PROBLEM CAPTURING DV VIDEO (does the USB2.0 work with VS9?)

[scicco]

hi everybody!
yesterday I connected my Panasonic NV-GS140 camera to the PC (using the USB 2.0 cable I HAD FOUND WITH THE CAMERA), but Ulead Videostudio 9 didn't recognize it... (important: Windows Movie Maker, Power Director and also the videosoftware Panasonic gave me with the camera recognized it, so the PC and its USB2 port were working well...).

With VS9 neither it wa able to show the preview of the tape nor the capturing function worked...

What do you think? I have to connect my camera using a firewire port to use ULEAD VS9? or the problem is another one?

thank you so much for answering...

Scicco

[GeorgeW]

What are you trying to transfer to your computer

DV Video that was recorded to tape? When you say the other software recognized your camcorder -- did they actually let you transfer the dv video to your computer so you ended up with dv .avi's on your hard drive

There are a handful of camcorders that will allow dv video to transfer via the USB2 connect (not many will, but some do). Of the ones that do, I've heard you have to use the special software supplied with the camcorder to accomplish this type of transfer (dv .avi to computer via USB2).

Alot of other camcorders that include the USB cable only expect you to use it for transferring the digital pictures or a low-resolution video (not the high-res dv video that's recorded to tape).

Regards,
George

[Trevor Andrew]

What do you think? I have to connect my camera using a firewire port to use ULEAD VS9? or the problem is another one?

thank you so much for answering...

Scicco

Hi

The best method to connect a digital video camera to your pc, and indeed Video Studio is via firewire.

Were you successful in capturing via the firewire to Dv-Avi? (select DV as the format in the capture panel) Dv-Avi is about 13 Gb per hour.

Read the recommended procedure from this post--
http://phpbb.ulead.com.tw/EN/viewtopic. ... 2718a6c138

Re:- Digital Video (mini-DV)

Trevor

[scicco]

Thank your for answering...

First answer: I was trying to transfer on PC some video I had recorded. And I did it, but with the software I found with the camera, that I do NOT like (it does not convert on-line the video to mpeg2, it just aquires in AVI).
Anyway that software (as Windows Movie Maker) acquired the video perfectly, but just ".avi"

I didn't use the firewire because... I don't have that cable!!! That panasonic camera (GS140) does NOT include the firewire cable but ONLY the USB cable!! So I think that it could be enough... (and in a certain sense it is, because with software other than Uled VS9 it works...). Am I wrong?

So, 3 last questions:
-do you think that if I buy a firewire cable, Ulead will work with my camera?
-do you think that if I buy the firewire cable, I have to plug it on the DV connection on the camera?
-it's better IE1394 with 4 or 6 pins?

Thank you.

[Trevor Andrew]

Thank your for answering...

First answer: I was trying to transfer on PC some video I had recorded. And I did it, but with the software I found with the camera, that I do NOT like (it does not convert on-line the video to mpeg2, it just aquires in AVI).
Anyway that software (as Windows Movie Maker) acquired the video perfectly, but just ".avi"

I didn't use the firewire because... I don't have that cable!!! That panasonic camera (GS140) does NOT include the firewire cable but ONLY the USB cable!! So I think that it could be enough... (and in a certain sense it is, because with software other than Uled VS9 it works...). Am I wrong?

So, 3 last questions:
-do you think that if I buy a firewire cable, Ulead will work with my camera?( yes provided you have a firewire card installed on your pc)
-do you think that if I buy the firewire cable, I have to plug it on the DV connection on the camera? ( yes )
-it's better IE1394 with 4 or 6 pins? ( 4 pin is usually the camera end---DV---6 pin is usually the PC end)

Thank you.

Hi

It is best to capture via firewire than Usb.

Most digital camcorders are supplied with a Usb cable but NOT a Firewire Cable.

I do not know the reason, its just a fact of life.(maybe it’s the cost)

Do you have a Firewire card Installed on your pc??

Trevor

Ps fill in your pc spec via your forum profile

All the Best

[scicco]

Yes, I have firewire both 4 and 9 pin. this is the reason I asked wich one is the best!

Anyway I got your tips.

Form filled more... Thank you!!!!

[Ken Berry]

Re the size of cable, obviously you only buy one which will fit your various jacks. Normally, the Firewire jack on DV cameras is 4 pin, while the jack on the computer is (normally) the larger 6 pin variety (though many Firewire cards and capture cards which include Firewire ports, have both 6 and 4 pin jacks). So obviously, for that, you would buy the 4 pin to 6 pin if you have that set-up on your camera and computer...

And I too wish that camera manufacturers would include a Firewire cable since its absence gives rise precisely to the sort of misapprehension which you have. As has been said above, only a few video cameras come with USB 2.0 which has the sort of bandwith capable of dealing with DV, and even then, not all of them can transfer the video in the highest quality DV format. And such cameras are at the upper end of the price range. The normal use to which the USB cable is put is, again has already been said, is either for dowloading still photos taken on the camera or else to transmit much lower quality streaming video (making it an expensive web cam). Your camera is a mini-DV model, and so you should be using the normal way of transferring high quality DV, and I am afraid that is via Firewire.