capturing in Final Cut Pro etc you will capture exactly the same as if doing so from a camera and therefore can capture in the same format e.g. .avi. 4 - This seems a pretty good webpage to explain capturing in Final Cut Pro *clicky* JW: Is "Final Cut Pro" a standard feature of the iMac? Are you suggesting that I may need it for capturing video with the Dell? Thanks again, Jess ps: Happy Independence Day to all! (Patriots and Tories included!)  |