Cap from miniDV cam

[netplex]

I just bought a Panasonic 3CCD miniDV camcorder recently and I would like to transfer the video via s-video cable to the vid input (Asus Radeon 9600XT) and the sound as composite. So far this has worked for me for recording tv shows but I want this stuff to be the highest quality. I have the ASUS digital VCR software that came with the card and I have been using that. I tried adjusting the color settings and such and the bitrate is at 10000 b/s. The picture is still not as fast moving as from the camera, like it has lost frames or something like that and the video is a little foggy. Is this the best I'm gonna get converting through analog cables? or is there something I can do? There is some stuff that came with the camera, DV studio for USB transfer but I think the guy at the store said USB was for still pic transfer...would this help me?

[DVD_Ripper]

I'm sure your VCR / TV is plugged in via the Composite Video connector... instead of SVid try the composite Vid connector from your camcorder. (would be my first troubleshoot test)

Also, if this Panasonic has a Firewire / iLink / 1394 connector you may want to think about buying a $30.00 Firewire card for you computer and transfer the video to your pc instead of capturing it via VideoCard.

You are probably right... the USB connector is for picture xfer or at the max streaming video (ie webcam)

HTH

[miksu]

3CCD cam has Firewire/iLink for sure. I haven't ever heard about DV-cam without it and 3CCD models are somewhat high end and definitely have FW/iLink.

Get the FW/iLink card. Your current capture method can give only mediorce results at best, but using FW-capture you get superb results. No dropped frames, either. 720x576@25fps, or if NTSC is your thing, somethin else But for sure, full screen and full frame rate.

Your cam has propably A/D converter far superior to one used by graphic card, it improves quality, too. And since A/D-conversion is made outside computer, it won't catch interference from power supply, graphics card etc.

Currently you are wasting potential your camcorder offers.