DV Codec with Firewire is NOT in the computer...

[TechJunkie]

It's in the camcorder, at least according to this article.

See this link: http://www.dvcentral.org/qpc.html

The article goes on to explain that "DV capture" is a misnomer, that a DV with Firewire is data transmission. No capture is going on.

Comments?

[jtor]

Yes, that is correct; camcorders come with codecs already. And that firewire does NOT capture, but transfer the compressed video file from tape to your HD. Firewire is a PORT.

But then, keep in mind that a computer is a DUMB machine, it won't do anything unless you tell it what to do (sounds like LEMMINGS). The video files transferred to your harddrive would just be like a deadfile, unless you use a codec to decode them to useful video. And you need to do this if you want to 'play with' your transferred video.

my 2cents.

[Tommy]

I think most of the people already knew that DV capture is really just a transfer. 8)

[TheInformer]

"DV capture" is a misnomer just like "cable modem" is.

[TechJunkie]

Any ideas why the color is better on the Dazzle than with the Sony analog passthrough? ...both being played with Media Player?

[SkinnyDog]

maybe a dv codec is involved??

http://www.dvcentral.org/wars.html

skinnydog