capturing video from DV Cam

[andylouie]

Can one use just a regular 1394 [generic] and a freeware like Virtual dub or any utility to do so.. pls advise or seps I can take

[Treebeard]

yes that would work, your camcorder should aslo have come w/ some capture software, or even the firewire card come w/ some.

have you bought a firewire card yet?
i picked up this one for $13 and it came w/ a 6ft cable and ulead 5.0 software.
it works great.
http://store.yahoo.com/buyaib/firpcito3por.html

[BJ_M]

not v-dub though ...

[MpegEncoder]

Use DVIO, look in the Tools section on the left.

[andylouie]

Thanks so much again. Would the quality be as good as the Cam.. some say it is not. True ? What settings then would I need for DVD Quality high or low ?

[MpegEncoder]

Thanks so much again. Would the quality be as good as the Cam.. some say it is not. True ? What settings then would I need for DVD Quality high or low ?

DVIO captures to a DV-AVI file, which is as high a quality as you can get from your camcorder. You can select type-1 or type-2 AVI file format. Type-1 is slightly smaller but embeds the audio with the video stream (which some programs like VirtualDub don't like as much). Type-2 is a little bit larger but more flexible with the audio embedded in a separate stream.