Capturing Problems

[sg]

Hello,

When I attempt to capture video from my MiniDV Sony Camcorder in ULead Video Studio 8.0, I am unable to alter the format. When I attempt to click on a different format, it always reverts to the AVI format. Is there anyway to fix this? Any help is appreciated.

[Ron P.]

Hi sg,

What format are you trying to change it to? How are you capturing it, it appears as though you are using a firewire (iLink)?

Are you planning on doing alot of editiing to the video? If so it is recomended that you capture to DV-AVI. Then lastly for now, what AVI format does your miniDV camcorder record to?

Regards

Ron P.

[sjj1805]

Hello,

When I attempt to capture video from my MiniDV Sony Camcorder in ULead Video Studio 8.0, I am unable to alter the format. When I attempt to click on a different format, it always reverts to the AVI format. Is there anyway to fix this? Any help is appreciated.

You are supposed to be capturing to that format.

Steve J

[sg]

Hi,

I believe I have solved my own problem after struggling for a while.
I found that if the camcorder is plugged into the computer before initilizing the Ulead program, this issue does not occur.

I was attempting to change it to a .wmv format or something similar. The AVI format was simply too large for my computer, as It consumed almost a gig of space per minute of video.

I am capturing it over a USB connection.

I plan on doing some editing of the video, although not an excessive amount -- only adding text, cutting and moving clips, and adding transitions.

The AVI format is not listed, although my camcorder is a Sony Handycam DCR-HC21.

Thank you a lot for your efforts.

sg

[sg]

Hello,

I am able to capture my video fine, but under the .avi format, more than 700mbs of hard drive space is consumed per minute of video captured. I read in other threads it is only supposed to consume 13 GBs per hour of footage. Any ideas?

Thanks a lot.

Scott

[sjj1805]

SG
You need to capture to DV type 1 and as you mentioned this equates to about 13GB per hour. I would also exchange that USB cable for an IEEE1394 (Firewire / i-Link) which is far more suitable for transfering the video into your computer.