Video and Movie topics - Week 17, 2005

Sony TRV-280 Camcorder - USB 1.0 or 2.0 streaming?

Bradley - 23 Apr 2005 7:52 PM - 11 messages

I dont know this isnt listing directly on the box. Probably Sony not wanting to make it know its an old USB 1.0 specification but I guess I'll remain optimistic until I know for sure. So if anyone call me which USB ...

USB vs Firewire

Bradley - 23 Apr 2005 6:57 PM - 11 messages

Okay, It seems my USB cable is too slow to transfer full quality video from camcorder to harddrive without getting sound lag in the video so I have been told I might need to stream video using the firewire. I went to look at some ...

SONY TRV-280 HandyCam Camcorder - Sound Lag

Bradley - 23 Apr 2005 5:23 AM - 5 messages

Im making movies by streaming them directly to my hard drive with the USB cable on the Sony TRV-280 HandyCam and all the videos have "sound lag". The sound lags behind the video by about 1 second. They're not in sync. How can ...

HACK THE PLANET! (or how to destroy a Sony D8 camera)

C.J.Patten - 22 Apr 2005 12:36 AM - 11 messages

I'm kinda monopolizing the rec.video heirarchy today! Found some info on hacking Sony TRV-series Digital8 camcorders using a LANC controller (or parallel interface and a piece of software) Here's an interesting page: [link] ...

camera tricks & secret hidden behind the scene manual stuf...

C.J.Patten - 21 Apr 2005 8:22 PM - 31 messages

Realizing full manual control is the hallmark of prosumer & pro gear as long as I have a "backup cam" like the TRV320, I want to squeeze as much performance out of it as I can and wonder about tricks for overriding DV ...

multiple DVD's to single DVD

C.J.Patten - 21 Apr 2005 6:32 PM - 9 messages

Hey! I have a few portfolio DVD's that only play about 20 minutes each. My intent is to combine them on a single DVD. (these are all DVD5's) I see DVDremakePro will do this - any other options you folks can think of ...

How can you make someone old? Hoe iemand oud maken?

Poochy - 21 Apr 2005 2:46 PM - 9 messages

Hi English: How can you make a 18year old guy look like an old man? We're going to spray his hair grey, but what about his face? White make-up? .. Thx for you explination. Dutch: Hoe kan je een 18 jarige jongen er laten uitzien als een oude man? We ...

Copy one DVD to a blank DVD on Sony VCR's

terri - 21 Apr 2005 12:32 AM - 3 messages

How do I copy a DVD to a DVD? I have made DVD's from VHS tapes which contain family pictures and I wish to make extra copies for everyone. I have two Sony VCR's which both have a DVD player. Sony gives me no ...

sandbag/shotbag

s - 20 Apr 2005 5:38 PM - 6 messages

I have some sand/shot bags I need to fill. I have a lots of sand but no shot. Any reason I can't use sand? ...

Re: Sony camcorder as webcam - timeout problem

HerHusband - 20 Apr 2005 1:48 PM - 3 messages

Kevin, Removing the tape should prevent the camcorder from shutting off after 5 minutes or so. You may also need to disable the "screensaver" mode in the menu options. Anthony ...

Re: Just jumping into this

Dave Martindale - 20 Apr 2005 8:20 AM - 3 messages

Do they encode directly to MPEG-2? I guess they'd have to in order to write discs that are playable in a DVD player. Do they at least use a decently high bit rate? Dave ...

Revisited: wide angle converter for vx2100

surge672 - 19 Apr 2005 6:17 PM - 5 messages

I found this thread with response by David Ruether that was helpful in my own search but have a few more questions. Forgive me if this is a newbie question... I'm confused about the following description from B&H for a Hoya S-HMC ...

Just jumping into this

s - 19 Apr 2005 12:08 PM - 5 messages

Been doing photo for a long time. Have had a Hi-8 Sony for a while but never did any video capture or editing. Now I gotta do some for a wedding that just popped up. Question: Can I get a decent capture for editing? What's a ...