Do I need a firewire or how does this work?

Axiom · Post by **Axiom** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 3:26 pm

I bought a Samsung DuoCam yesterday.. it uses MiniDV Tape and also has memory stick / sd card slots...

How do I capture the video onto my computer??

If I use just the normal USB cable I can read off of my SD Card and get the digital still images... but when I use videostudio it says no device is connected... do I absolutely need to have an I-link cable??

It has a DV-I jack on the camera.. do I need that cable to capture video?

BrianCee · Post by **BrianCee** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 5:27 pm

Yes you do absolutely have to have a firewire (i-link , IEEE1394, DV port etc) cable to transfer top quality video from your camera to your computer.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 9:37 pm

...and of course you absolutely also have to have a Firewire card/port in your computer too!!

Axiom · Post by **Axiom** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 5:41 pm

ok thanx...

its not real cool how they give you the software and cords for everything else.. USB, A/V out, power... but no firewire...

THoff · Post by **THoff** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 6:14 pm

They are trying to keep costs low. Virtually all computers have USB, but many do not have Firewire. I bet it wouldn't cost them more than $0.50 to include that extra cable...