Capturing from Sony DCR-TRV33

[yousah]

I new to the world of video and have some basic questions. I bought a TRV33 and have been trying to capture using a USB connection and Sony's ImagMixer software. The problem is that the video comes in at a low resolution with a blocky look to it (like a bunch of faint squares.) It's really jumpy too. The same thing happened when I try to capture in Windows' Movie Maker. I thought maybe it was just the preview that looked bad but I get the same results when I export it using different settings.

I'm going to install a Firewire card but is USB that bad that it could be creating my problems?

Sony's manual actually vaguely mentions that this can occur but does not give a solution!

I have a AMD 2100 chip with 1 gig of RAM. I tried unplugging all USB devices except for the camera's cable and have plenty of system resources. Any ideas of what can cause this? Thanks so much.

Pat

[troyvcd1]

You can not capture video with the usb. Use it only for transfering your pictures. do your video capture via firewire.

[yousah]

Thanks for the info. I hesitated buying firewire because all my slots are full. Just find a few combo cards that give me USB 2.0 as well as firewire. It does appear from Sony's manual that the USB cable is suppose to also be for capturing- but what do I know The firewire should make this a non issue for me. Thanks again!