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Adept:
Are there any budding Spielbergs here?

I recently bought a digital video camera. Whilst I have no problems setting it up and creating S-VCDs from my home movies1, I have one big question to ask ...

Why do I have to download the tape in real-time? ???

I sort of assumed that the process of copying the movie off the tape onto the PC would be similar to copying jpg files off a compact flash card as with my digital still camera. Instead I have to set the software to record and hope that there are no dropped frames etc. and then wait for the duration of the tape while the DV or MPG file is recreated on my PC?

Surely I'm doing something wrong?

I have a Panasonic NV-GS4 connected via Firewire with Ulead Videostudio 7 software.




1. I'm saving up for a DVD writer! ::)

lobo:
@Adept
"movie off the tape onto the PC"

Not certain what we are talking here, does a digital video camcorder hold the image in memory or on tape?

If the data is on a tape how else gould you download it,if its held in memory then it should just transfer the data across by firewire

Brian ??? ???

daveeb:

--- Quote from: Adept on June 16, 2003, 18:32 ---

Why do I have to download the tape in real-time? ???


--- End quote ---


hi adept, well i download my footage as dv, it can only download at the speed the tape will play at i.e. normal playback speed.  or have i missed the point of the question.

Clive:
Remember that you won't get any sense out of Adept until he returns from basking in more sunny climes.  Another 12 days 14 hours and 42 minutes yet.   ;D

Sandra:

--- Quote from: Clive on June 20, 2003, 11:00 ---
Remember that you won't get any sense out of Adept until he SOBERS UP

--- End quote ---


Oh Clive how could you say that about the boss man when hes not here to defend himself  ::)

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