Which capture card

[mmponline1]

I recntly upgraded to Windows 8.1, only to find out that it does not support Firewire anymore. With some workarounds with older drivers, I can capture with firewire, but the process is slow and frustrating. Unfortunately my Sony camera does not have SD and is such an excellent broadcast quality camera that I don't want to replace it. I'm now considering upgrading to HDMI to PCI express card to get away from firewire. Some issues though:

Anyone knows of a way to get Wirewire working properly in Windows 8?
What card should do the job? I see there are many (especially gaming capture) card in the market.
I need to capture direct from VS and not via separate capturing software. So the new card should be recognised as a device by VS.
I also would like to capture via Windows Movie Maker as I use it for fast live recordings and immediate playback. (BTW - In windows 8 Movie Maker only sees the card, but not audio)

Any suggestions or maybe other options? I also looked at HDMI to USB2 or 3, but these cards seem to only work wit its own software and not with VS.

Any help would be appreciated.

[asik1]

I also used WMM to capture DV.
I think WMM2.6 will install on W8
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download ... aspx?id=34

[canuck]

I recntly upgraded to Windows 8.1, only to find out that it does not support Firewire anymore. With some workarounds with older drivers, I can capture with firewire, but the process is slow and frustrating. Unfortunately my Sony camera does not have SD and is such an excellent broadcast quality camera that I don't want to replace it. I'm now considering upgrading to HDMI to PCI express card to get away from firewire. Some issues though:

Anyone knows of a way to get Wirewire working properly in Windows 8?
What card should do the job? I see there are many (especially gaming capture) card in the market.
I need to capture direct from VS and not via separate capturing software. So the new card should be recognised as a device by VS.
I also would like to capture via Windows Movie Maker as I use it for fast live recordings and immediate playback. (BTW - In windows 8 Movie Maker only sees the card, but not audio)

Any suggestions or maybe other options? I also looked at HDMI to USB2 or 3, but these cards seem to only work wit its own software and not with VS.

Any help would be appreciated.

What is the make/model of your Sony camcorder?

Never heard of "HDMI to PCI express card" or " HDMI to USB2 or 3"