Firewire Capturing Software

[schematic2]

Hi
What an awsome forum.
Can anyone recommend a firewire compatable software (other than iuVCR) that will accept huffyuv as the codec.

Thanks

[Richard_G]

You don't use a codec with Firewire transfer because you are transferring not capturing. Using Firewire you are simply copying a data file (that just happens to contain video) from one storage medium to another.

[Tommyknocker]

You may want to give the trial version of Video Studio a try. Although Ulead says it does not use Huffyuv, it has been reported to do so effectively.

[Richard_G]

You may want to give the trial version of Video Studio a try. Although Ulead says it does not use Huffyuv, it has been reported to do so effectively.

...but only for analogue capture, not file transfer using Firewire.

[schematic2]

Hi Richarg_G

What you say makes sense, but It seems that the DV codec must re-encode when capturing, as the image deteriates slightly. I don't get this if I use no compression, or huffyuv. Please help me out here. Its driving me silly....

[Richard_G]

I'll say it again. DV transfer using Firewire is NOT CAPTURING. It is a simple file transfer. What you get on your hard drive is absolutely, bit for bit, identical to what you had on your DV tape. There is no re-encoding. The only encoding that has taken place is when the video was encoded to DV in the camcorder so it can be stored on tape.

The only time anything would bugger about with your video is if you are using something which encodes to mpeg on-the-fly as you transfer. That is a sure fire way to end up with shite quality and a file that you can't sensibly edit. Simply transfer as avi.

[bugster]

Hi Richarg_G

What you say makes sense, but It seems that the DV codec must re-encode when capturing, as the image deteriates slightly. I don't get this if I use no compression, or huffyuv. Please help me out here. Its driving me silly....

This is possibly the DV codec used for playback causing the apparent reduction in quality. Try installing either the Canopus playback only DV codec or the Panasonic DV codec. both can be found in the tools section and are considered by many to be superior to the standard MS codec.

[schematic2]

thanks for the reply bugster. I'll try that this weekend. I hope you are on to something here.

Thanks