Is capturing through Firewire(1394) any faster?

[marscable]

Im just curious since i only have an analog video cam capturing through an tvtuner..

Is DV camera capturing through firewire captures faster? I mean isnt it should be the length (time) of video equals to the length of capture.

I ask this because this moronic friend of mine is claiming that its faster but i think he's lying..

can someone pls tell me whats the truth..

thx

[Marco33]

No it's not faster. You can't capture a movie any faster to you PC through a Firewire than a regular capture card.

But, you can move more information at one time.

EX:
Capture cards are system dependant so, with a slow system you can only capture at a low resolution.

But, with the Camera... the camera does most of the work so you can cap at high resolutions.

I would go into more detail but, some of us have to goto work.

[marscable]

hehe.. thx for the info thats all i needed..

now let me find that pinhead..

:^)

[henk schuifkaas]

Firewire doesn't "capture" video, it's just a transfer between your tape and your harddrive. Compression is done in the camera while you shoot or do a pass-through. 1 hour of video takes 1 hour to transfer...
But it is fast! I mean, it transfers a LOT of data, 1 hour of video = 13 GB

[FT Shark]

What format is the data when you transfer it from camera to the computer? Will this allow a transfer of an exact copy of what is on the tape (no quality loss)?

[Dragonsf]

If it's DV, it's the same format as the tape.The conversion to DV is done inside the DCR (as said before).
If you use a DV converter (anything to DV), it's obviously a different format (like analog tape to DV).

[FT Shark]

DV is considered an AVI, right? Therefore, I can use TMPGEnc to encode it to mpg-1/2, rigth?

[henk schuifkaas]

1 Yep
2 Yep

[FT Shark]

This is what i gather... Using a firewire is a better way to go than using a capture card? The firewire will allow the best possible quality?

[thayne]

This is what i gather... Using a firewire is a better way to go than using a capture card? The firewire will allow the best possible quality?

Yep and yep