No firewire! usb 2 ? - Page 2

kissedthesky · #11 (**permalink**) 11-10-2004, 08:18 PM

My thoughts exactly...Next problem is that dvd is a slot not a tray, so don't think it will accept the 3'' dvd from the camcorder. Heard the quality of dvd camcorders are not so good. Any comment?

Marc Peters · #12 (**permalink**) 11-10-2004, 08:21 PM

On the whole, they do tend to stick in a lower end CCD (the bit of the camera that captures the image - kinda) and charge a premium for the DVD bit of the name. Quality is generally worse for a DV cam of a similar price.

Mike Thorpe · #13 (**permalink**) 11-11-2004, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by kissedthesky

My thoughts exactly...Next problem is that dvd is a slot not a tray, so don't think it will accept the 3'' dvd from the camcorder.

Not having much luck really are you?

Dont think a slot will support a 3" disc, in fact, we had someone bring a PC with a slot loading DVD drive into our workshop that had had a 3" CD installed in it. It got stuck and wrecked the drive.

:-/

Paulh · #14 (**permalink**) 12-23-2004, 08:24 AM

I bought a cheap £300 JCV DV camcorder the other day for work and this is easy to set-up on a PC via a supplied USB lead combined with the supplied Imagemixer 1.5 for simple capture etc.
However I bought a Sony dcr109 (£450 Amazon) for my own use (not at all sure its any better quality??) - this has very poor software and transfer to PC is a disapointment.

I am getting a Firewire card fitted to my machine plus Pinical 9+ to take care of the capture and edit process (I hope).
Like you I bought the (desktop) computer to work with camcorders but had an analogue camcorder at the time - mine did not have a Firewire. I bought from a local small dealer so he is fitting the Firewire card and making sure every thing works with new camcorder for min cost.
cheers Paul.

kissedthesky · #15 (**permalink**) 12-23-2004, 08:40 AM

Thanks for your reply. Let me know how you get on. I have a laptop and don't think I can change anything on it. Neither do I have a card slot to convert to firewire. The feeling I got was that the USB transfer was not such good quality as transfering it through firewire. The only solution given was to buy a dvd style camcorder that records in mpeg 2. This defeats the object as editing mpeg2 is too difficult.