Capturing Thru HDMI

[Soreen]

Hi there guys,

Recently i have acquired a Sony HDR-HC7 camera - and a PC - HP Pavilion M9060N - which has HDMI port. Also the camera has a HDMI port.

Now my problem is that every time i connect the camera thru that port - the PC wont recognize it - actually nothing happens - but as soon as i put the FireWire cable everything is normal, and i can capture.

Anyone can tell me what i do wrong here ?
(I thought that HDMI will work as the FireWire - just plug and play) it seems that there must be some other settings to be made.

What are the main differences between HDMI and FireWire capturing ? (in the matter of quality)

Thank you in advance for those taking their times to answer my questions.

respect,
soreen

[edDV]

Hi there guys,

Recently i have acquired a Sony HDR-HC7 camera - and a PC - HP Pavilion M9060N - which has HDMI port. Also the camera has a HDMI port.

Now my problem is that every time i connect the camera thru that port - the PC wont recognize it - actually nothing happens - but as soon as i put the FireWire cable everything is normal, and i can capture.

Anyone can tell me what i do wrong here ?
(I thought that HDMI will work as the FireWire - just plug and play) it seems that there must be some other settings to be made.

What are the main differences between HDMI and FireWire capturing ? (in the matter of quality)

Thank you in advance for those taking their times to answer my questions.

respect,
soreen

The HP M9060N has no ability to capture over the HDMI port. The port is for output to a monitor only. Same goes for the HDMI port on your camcorder. It is for output only.

Bidirectional DV/HDV transfer is done over the IEEE-1394 port. The camera transfers as 720x576i DV format or 1440x1080i HDV format.

[Soreen]

Thank you for the info. Appreciated.