High Def Camera but cant capture :(

Brian Gardner · #1 (**permalink**) 05-14-2006, 02:33 PM

Typical !!

Me ole Sony PC1000E threw in the towel last week after being only 13 months old :(

So off i went wish cash in hand and bought a Sony HC3 E a nice High Definition camera.

Recorded my sons Christning today

But getting the Hi Def footage onto my PC is a different ball game

Pinnacle 10 :( keeps locking up while Captureing, ( Nothing new there then you all say :lol: )and my nice Sony Laptop wont even speak to it using DV gate or Adobe Premier
Even though the sony laptop does say its there and plugged in

Ive seaching hte web, and all i can find is 2 grand Capture cards :(

Oh what am i do do > ?

GentleGiant · #2 (**permalink**) 05-15-2006, 07:09 PM

Brian ...

You'll need Premiere 1.5 with the 1.5.1 download to capture and edit HDV on the Sony.

Alternatively, you can download some freeebies (just google for them) -CapDVHS is a utility for capturing HDV, and VLC media player, which will play the resulting transport streams (Media Player won't). Then at least you can capture and watch the footage. I recently used both to capture and play some HDV footage on an old Sony VAIO - DVGATE doesn't know how to do HDV.

Cheers

GG

Brian Gardner · #3 (**permalink**) 05-16-2006, 04:04 PM

many thanks for the reply.

Iv now had another search and found this page full of links

http://www.videohelp.com/tools?s=32#32

Brian Gardner · #4 (**permalink**) 05-16-2006, 04:05 PM

and this

http://www.svcd2dvd.com/HDTV2DVD/default.aspx

:lol: what a faffle, all the gear but cant play it yet :(

joerawlins · #5 (**permalink**) 05-19-2006, 05:48 PM

I know that this is the last thing in the world that you want to hear, it was for most of us before we made "the switch".

But the best option is to get a Mac.

And the reason i say this is that the new iLife '06 (free with every mac) contains iMovie HD. Once, again Steve Jobbs and his boys are a step ahead of the game and know that soon, all Christenings, birthday parties and weddings will be shot on HD, especially now that 1080i HD is becoming less expensive. As you might guess, iMovie HD's native format mates beautifully with your Hi-Def camcorder.

I have never looked back since I bought my first MAc, and I still use it, 5 years later.

If you are worried about the pric-iness of such an investment, I would recommend forking out US$800 to get a G4 MacMini - plenty enough to handle what you're looking for and you can hookup your hard drives, your monitor, your keyboard, your mouse and everything that was formerly attached to your edit station, following which, I recommend depositing your former desktop into the "PC recepticle". I'll let you guess on that -

here's a link to learn more about a MacMini:

or enter this URL --> http://www.apple.com/macmini/

Much luck!

Joe Rawlins
Isagenix Marketing Media Specialist

joerawlins · #6 (**permalink**) 05-19-2006, 05:50 PM

I know that this is the last thing in the world that you want to hear, it was for most of us before we made "the switch".

But the best option is to get a Mac.

And the reason i say this is that the new iLife '06 (free with every mac) contains iMovie HD. Once, again Steve Jobbs and his boys are a step ahead of the game and know that soon, all Christenings, birthday parties and weddings will be shot on HD, especially now that 1080i HD is becoming less expensive. As you might guess, iMovie HD's native format mates beautifully with your Hi-Def camcorder.

I have never looked back since I bought my first MAc, and I still use it, 5 years later.

If you are worried about the pric-iness of such an investment, I would recommend forking out US$800 to get a G4 MacMini - plenty enough to handle what you're looking for and you can hookup your hard drives, your monitor, your keyboard, your mouse and everything that was formerly attached to your edit station, following which, I recommend depositing your former desktop into the "PC recepticle". I'll let you guess on that -

here's a link to learn more about a MacMini:

or enter this URL --> http://www.apple.com/macmini/

Much luck!

Joe Rawlins
Isagenix Marketing Media Specialist

Brian Gardner · #7 (**permalink**) 05-30-2006, 12:02 PM

I have always wanted to try a Mac, ive probably owned about 30+ PCs in my time.

If i hadnt allready purchased Vegas, i would have goen for the Mac Mini, it looks great

Anyway, still havent sorted out my Capture broblem :(

Mark W · #8 (**permalink**) 05-30-2006, 02:23 PM

My friend told me to get a mac because I had bad breath and corns, apparently they cure that too....

joerawlins · #9 (**permalink**) 05-30-2006, 03:31 PM

...and a varied assortment of fungi - uhm - I'm not obligated to explain myself...

-Joe

Brian Gardner · #10 (**permalink**) 06-02-2006, 10:43 PM

JObs a good one !!

OK all sorted,

The ASUS motherboards in built firewiew isn't up too it, After disabling it, and installing a BELKIN 3 ports IEE with iLink ( £ 35 from e0buyer)

I can now capture in Digh Def, from the sony HC3.