is a caputre device necesary to capture DV from a camcorder?

[pipeme]

Hi

Is a capture device like the DVREx or the Canopus ADVC100, etc needed to capture DV quality video from a camcorder onto my pc?

Or can I just use my firewire card and do it?

What major benefits are there from using the capture devices?

ALSO, is there a DV tape player out there to purchase that just plays the dv tape so you can use that instead of the actual dv camcorder?

[mojo2185]

Just use the firewire, i'm pretty sure there is no advantage of going from DV cam to capture device to computer.

[sitlet]

all you need to capture dv from your camcorder is a firewire port. devices like the canopus advc-100 can be used for this, but they are mainly for converting analog video to dv. and they still use a firewire port.

as for a standalone dv tape player, they are out there, but they are very expensive. i use a jvc that has an svhs and a dv player built in, and i believe it cost about 1 grand. so they are not very cheap. if you just want a player, try to find an old dv cam that can play the tapes, maybe if the lens is broken or something, it can still play and transfer

[pipeme]

Thanks Guys, that clears things up for me heaps!

[mojo2185]

No prob, glad i could help

[pipeme]

Last question (i hope)

CAn I just purchase any old firewire card to do my stuff, or is there a particular brand/model that I should be lookin for

[rkm69]

Any firewire card should work OK.