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Copy from Mini DV to PC to DVD, what's the real question?
question is... I've got a Dell Dimension 8400 with dual TV tuners, the Windows XP Media version, Sonic MyDVD, PhotoShop CS, cable modem, and CD and DVD burners. For the past three years or so I've mostly been working with digital still photography--lately with a Fuji S7000 prosumer 6.3 megapixal camera and Photoshop CS. However, I've also got a JVC Mini DV camera, model GR-DVP310u, that is about 4 1/2 years old or so. I haven't used the JVC camera much since I got into the digital still cameras and I have not taken any of the footage off the mini-DV tapes... got quite a few of them! I'd like to think I can get the footage off the Mini-DV tapes, into my computer and ultimately burn them to DVDs using the Sonic MyDVD software. The JVC camera came with a cable with a RS-232C connector that allows me to connect to the PC. However, the JLIP Video Capture and Producer software and manuals imply that I can only transfer still images from the camera to the PC and all the video would have to go to VHS. Looking on the JVC web site revealed nothing to me as concerns pulling this task off. The simple question is how do I copy from the Mini DV to the PC to DVD but I think the real question may be something else... Suggestions??? Thanks John All the basic software you need is built in to XP. Just plug in the camera
to a Firewire port and the right capture application will automatically pop up. And I'm pretty sure that MyDVD will capture video too. Bye. Show quoteHide quote "John Grossbohlin" <grossboj.nospam@nospam.earthlink.net> wrote in message news:x5Ihf.5438$wf.804@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net... > I'm not sure how to ask this question because I'm not sure what the real > question is... > [.........] > The simple question is how do I copy from the Mini DV to the PC to DVD but > I think the real question may be something else... > > Suggestions??? > > Thanks > > John > > > "David Sommers" <dsomm***@ACM.org> wrote in message David,news:qSaif.83690$QM5.13826@tornado.socal.rr.com... > All the basic software you need is built in to XP. Just plug in the camera > to a Firewire port and the right capture application will automatically > pop up. And I'm pretty sure that MyDVD will capture video too. > > "John Grossbohlin" <grossboj.nospam@nospam.earthlink.net> wrote in message > news:x5Ihf.5438$wf.804@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net... >> The simple question is how do I copy from the Mini DV to the PC to DVD >> but I think the real question may be something else... My Dell 8400 computer has a Sound Blaster Audigy card that lists IEEE1394 as one of its features. Can I assume that that is a Firewire port?? If so then I think all I need is a cable... Sound right? Strip the extraneous out of my e-mail address to take this off line. Thanks, John Firewire goes by several names since it was created by Apple some years ago.
When it became a real engineering standard, it was called IEEE-1394. And Sony calls it iLink for some reason. They are all the same. Now there is Firewire 800, which as the name implies, runs at double the original 400Mbps, and is backwards compatible. There are two kinds of Firewire connection, the 4-pin on your camera and the 6-pin on many disk drives and other Firewire devices. The extra two pins carry power and there are adapter cables to interconnect the two. My desktop PC has 4-pin Firewire on the front and 6-pin Firewire on the back. Bye. Show quoteHide quote "John Grossbohlin" <grossboj.nospam@nospam.earthlink.net> wrote in message news:JDlif.6231$wf.3779@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net... > > "David Sommers" <dsomm***@ACM.org> wrote in message > news:qSaif.83690$QM5.13826@tornado.socal.rr.com... >> All the basic software you need is built in to XP. Just plug in the >> camera to a Firewire port and the right capture application will >> automatically pop up. And I'm pretty sure that MyDVD will capture video >> too. >> >> "John Grossbohlin" <grossboj.nospam@nospam.earthlink.net> wrote in >> message news:x5Ihf.5438$wf.804@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net... > >>> The simple question is how do I copy from the Mini DV to the PC to DVD >>> but I think the real question may be something else... > > David, > > My Dell 8400 computer has a Sound Blaster Audigy card that lists IEEE1394 > as one of its features. Can I assume that that is a Firewire port?? If so > then I think all I need is a cable... Sound right? > > Strip the extraneous out of my e-mail address to take this off line. > > Thanks, > > John > > > > > > >
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"David Sommers" <dsomm***@ACM.org> wrote in message Thanks David... a double-ended 4-pin cable solve my problem!news:H6nif.83717$QM5.7805@tornado.socal.rr.com... > Firewire goes by several names since it was created by Apple some years > ago. When it became a real engineering standard, it was called IEEE-1394. > And Sony calls it iLink for some reason. They are all the same. Now there > is Firewire 800, which as the name implies, runs at double the original > 400Mbps, and is backwards compatible. There are two kinds of Firewire > connection, the 4-pin on your camera and the 6-pin on many disk drives and > other Firewire devices. The extra two pins carry power and there are > adapter cables to interconnect the two. My desktop PC has 4-pin Firewire > on the front and 6-pin Firewire on the back. > > Bye. > > "John Grossbohlin" <grossboj.nospam@nospam.earthlink.net> wrote in message > news:JDlif.6231$wf.3779@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net... >> >> "David Sommers" <dsomm***@ACM.org> wrote in message >> news:qSaif.83690$QM5.13826@tornado.socal.rr.com... >>> All the basic software you need is built in to XP. Just plug in the >>> camera to a Firewire port and the right capture application will >>> automatically pop up. And I'm pretty sure that MyDVD will capture video >>> too. >>> >>> "John Grossbohlin" <grossboj.nospam@nospam.earthlink.net> wrote in >>> message news:x5Ihf.5438$wf.804@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net... >> >>>> The simple question is how do I copy from the Mini DV to the PC to DVD >>>> but I think the real question may be something else... >> >> David, >> >> My Dell 8400 computer has a Sound Blaster Audigy card that lists IEEE1394 >> as one of its features. Can I assume that that is a Firewire port?? If >> so then I think all I need is a cable... Sound right? John "David Sommers" <dsomm***@ACM.org> wrote in message Actually, they are not. To be guaranteed to work with a camcorder, they news:H6nif.83717$QM5.7805@tornado.socal.rr.com... > Firewire goes by several names since it was created by Apple some years > ago. When it became a real engineering standard, it was called IEEE-1394. > And Sony calls it iLink for some reason. They are all the same. need to be OHCI compliant. Virtually all modern ports are, but many older ones were not. Show quoteHide quote > Now there is Firewire 800, which as the name implies, runs at double the > original 400Mbps, and is backwards compatible. There are two kinds of > Firewire connection, the 4-pin on your camera and the 6-pin on many disk > drives and other Firewire devices. The extra two pins carry power and > there are adapter cables to interconnect the two. My desktop PC has 4-pin > Firewire on the front and 6-pin Firewire on the back. > > Bye. > > "John Grossbohlin" <grossboj.nospam@nospam.earthlink.net> wrote in message > news:JDlif.6231$wf.3779@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net... >> >> "David Sommers" <dsomm***@ACM.org> wrote in message >> news:qSaif.83690$QM5.13826@tornado.socal.rr.com... >>> All the basic software you need is built in to XP. Just plug in the >>> camera to a Firewire port and the right capture application will >>> automatically pop up. And I'm pretty sure that MyDVD will capture video >>> too. >>> >>> "John Grossbohlin" <grossboj.nospam@nospam.earthlink.net> wrote in >>> message news:x5Ihf.5438$wf.804@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net... >> >>>> The simple question is how do I copy from the Mini DV to the PC to DVD >>>> but I think the real question may be something else... >> >> David, >> >> My Dell 8400 computer has a Sound Blaster Audigy card that lists IEEE1394 >> as one of its features. Can I assume that that is a Firewire port?? If >> so then I think all I need is a cable... Sound right? >> >> Strip the extraneous out of my e-mail address to take this off line. >> >> Thanks, >> >> John >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 17:52:25 -0800, PTRAVEL wrote:
> OK, which is it? Are they the same or not? I think you are saying that if> "David Sommers" <dsomm***@ACM.org> wrote in message > news:H6nif.83717$QM5.7805@tornado.socal.rr.com... >> Firewire goes by several names since it was created by Apple some years >> ago. When it became a real engineering standard, it was called IEEE-1394. >> And Sony calls it iLink for some reason. They are all the same. > > Actually, they are not. To be guaranteed to work with a camcorder, they > need to be OHCI compliant. Virtually all modern ports are, but many older > ones were not. a Firewire / IEEE-1394 / iLink port is OHCI compliant, it will handle an OHCI compliant camcorder. From my point of view, with the now ubiquitous IEEE-1394, OHCI compliant ports on most modern motherboards, the minor issue of some ancient PC or Mac with some antique Firewire port is moot and not a serious issue anymore. Bye.
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"David Sommers" <ubuntu.naviga***@gmail.com> wrote in message Which is what?news:pan.2005.11.28.04.31.06.518422@gmail.com... > On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 17:52:25 -0800, PTRAVEL wrote: > >> >> "David Sommers" <dsomm***@ACM.org> wrote in message >> news:H6nif.83717$QM5.7805@tornado.socal.rr.com... >>> Firewire goes by several names since it was created by Apple some years >>> ago. When it became a real engineering standard, it was called >>> IEEE-1394. >>> And Sony calls it iLink for some reason. They are all the same. >> >> Actually, they are not. To be guaranteed to work with a camcorder, they >> need to be OHCI compliant. Virtually all modern ports are, but many >> older >> ones were not. > > OK, which is it? > Are they the same or not? Are what the same? Camcorders require OHCI compliant 1394 ports. Some are, some aren't. > I think you are saying that if There ya go. And, conversely, if the 1394 port is not OHCI compliant, it > a Firewire / IEEE-1394 / iLink port is OHCI compliant, it will handle an > OHCI compliant camcorder. will not handle _any_ camcorder (all of which require OHCI-compliant ports). > From my point of view, with the now ubiquitous IEEE-1394 is not a guarantee of OHCI complaince. You also have an > IEEE-1394, OHCI compliant ports on most modern motherboards, the minor > issue of some ancient PC or Mac with some antique Firewire port is moot > and not a serious issue anymore. interesting definition of "antique," given that computers and ports of as recent manufacture as three years ago may not have included OHCI-compliant 1394 ports, and had ports that would not work reliably with camcorders. Show quoteHide quote > > Bye. John Grossbohlin wrote:
Show quoteHide quote > Go to Google and search the "Sony VRD-VC20" stand alone DVD> I'm not sure how to ask this question because I'm not sure what the real > question is... > > I've got a Dell Dimension 8400 with dual TV tuners, the Windows XP Media > version, Sonic MyDVD, PhotoShop CS, cable modem, and CD and DVD burners. For > the past three years or so I've mostly been working with digital still > photography--lately with a Fuji S7000 prosumer 6.3 megapixal camera and > Photoshop CS. However, I've also got a JVC Mini DV camera, model GR-DVP310u, > that is about 4 1/2 years old or so. I haven't used the JVC camera much > since I got into the digital still cameras and I have not taken any of the > footage off the mini-DV tapes... got quite a few of them! > > I'd like to think I can get the footage off the Mini-DV tapes, into my > computer and ultimately burn them to DVDs using the Sonic MyDVD software. > The JVC camera came with a cable with a RS-232C connector that allows me to > connect to the PC. However, the JLIP Video Capture and Producer software and > manuals imply that I can only transfer still images from the camera to the > PC and all the video would have to go to VHS. Looking on the JVC web site > revealed nothing to me as concerns pulling this task off. > > The simple question is how do I copy from the Mini DV to the PC to DVD but I > think the real question may be something else... > > Suggestions??? > > Thanks > > John burner. You can record from your camcorder using the RCA plugs ... into the DVD burner. I own one and it is great! Stan 
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