http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ Videomaker Forums » Tag: firewire - Recent Posts en Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:06:46 +0000 http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/hd-through-firewire#post-49783 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:56:49 +0000 Cyberlink 49783@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Yes, it would affect the quality of the footage being transferred.  To transfer XDCAM clips in full, original quality, you need to connect your PMW EX3 through the USB connection.  The PMW EX3 can convert and output HDV through Firewire, but this is not going to be the same quality as the XDCAM video formats that the PMW EX3 is capable of recording (full 1920x1080i, 1080P or 720P at 35 Mbps, versus 1440x1080i at 25 Mbps HDV).  By the way, you can also transfer XDCAM clips by inserting the SxS flash memory cards in the ExpressCard slot of your capable laptop PC.</p> <p>That being said, I haven't tried it, but I would think that the HDV quality would be pretty good through the Firewire connection.  As it would be HD, it would be much higher resolution than a Sony DSR 370 DVCAM camcorder is capable of providing.</p> <p>Tom</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/hd-through-firewire#post-49768 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:35:02 +0000 Johnboy 49768@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> short answer is no, it's a digital file transfer, which does not affect video quality</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/hd-through-firewire#post-49767 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:18:01 +0000 joesul 49767@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Would using firewire effect the quality of the footage i would be trasfering to my computer from my sony pmw ex3? and if its effecting would it be still better then my sony dsr 370 quality? what is the best way to transfer the footage from my sony pmw ex3 to my computer through firewire</p> <p>Thank you</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/i-cant-get-pinnacle-to-upload-my-movies-from-canon#post-49493 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:47:20 +0000 seriousphotoguy 49493@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Your first (simplest) option has already been mentioned: use the Canon software to import and the Pinnacle software to edit. </p> <p>Second option is to add FireWire capability. I've assumed that you have a PC since you don't seem to have FireWire built in. You don't mention if you are using a laptop or desktop. If you have a laptop you'll want to purchase an adapter that plugs into the expansion port. Check to see if your laptop take a 34 connector or 54 connector card. For a desktop you'll need to puchase a FireWire card and open the box to install it. </p> <p>Pinnacle Studio 12 does recognize Canon and Sony camcorders via FireWire, BTDT. But some of the other things about version 12 are better in their advertising than in delivery. For example the title screens look like there were generated on a 1988 model Apple computer. I've used Studio software since version 8 and there has been very little improvement in the appearance of the text used for titles.</p> <p> </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/i-cant-get-pinnacle-to-upload-my-movies-from-canon#post-49329 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:22:29 +0000 SirfurProductions 49329@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I have the same camera and software... </p> <p>The way I got it to work was to install the software that came with the camera, this allowed me to import the video from the camera to my hard drive. </p> <p>Then Studio 12 will retrieve the video from your hard drive.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/i-cant-get-pinnacle-to-upload-my-movies-from-canon#post-49325 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:31:18 +0000 aspen2cody 49325@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Thank you XTR-91, I will try that.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/i-cant-get-pinnacle-to-upload-my-movies-from-canon#post-49305 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:56:26 +0000 XTR-91 49305@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Importing from USB, video is not "captured", but instead imported as if the camera were a USB storage device. It's similar to importing video from your computer's internal hardrive. Check Pinnacle's help file and search for the term "Import". When importing, browse to the camcorder's disk drive (e.g. drive E) and then find the subfolder that contains the video.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/i-cant-get-pinnacle-to-upload-my-movies-from-canon#post-49293 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:21:17 +0000 aspen2cody 49293@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>yes, my camcorder does have a hard drive and flash memory. I have tried to connect with my USB and it keeps telling me I need to connect to FireWire. What do I need to do to the software to allow it to recieve the movie? I am ready to throw this software in the garbage. Like I said before, I was able to download the movies from my USB cable and save them to the computer before I purchased Pinnacle. There must be something I havent done to the software to allow it recieve the movies from my camcorder. Help!!!!!</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/i-cant-get-pinnacle-to-upload-my-movies-from-canon#post-49289 Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:17:36 +0000 XTR-91 49289@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Firewire was designed for streaming digital video to a computer without any need for conversion. DV camcorder video is imported via FireWire while being played from a tape. USB does not have the bandwidth capability of Firewire to stream video from a camcorder.</p> <p>If yours is a hard disk or flash memory camcorder, connect it to USB and import it from the camera's disk drive. If it's a DV camera, Firewire is the type of connection to use.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/i-cant-get-pinnacle-to-upload-my-movies-from-canon#post-49288 Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:48:52 +0000 aspen2cody 49288@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I dont have it connected to fire-wire. I have it connected to USB. How am I going to get it connected to firewire? Mini USB to firwiere, HDMI to firewire that is the only way I can connect from my camera to the computer. Thats the problem, why is this software saying I must connect to firewire when the Cannon software was perfectly happy connectiing to USB.</p> <p> </p> <p>By the way I have removed all the Cannon other movie editing software.</p> <p> </p> <p>thanks for help, so you think just by connectiing to fire wire that will solve everything?</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/i-cant-get-pinnacle-to-upload-my-movies-from-canon#post-49287 Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:38:40 +0000 Omtech 49287@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Please make sure your camera is off, connect it to the firewire then on it the box will appres asking you which </p> <p>program you want to capture with, this depends on the editing programs that are in your PC. cancell it, launch your pinnacle then capture.</p> <p>Hope this one will help.</p> <p> </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/i-cant-get-pinnacle-to-upload-my-movies-from-canon#post-49286 Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:25:11 +0000 aspen2cody 49286@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I have a canon HD Vixia HF10 and just bought Pinnacle studio plus edition 12. The problem is I cant get my recordings to show up when I click the capture button. I get an error message that says</p> <p>Studio is unable to connect to your video device.</p> <p>If you have a DV make sure its on VTR, VCR or play mode and is connected to Firewire or 1394 port on your computer.</p> <p>Right now I am connected to the computer from the mini USB to USB on the computer and I am in the play mode on the Canon. Thats the way it worked when I was using the software that came with the Canon with no problems except the software was pretty awful.</p> <p>Any thoughts would be much appreciated.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/please-help-fx1-wont-connect-to-vista-through-firewire#post-48325 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:46:27 +0000 cfulton 48325@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Please consider using some punctuation in the future... that'll make your posts a lot easier to read.</p> <p>You shouldn't need any drivers at all.</p> <p>Did you buy the camcorder new or used? I've seen FireWire connectors stop working on older camcorders. In practice, FireWire connections (particularly the 4-pin connectors) are more delicate than a lot of people would care to admit.</p> <p>Does your computer's FireWire port work with other things that you connect to it? If you attach the camcorder to another computer, is it detected then? (It also doesn't matter a bit on the brand of the computer.)</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/please-help-fx1-wont-connect-to-vista-through-firewire#post-48240 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:17:57 +0000 markyboyle 48240@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> i have just bought a fx1e and i cant capture through the firewire i have tried looking for help on the sony website and they dont have the driver but they say it is compatable with vista but it doest come up in the hardware profile after spending £1500 i am a bit confused to how one sony product cant reconise the other as i have a sony vaio laptop and using adobe premiere cs3 so i really need your help please</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/editing-footage-directly-from-dvd#post-45574 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:08:02 +0000 griz11 45574@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>You give away a lot of resolution by burning to dvd first. And really the footage isn't suitable for editing because its already been compressed. You will be much happier with the results from the dazzle.</p> <p> </p> <p>Griz</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/editing-footage-directly-from-dvd#post-44992 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:35:25 +0000 jstraub78 44992@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Yep, the Pinnacle Dazzle is what I purchased.  I'll see how this works out for me....thanks!</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/editing-footage-directly-from-dvd#post-44970 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:49:35 +0000 Eventvideoguy 44970@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Try these two.  This was more I was thinking.</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8853822&amp;type=product&amp;id=1209166068566" rel="nofollow">http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8853822&amp;type=product&amp;id=1209166068566</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8853797&amp;type=product&amp;id=1209166068373" rel="nofollow">http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8853797&amp;type=product&amp;id=1209166068373</a></p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/prosumer-cameras-in-general-connections#post-44935 Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:03:22 +0000 robgrauert 44935@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Firewire is the best connection when working with DV. </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/prosumer-cameras-in-general-connections#post-44932 Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:11:51 +0000 Furball 44932@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>My question is in regards to output connections. Currently I have a GL1 and a GL2; BOTH of which have worn loose the 1394 firewire (mini) connections. I'm losing connectivity between the camera and laptop (using DV Rack / On location). Is there a better camera output I should be looking for when shopping for replacement cameras? When moving the camera over and over on the tripod, the connections have become loose. These cameras are approximately 6 years old and need replacing anyways. I don't want to make the same mistake with new equipment. Any suggestions out there? Thanks to all!</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/editing-footage-directly-from-dvd#post-44894 Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:30:38 +0000 jstraub78 44894@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>OK, so aside from the A/V to USB or Firewire cable, you are saying I will need a video capture card?  I went to BestBuy.com and these were all that I found...</p> <p><a href="http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp;jsessionid=E0KMIE5CSYQRNKC4D3IFAFI?_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1&amp;id=pcat17071&amp;type=page&amp;st=video+capture+card&amp;sc=Global&amp;cp=1&amp;nrp=15&amp;sp=&amp;qp=&amp;list=n&amp;iht=y&amp;usc=All+Categories&amp;ks=960">http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp;jsessionid=E0KMIE5CSYQRNKC4D3IFAFI?_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1&amp;id=pcat17071&amp;type=page&amp;st=video+capture+card&amp;sc=Global&amp;cp=1&amp;nrp=15&amp;sp=&amp;qp=&amp;list=n&amp;iht=y&amp;usc=All+Categories&amp;ks=960</a></p> <p>they all appear to be TV tuner cards...and the lowest is $49.99 (on sale). </p> <p>I'm thinking I would want an external card, unless the internal ones aren't too hard to install.</p> <p>Any other thoughts?</p> <p>Thanks!</p> <p>Joe</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/editing-footage-directly-from-dvd#post-44891 Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:54:34 +0000 Eventvideoguy 44891@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Just go to your local Electronics dealer.  Best Buy, etc and ask them for the conversion equipment.  It will probably run you about $50 bucks.</p> <p>Or just go in and go to the Video editing section with all the video capture cards etc.</p> <p>The hardware should have an A/V in and a USB or Firewire out.</p> <p>They will probably have Pinnacle or something in stock.  Although I don't recommend the software, Go ahead and use the device.</p> <p>That should at least get you pointed in the right direction. </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/editing-footage-directly-from-dvd#post-44890 Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:46:53 +0000 jstraub78 44890@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hello all.  A newbie here with a rather simplistic question.  At this point in the game, I have a Sony Handycam Hi-8 mm camcorder and no easy way to transfer my footage onto my computer for editing except to burn it to a DVD.  The camcorder doesn't have a USB cable, just A/V cables.  I do have firewire on my computer though.  Is it possible to use a firewire cable with my analog Hi-8mm camcorder?  I use the rather simplistic Windows Movie Maker for my editing.  I'm looking to soon make some heavy upgrades to my editing software and to a digital camcorder... </p> <p>But in the meantime, my current method is to burn the footage to DVD, then I have to convert the footage to an AVI in order for Windows Movie Maker to be able to use it.  This heavily dampens my quality.  Is there any current video editing software that allows you to import footage directly from a DVD-RW? </p> <p>I'm guessing there is a way to connect to the firewire, but I'm not sure what special equipment I may need to convert the signal from analog to digital.</p> <p>Thanks for any help!</p> <p>Joe</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/pc-not-recognising-jvc-camcorder#post-44436 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:03:54 +0000 composite1 44436@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>New Birth,</p> <p>If you don't have any constructive technical advice to give please be kind enough to keep that 'crap' to yourself.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/pc-not-recognising-jvc-camcorder#post-44426 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:58:03 +0000 XTR-91 44426@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p><strong>malcvxer: </strong><em>I cannot get my PC (or my laptop!) (both running XP) to recognise my JVC firewire port.  Nothing happens when its connected.</em></p> <p>I'm not an expert with Firewire, but I doubt a "Fround New Hardware" balloon will appear as it does with a USB device.</p> <p>Have you tried performing the capture function on your computer after connecting the camcorder?</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/pc-not-recognising-jvc-camcorder#post-43841 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 04:01:48 +0000 Johnboy 43841@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>is anything else utilizing firewire? with all software closed, does the computer recognize the camera when you plug it in and turn it on in vcr mode?</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/pc-not-recognising-jvc-camcorder#post-43840 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:41:30 +0000 composite1 43840@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Mal,</p> <p>Does other firewire gear (harddrives, cameras) work with your laptop when connected? If not, either you have a bad 1394 driver or bad firewire hardware. If other gear works when connected, you may need to to a firmware update on your JVC camera. You can get that from JVC's Pro portion of the website. Also, check if the camera will connect to another computer successfully. If so, again something's up with your laptop. If not, you should send it in for servicing as your firewire input is most likely bad.</p> <p>Good luck.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/pc-not-recognising-jvc-camcorder#post-43830 Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:30:38 +0000 malcvxer 43830@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>New to this Forum so hope you guys can assist!!  I cannot get my PC (or my laptop!) (both running XP) to recognise my JVC firewire port.  Nothing happens when its connected.  I have tried the following:</p> <p>The computer has two firewire ports (back and front) - all seem OK when connected to Laptop</p> <p>I've tried two different JVC cams: DVM5 and DVX10</p> <p>Have also tried - two firewire cables (in case one was US) and also a 4 pin to pin into the laptop</p> <p>I've tried all the remedies I can find on various forums (including the JVC one which says reinstall Direct X) - all to no avail.  The crazt thing is that I'm sure I've connected Ok before with the same kit.  Analog capture just inst an option so can anyone help please??</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/having-problems-editing-hd-on-fcp#post-38704 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:05:36 +0000 robgrauert 38704@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I've been told that ideally you want a hard drive that rotates at 7200rpm. So if you've got a 5400rpm hard drive, that may be the issue.</p> <p> If it is 7200rpm, then try changing the settings in FCP that allow you to edit in lower quality. The footage won't change quality, it's just letting you edit in a lower resolution so that your computer can handle the video. </p> <p> Transferring the video to your main hard drive is the last resort and I don't recommend it at all. If your hard drive crashes and you lose your footage and project files, you're out of luck.  </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/having-problems-editing-hd-on-fcp#post-38700 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:27:53 +0000 MikeFlowline 38700@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Thanks Jerron. I just decided to use my internal drive for scratch. It takes up alot of space, but once my client is happy with the finished product I can just delete everything.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/having-problems-editing-hd-on-fcp#post-38686 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:34:56 +0000 jerronsmith 38686@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Mike,</p> <p>If you want to test whether or not the hdd is your issue you could try copying some of the footage to your local hard drive and importing it into a new FCP project. If the problem persists it is an issue with the external hard drive. I don't know if it is causing your problem, but in general I don't know any professionals who recommend editing from a usb hard drive. While they are fine for storage, they aren't really fast enough (at sustained speeds) for the editing process.</p>