newbie? whats the best video capture software From DV

cassanet · #1 (**permalink**) 01-01-2004, 11:46 PM

HI Just starting using my Canon MV650i DVcamcorder and looking for the best Quality capture softwareto run.Going to upload dv trough Firewire.Any other tips or webpages I can read will be much thanked.
Cassanet

Marc Peters · #2 (**permalink**) 01-02-2004, 10:57 AM

Essentially "any" app that enables DV capture will produce exactly the same results.

blackhalen · #3 (**permalink**) 10-28-2004, 05:49 PM

Hey ive got the same camera and just got a fire wire card/drive put in and when i try to log and capture using all my programes i have for editing it works for the 1st 30seconds and then freezes and then nothing works. does any1 know if im doing anything wrong?

Ian in Northampton · #4 (**permalink**) 10-29-2004, 08:12 AM

From that brief description, it's impossible to say. What are the specs of your machine? What are you capturing with? The more information you can provide about the editing environment you're working in, the better the chances of identifying possible problems.

Mike Thorpe · #5 (**permalink**) 10-29-2004, 08:24 AM

Rah. Let's make a budget canon palmcorder club. I want to join

blackhalen · #6 (**permalink**) 10-29-2004, 08:28 AM

Ive tried to capture with Windows Movie Maker, Studio Version 8 and ULEAD video studio, they are all very basic editing programes. im not really sure on the specs of the comp cos im a dumbass when it comes to that but i have just instaled a new 120gb hard drive as a slave my old one is 45gb err lookin at the spec thing it says 1.66ghz , 224MB Ram and its windows XP

Alan Mills · #7 (**permalink**) 10-29-2004, 09:49 AM

Originally Posted by blackhalen

Ive tried to capture with Windows Movie Maker, Studio Version 8 and ULEAD video studio, they are all very basic editing programes. im not really sure on the specs of the comp cos im a dumbass when it comes to that but i have just instaled a new 120gb hard drive as a slave my old one is 45gb err lookin at the spec thing it says 1.66ghz , 224MB Ram and its windows XP

Which drive are you capturing to and how much free space is left on it? Is it well defragged ect etc?

In video editing, you'll be amazed at what problems disappear after a good defrag.

No promises that this is your problem but it should be done and has solved capture problems inthe past.

blackhalen · #8 (**permalink**) 10-29-2004, 10:51 AM

im saving it onto my new hard drive that has bout 110gb free space. i just tried defragmenting it and it still doesnt work. as it happens on all the editing programmes cld it be somehitng liek the buffer?

Alan Mills · #9 (**permalink**) 10-29-2004, 11:03 AM

Hmmm not sure I have any more ideas.

Only things I can think to check are the speed fo your HDD (at least 7200rpm?) and the format. Is it formated NTFS or FAT32? It def needs to be NTFS but even FAT32 and it's file size limitations should be able to cope with more than 1min 30 of video.

blackhalen · #10 (**permalink**) 10-30-2004, 11:50 AM

Yea its NTFS