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| 527097 | 2007-02-22 08:49:00 | Just been to look at a friends camcorder as above. They only have it inputing to the pc with a USB cable,and it looks like they can only save the files as wmv,according to what I saw in the Sony program.Is there any way of saving from the camcorder as Dv while using the USB input? They don't have a firewire card installed.And can Windows Movie Maker write these wmv files to DVD, as I only saw an option to CD? | Neil McC (178) | ||
| 527098 | 2007-02-22 08:57:00 | AFAIK no MM only saves as WMV, and cant burn. In Vista u can tho, I think. You'll need something like Nerovision, (or other), or some Ulead program to burn it to DVD. USB would be too slow with Video, if it can use firewire, I would use it. Its faster than USB for transferring video. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 527099 | 2007-02-22 19:21:00 | Thanks Speedy. Just been having a look at Movie Maker on my pc, and you're right, nothing to DVD.I've only used it for reducing my wife's camera videos to send by email! So if I put WinDV on their pc,would that work with the USB input? Otherwise I'd have to fit a firewire card, in a Dell. |
Neil McC (178) | ||
| 527100 | 2007-02-22 19:34:00 | Any program that supports transferring of video should recognise USB or firewire (well in theory that is)! BUT, as I said depending on how fast the system is as well, using USB to transfer video, it'll be jerky. And might be out of sync. If the cam has firewire as well as USB, I would put a firewire card in the system. And umm depending on how big these videos are, they may not fit in an email, as most ISP's have a limit. However, I dont think this cam has an ilink/firewire connection on it. So, you cant use firewire. Even if u put a firewire card in the system. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 527101 | 2007-02-22 19:56:00 | Ok, I'll try transferring using the USB and see how it goes. And the camcorder's outputs are AV,S-video,Firewire, and USB1.1, according to Consumers report! The idea is that my friends don't want to ask me to save their tapes to DVD,might be easier if I do!! Thanks again. |
Neil McC (178) | ||
| 527102 | 2007-02-22 20:04:00 | Hmm one site I checked said it didnt have firewire, but this site (www.amazon.co.uk) Says it has got firewire. So, my bad, looks like it does have firewire. It'll be easier to transfer whatever from this cam (using firewire in this case), and then burn the video to DVD. Instead of trying to email them. Because, I doubt the files will be small enough to be sent via email, and if theyre too big, whatever the ISP is, they'll most probably stop it, if its over the limit. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 527103 | 2007-02-22 21:18:00 | And I dont think the USB (since its too slow) is for transferring video, its for video streaming (like using it as a webcam, or something). | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 527104 | 2007-02-22 23:47:00 | Thanks Speedy,I'll let them know re firewire. | Neil McC (178) | ||
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