connecting camcorder to desktop PC via HDMI

[Ken Veal]

I am looking for a new HD camcorder that I can connect to my desktop preferably via a HDMI connection (have not found one yet with USB 3 output).I have an
Asrock Socket AM3+ 970 Extreme4 5200MT/S Motherboard and a
Asus HD 7770 2GB AMD Radeon Graphics Card .As far as I know the m/board has no HDMI port, the graphics card does .Does this mean I will have to use an HDMI card on the PC?

[Ken Berry]

Since the graphics card is connected to the M/B, I don't see that there is a problem. My "ancient" Canon HV20 HDV camcorder has mini HDMI out and my HP laptop has a standard HDMI port. My GoPro Hero 3 Black has micro HDMI. Both connect just fine with the computer -- though of course require different cables (neither supplied with the camera, and not particularly cheap to buy, though I find a place like Jaycar offering possibly the best prices unless you buy on line from places like Amazon.)

[Ken Veal]

I wonder if, as some camcorders record video to (usually) an SD card , the card could be used to import the video on it the the PC.This could be done via a card reader with a usb connection or would this be either not viable or much too slow.My PC has usb 3 but have not seen this on any camcorders.Would wireless also be a possibility?I take it capturing into VS is not a problem

[canuck]

Actually reading from the SD card via a USB card reader is the best way of transferring the photos/video to your PC.

[Ken Veal]

So would you import it into a hard drive folder then into VS (how?) or straight into VS ?

[canuck]

To your hard drive of course and then you can add it into VS, otherwise you would have to have the SD card connected every time you work on the project.

[Ken Veal]

Capturing camcorder video (DV Tape) via fire wire directly into VS is obviously a different methodology and when completed the camcorder does not have to be connected to edit the project.Clearly I am a novice in this field, but
I don't understand why a card would have to be connected to edit a project after its video has been imported directly into VS and not a hard drive folder.

[BrianCee]

Using VideoStudio you do not actually import the actual video clips into VideoStudio - it is not the actual files which you are editing - in fact VideoStudio never ever alters your original videos - it works entirely on thumbnails which are simply short cuts to your video - or if you have done some cutting when editing the short cut just points to that particular section of the original file. Your original videos remain untouched and can be used again for a totally different project should you so wish and will not show what you did with them in the first project.

So at any time you can delete *videos* from your project or library without affecting the actual video file - that is always untouched in the folder on your HDD - it does not delete when you delete a file in the library - unless you actually instruct it to do so by holding down shift as you hit the delete key.

So at all times VideoStudio needs to access the actual file to update the short cut with the actions you have taken - so if you do not transfer a copy of the video file to your hard drive but 'import' the videos into VideoStudio from the SD card once you remove the SD card VideoStudio cannot access the actual files and cannot update the short cut and will throw up an error.

You can simply copy the files from your SD card to the HDD using a USB card reader - or as I have a built in card reader in the PC - it does hot have to be USB3 - even for HD because the files do not transfer across as videos - as did tape - in real time - they transfer as computer files as quickly as any data file would - so a 1Gb video file transfers just as a 1Gb data file or image would.

I always just put the SD card in the reader slot and copy all the files to a folder which I give the project name - then use that as my working folder throughout - importing files to the library and then saving all work in that project back to that folder

[Ken Veal]

OK, thanks for the info.I have misunderstood the situation here because I thought that any file in VS was also in the working folder on the hard drive that the project needs to link to.

[BrianCee]

Only if you specifically put it there - back when you transferred a DV tape a file was created in a folder which then linked to VS - but with digital it is a bit different in that you need to put the file in a folder and then link (Import/Insert) the shortcut to your library or timeline.