Re: Movie Files Very Dark
- From: "decoder" <REMOVE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 21:51:08 -0000
"CmpTch9" <CmpTch9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Greetings! I apologize for the redundancy of this post, but I posted a
similar question several months ago, and now can't find it. THIS TIME I'm
noting where and when I'm posting...
Anyway, I'm using Movie Maker with Windows XP Home Edition. When I
capture
the Digital 8 video from my Sony Handycam, using USB streaming, the clips
are
very dark and somewhat jumpy. When I posted this before, whoever replied
(thanks, by the way) said that I shouldn't be using USB, that I should be
using something else. I don't know what the other thing was; now I'm
looking
for a new system, and I want to make sure that if a port, cabling, or
other
hardware is necessary, that I include it when I get the new system.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Jay
Digital 8 cams don't come with the preferred Firewire/1394 interface,
none that I know of anyway.
If you are purchasing a new PC, it'll undoubtably be equipped with
firewire/iLink/1394 , but I don't think your cam can interface?
"USB streaming"?
What exactly do you mean by that phrase?
a) Does your cam have a USB output, and you are connecting to PC/USB?
b) Or Are you using an analog grab device that connects to your PC's usb
port?
c) Does your cam have a memory card for taking pix? If so that is all your
USB should be used for, transferring images from memory - Not video.
You could ensure that your new PC is equipped with a capture card,
these are TV tuners but also have an S-Video *input* -
You connect the analog outputs from your cam:
S-Video, and the audio to your soundcard.
You can also capture from VCR this way too
But your new PC will have to be very well specified -
Analog video capture is a very demanding, intensive chore.
There are numerous standalone hardware capture devices
that will convert and transfer your footage to PC.
(Firewire/iLink/1394 is pure digital and not so demanding
as analog capture/conversion.)
How MCE pc's work:
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/media-center-pc.htm
Video capture+editing, whats needed:
This is for firewire capture.......
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/video-editing.htm
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