Nwebie help with xfer from Sony TRV340 to PC

[rellis]

I recently acquired a Sony Digital 8 camcorder and am trying transfer from tape to PC so I can burn some CDs. Have read most of the "help" files but can't get a decent xfer. Am using a USB connection on a 2GHz Gateway and have Virtual Dub and the Pixela software that came with the camcorder that I've tried for capture. All captured video is herky-jerky no matter what settings I try. Pixela actually is smoother than Virtualdub but still unacceptable. What am I doing wrong? Do I need a firewire card? I also have intermittent difficulty getting audio. Sometimes it's there, sometime not.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Robert

[jtor]

Do I need a firewire card?

yes. That should make life easier for you.

[k1jin]

hi i am a noob in desperate need of help for similar problem! i have a trv - vtr320 digital 8 camcorder. i made a new computer along with a new firewire card to make it work. now with premiere 6.0 i expected it to be as simple as 1,2,3 but that's not the case for me. i struggled with this thing for a week so i covered all the ground as far as basics are concerned like secure wiring camcorder settings etc.
now when i try to capture anything, i can control the buttons like play, forward, stop. when it's playing, i get no picture and sound, and the buttons on the screen swith from play to start back and forth. and when i press record try to capture, it says device driver is not correct and it freezes up, sometimes even crashes my computer. i am going to try buy a new cable to check to see if that is the problem, which will cost me more than the card itself, but i don't know how it is possible i can control the buttons but can't record anything. this is freaking me out, i've done everythign i humanly can, now i'm begging for your help. ... HELP!!!!!

one simple question. is there any way i can digtize tapes on HI 8 setting with a firewire card and certain software?
tahnk you

[k1jin]

i'm sorry didn't include any specs on it...

camcorder: sony dcr-trv320.
premiere 6.0 ( under device driver, i put all accurate settings, it even has my cam listed, and status is online when i connect it)

athlon xp 1800 / kt3 ultra 333 mobo
256 2100 ddr ram
40 g hard driev
generic firewire card ( all drivers set, device manager shows it's working properly but i'm suspicious 'cause i got this thing for 20 bucks at the computer convention..... came with cable too)
G force 2 gts 32mb video
direct x 8.1
divx codec 5.1 (came with divx pro 2.0 )
built in 6 channel sound(it's working fine)

made the computer myself last week everything works much better than celeron 400 i had up my ass for last one year in everyway but just couldn't get it to work with this video editing thing. please help