Clarify "capturing" from a DV tape

[iglesiab]

Hi All,

I have a samsung SCD 103 digicam and I want to transfer a 30 minute clip I taped to my computer. I have connected via firewire however whenever I attempt to "capture" the video I have to sit through the 30 minute clip while it "captures" it to my harddrive.

This is where I am confused, I thought by it using DV tapes I could just copy the video to my computer ( like coping a file from a flash disk storage) and not have to sit there and watch the clip. Am I doing something wrong or is this hoiw DV works also?

Thanks for any help.

Brian

[lordsmurf]

The file transfer is realtime to the video.

[pijetro]

A 30 minute video is like, what, 7-8 gigs??

Considering how much data goes through the pipes, don't look at it as some sort of slow process...

[jimmalenko]

The file transfer is realtime to the video.

Spot on. What you are experiencing is normal. Think of it like streaming the file directly to your Hard Drive.