Re: Play video from MiniDV camcorder connected through Firewire in
- From: Fahim Ali <Fahim Ali@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 19:12:01 -0800
Hey there, i'm new to the whole chat-question room, I dont know where to post
this so here it goes. I'm trying to connect my Sony miniDV camcorder to my
media center..so far i've connected it to Video Input 1 and when i've tried
to configure my tv connection to composite video i've seen the videos, but i
can't seems to watch them. I'd like to be able to connect my camcorder
throught the input 1 (the red, yellow and white inputs) and be able to record
straight to my hard drive..is that possible? i'd like to do the same for VHS
tapes by hookin a VHS video player to my media center..is any of that
possible???
"bzm" wrote:
> I'm a programer too, and when I'll have some time I'll try to take a
> look in MCE SDK. However I have no experience right now with
> programming for video capture or thing like that
>
> There are few things to think of:
> 1. First, it will be nice to use it in Media center itself. I intend to
> build a media center PC in a nice SFF case, it will looks OK in my
> living room, in the place of the dvd player. So it can play directly to
> the TV the MCE is conencted to. For this, one have to investigate the
> MCE SDK, and figure out what hooks are available to use to integrate
> custom video playback on MCE.
>
> 2. Regarding extenders. If MCE is using IP streaming to send data to
> extenders, one could use Windows Media Encoder with its appropriate
> API. The developer should figure out if WME can generate a stream
> compatible with the streaming format used by MCE to send data to
> extenders. Then, the MiniDV playback plugin should pass the data
> received from the firewire adapter to Media Encoder, (the same as WME
> can capture data by itself from a capture device) I don't know right
> now if WME can capture only from analog / usb capture devices, or from
> firewire devices too - have to check it - but if allow firewire, the
> program shouls not be very complicated.
>
> Regards,
> Bogdan Zamfir
>
>
> Dave Brewster a scris:
> > Well, I'm a programmer.
> > I have not looked at what hooks are available in Media Center for adding
> > things like menu options and programs, specifically if there are hooks
> > available for media center extenders.
> >
> > Playing video on an extender is not as simple as it is on the PC, any videos
> > with codecs installed on the pc will play on the pc but not so for the
> > extender (which plays only MPEG2)... this is probably why tv tuner cards need
> > hardware MPEG2 on it so the video can be streamed directly to extenders.
> >
> > I think that would be a major road block. Now making an interface to run on
> > a PC might be easier - but then that really doesn't serve much of a purpose
> > to me. I want to see things on my tv downstairs not the PC.
> >
> > If the media center staff here tell me that this really isn't a roadblock,
> > then I'd look more into it.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> > "bzm" wrote:
> >
> > > I will.
> > >
> > > Maybe a programmer should start writing it.
> > >
> > > Greetings
> > >
> > >
>
>
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