http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ Videomaker Community Forums » Tag: capturing - Recent Posts en Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:18:08 +0000 http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/panasonic-ag-hmc40#post-56511 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:56:16 +0000 Robert M Wright 56511@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>The HMC40 also has component video out, but (obviously) you would want to use the HDMI output for capturing with a BMI. The HMC40 is capable of shooting stunning images (with adequate lighting). Resolution of detail is roughly on par with the NX5U, and approaches the EX1. Personally, I find the HMC40 a real joy to shoot with.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/panasonic-ag-hmc40#post-56380 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:16:50 +0000 claycope 56380@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Yes, this camera has the HDMI capture option. </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/panasonic-ag-hmc40#post-55565 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:03:51 +0000 Derek Sine 55565@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p><a href="http://catalog2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ModelDetail?storeId=11201&amp;catalogId=13051&amp;itemId=361001&amp;surfModel=AG-HMC40">AG-HMC40</a> &lt;---- Link.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/panasonic-ag-hmc40#post-55563 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:30:22 +0000 CraftersOfLight 55563@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Or go to Panasonic website and download the operators manual and read about all you can do with the camera. This is a good way to see what all its options and functions are and how easy/hard they are to access.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/panasonic-ag-hmc40#post-55555 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:21:26 +0000 EarlC 55555@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Easy answer. Go to Google, enter Panasonic AG-HMC40 and check the specs.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/panasonic-ag-hmc40#post-55520 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:29:49 +0000 spankyone 55520@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>We are currently looking into buying this camera. However we have a few questions. Does this camera support direct capturing through HDMI output. We have a Black Magic Intensity Pro video card that supports HDMI capturing, we just need to know if this camera will allow it. Thanks.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/dropping-frames-with-hi8-camera#post-54041 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:05:41 +0000 trobi19 54041@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Well, I'm pleased to say that capturing on to the C drive worked perfectly. I didn't drop any frames,and captured at highest possible quality. I'll probably go this route until I look into purchasing a new camera.</p> <p>Thanks</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/dropping-frames-with-hi8-camera#post-54040 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:39:21 +0000 SafetyMan 54040@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I don't know what quality or price range you are considering, so I will tell you my preferences.</p> <p>My favorite consumer cameras are Canon.  The one that I use for home use is several years old and is an Optura 40 (When I bought it it was considered a High End consumer camera).  It has a hotshoe and mic jack and analog inputs.  I will often use it as a second camera in 2 camera shoots that I do at the kid's school, and I have been very pleased with it even though it is only an SD camera.  Great camera for capturing family moments.</p> <p>I assist a small organization with small video shoots as well and we purchased a Hi Def Sony HVRA1U which technically is a professional camera, but very low end at about $2000.  It was bought primarially because of the XLR microphone inputs and some of the features that it has.  I have used this for a variety of different events and I like it, but it is a bit heavy if you are going to be using it for a while without a tripod, after about 30 minutes, my hand starts going numb.</p> <p> </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/dropping-frames-with-hi8-camera#post-54016 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:44:02 +0000 trobi19 54016@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Yep. My capturing device is through USB and my computer is sending the video back to my external Hard drive through USB. My external only has the USB option, so for now I can drive capturing to my C drive, then putting captured video onto my external after. </p> <p>I'm also considering buying a MiniDV camcorder with great quality, mic jack, and analog input so I can digitize my analog video that way also...any suggestions?</p> <p>Also, my system should be fairly capable Intel Dual Core processor 1.8ghz. 2MB ram</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/dropping-frames-with-hi8-camera#post-53920 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 06:17:45 +0000 SafetyMan 53920@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>If your external drive is USB that is probably the issue as you are capturing over USB, processing that, and then sending a video stream back over USB.  Your USB buss is simply overloaded.  As an experiment if you want to try the realtime encoding, try capturing to your "C:" drive (even though it contradicts my advice above) or other internal drive.  If you don't drop frames then find a different way to connect that external hard drive, either firewire or eSATA.</p> <p>By way of comparison, my machine is a 2.8GHz, single core w/ 3.5G ram.  I use my DV camera to digitize analog video and send it into my computer via firewire.  I use an external hard drive dock  (<a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153071&amp;cm_re=thermaltake-_-17-153-071-_-Product">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153071&amp;cm_re=thermaltake-_-17-153-071-_-Product</a> ) connected via eSATA to save and edit my video.  This setup captures HD 1080i 30fps content without dropping frames.  On the same rig, if I try to capture via USB or save to an external USB drive I will drop 3-5 frames every 10 minutes.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/dropping-frames-with-hi8-camera#post-53819 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:13:15 +0000 trobi19 53819@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Thanks for the advice. I'll try that</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/dropping-frames-with-hi8-camera#post-53808 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 09:40:54 +0000 XTR-91 53808@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Cyberlink PowerDirector has a "non-realtime" capture option, which gives it the ability to capture video meticulously without dropping frames. Your software might offer this feature, which will probably take longer, but would be fully automatic. That's one reason I've never purchased a DV camcorder, due to its nature of streaming video, which I doubt even my 1.66 GHz dual core is capable of handling.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/dropping-frames-with-hi8-camera#post-53805 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:25:08 +0000 trobi19 53805@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I'm using an external hardware device that pinnacle provided thats basically a box that takes traditional analog,(yellow video, red/white audio), an S-video, and a firewire input...and then the output is through a usb cable into the computer. So i assume the box is only converting from composite to USB.</p> <p>The captured video is being saved to an external hard drive, rather than my OS drive, and my computer is in pretty good shape as far as handling video.</p> <p>I like the idea of having an external box that will convert analog to digital then send through firewire...just not sure where to look for that.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/dropping-frames-with-hi8-camera#post-53791 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:14:36 +0000 SafetyMan 53791@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> How are you capturing your video into your computer?  Are you using USB or Firewire?  Is the camera digitizing the video or are you using an external box to convert your composite video from the camera to Firewire or USB.</p> <p>In my experience, USB simply does not have enough bandwidth to capture video without dropping frames.  The reason is that the USB buss is shared, so everytime you touch the keyboard, or move the mouse you are taking just a little bit of bandwith away from your video stream.  I had a similar issue and ultimately just started importing my video using Firewire and the issue went away.  Anytime I now need to digitize a VHS or Hi-8 tape, I connect the source to my DV camera, let the DV camera digitize and send to my computer via firewire.  If you don't have  DV camera, there are several external boxes that will convert analog video to digital and send it to your computer via firewire.</p> <p>Another thing to look out for is to save your video to a hard drive that you use only for data.  Encoding the video and saving it on the drive that your operating system is on can cause issues as your drive may not be able to read data to operate the software you are using and write to the hard drive at the same time.</p> <p>The last and final thing is to make sure that your computer is capable of handling the video source.  For best results, you should be operating well above the minimum system requirements of Pinnacle 12</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/dropping-frames-with-hi8-camera#post-53785 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:30:54 +0000 trobi19 53785@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>For years, I have come across the problem of dropping frames when trying to capture video in a good quality from my Hi8 Camcorder. I'm aware that it isn't unusual for that to happen with 8mm/Hi8 capturing, but are there any possible tricks or other free capturing softwares that could help me with this problem? This is by far the most frustrating experience for me when I do my editing. I am currently using Pinnacle Studio 12 ultimate. Thanks.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/capturing-from-sony-trv-38-mini-dv#post-49492 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:37:45 +0000 abhra_m 49492@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hi </p> <p>Would really appreciate a little from you guys. I am trying to capture some footage from  Sony TRV38 to Premiere Pro CS4. The problem is that I use a Windows vista and Sony has not released any drivers for this operating system. They support upto XP but not any later than that. Any ideas ?</p> <p> </p> <p>Thanks</p> <p>Abhra </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/minidv-capture#post-41325 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:33:20 +0000 RockstarRider 41325@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>yup ive noticed that...miniDV is the path into professional editing.....very good...yeah i will certainly get a miniDV camcorder for christmas...and some tapes and UV filter and maybe extra battery...oh yeah and firewire cable..i almost forgot..ha...</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/minidv-capture#post-41323 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:29:57 +0000 robGRAUERT 41323@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <blockquote><p>"i would never ever recommend miniDVD camcorder for people that want to get into serious editing..a bunch of problems come up"</p></blockquote> <blockquote><p> </blockquote> MiniDV is actually quite reliable. Ever since I got into video I've been using miniDV and I still use it to this day, and many others do too. It's cost effective and is capable of recording a decent image. </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/minidv-capture#post-41321 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:26:00 +0000 RockstarRider 41321@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>yeah!...thats good...i would never ever recommend miniDVD camcorder for people that want to get into serious editing..a bunch of problems come up...i should of researched more about them..hopefull i will have better editing experiences with miniDV...sometime when i COULD import the DVD it didnt take long like maybe 5 min for 20 min of footage..i will have to get used to like waiting the entire minidv to get capture..but like i could go do something else while its is capturing...go to the bathroom or something..ha..minidv is good...</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/minidv-capture#post-41316 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:18:43 +0000 robGRAUERT 41316@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Yes, your computer can definitely handle DV editing. </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/minidv-capture#post-41314 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:16:56 +0000 RockstarRider 41314@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Well i have a hp computer and has an 80GB hard drive but i bought a 640GB external drive  so imma capture the video to it..also it has a 2.7GHZ Intel Celeron Processor  with 1GB of RAM...and i have a firewire port..is this good enough..??</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/minidv-capture#post-41312 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:13:11 +0000 robGRAUERT 41312@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Capture to an external hard drive or a second internal hard drive. Never capture to your primary hard drive. Also, I've been told the hard drive speed should be no slower than 7200rpm.</p> <p> One hour of video is 12-13GB, although, I've also been told you don't want to fill your hard drive more than half way because then it's only working half as good. So for example, I wouldn't fill a 500GB hard drive more than 250GB.</p> <p> I believe dropped frames has to do with the speed of your drive. If you're talking about drop out, which is when some pixels are like, not there and look like the color of rainbows kinda, then that has to do with having dirty heads in your camcorder or deck.</p> <p> You need firewire as well.  </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/minidv-capture#post-41310 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:08:23 +0000 RockstarRider 41310@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>if i get a miniDV camcorder and capture the video in vegas pro 8, What are the requirements for my PC to capture the entire 1-hour video smoothly without dropping lots of frames...and be able to preview it..</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/weird-capturing-problem#post-35522 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:40:34 +0000 Johnboy 35522@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>hmmm... you are correct to want to capture dv-avi and not mpeg.  Take a look at a program called scenalyzer, I know there is a freeware version on their website as well as a new version, don't know what that costs.  Use that to capture and report back results.  I don't think the drive is causing the issue...</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/weird-capturing-problem#post-35519 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:45:08 +0000 Jazzy88 35519@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>That is a good thought but I am actually capturing to an external Seagate FreeAgent drive with 400 GB of free space. Could it be the fact that it's external be causing a problem?</p> <p>Another thing is I don't understand why when the software is configured to capture in MPEG format both the preview and capture of the video are fine. It's only when I change the format to DV_AVI that is gets all choppy and messed up. </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/weird-capturing-problem#post-35511 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:46:28 +0000 Johnboy 35511@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>there are many factors that can cause this issue, but at first glance I would suspect that you are trying to capture the files to your system drive making your computer work overtime.   You need to capture your files to a "physical" drive that is separate from your system drive.  Make sure that the drive is formatted properly (if your drive is formatted as FAT32, you will get files in chunks of maximum 4 gig, If the drive is NTFS, and it should be, then you will get full files, i.e. 1 hour of video is approximatly 13 gigs of microsoft avi file type)</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/weird-capturing-problem#post-35495 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:51:16 +0000 Jazzy88 35495@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I'm attempting to convert some VHS tapes to DVD and I'm having a problem that has me stumped. The VCR I am using to play the taps is a RCA VR706HF - it's a 4 head HiFi VCR. My first attempt was to the VCR to my Datavideo DAC-100 video converter which was then connected to my computer thru a firewire card, and I was using <a href="http://www.videohelp.com/tools/Ulead_Videostudio">Ulead Video Studio</a> 11 to do the capturing in AVI format. The video and audio were coming through perfectly in the capture preview window prior to hitting the "begin capture" button. As soon I pressed this button the video became horribly choppy - almost like stop motion. The video would freeze for a couple of seconds then move a couple frames, freeze some more, etc. And the audio was doing the same. I was hoping it was just the preview and not the actual recording - but it wasn't.</p> <p>If I changed the format to MPEG everything came out fine. If I was just burning these right to DVD I wouldn't have a problem but I would like to do some editing (especially to the long wedding videos) so I would prefer everything in AVI if possible. Thinking it was a software problem I tried using <a href="http://www.videohelp.com/tools/NeroVision_Express">Nero Vision</a>, <a href="http://www.videohelp.com/tools/Windows_Movie_Maker">Windows Moviemaker</a>, and <a href="http://www.videohelp.com/tools/Virtualdub">VirtualDub</a> to capture but they all came through with the same results. So I looked towards the hardware and changed the setup. This time I tried using a Digital Camcorder as a pass through instead of the video converter. Same results with all the different software packages.</p> <p>The only thing I haven't changed is the VCR but since it plays fine while not capturing I didn't think that's where the problem is. I've done alot of research on this but haven't come up with any solutions.</p> <p>Any thoughts, suggestions, or ideas? If there's any further details I could provide to help with the solution please let me know.</p>