need help capturing from SONY digital cam

[Aharami]

shot a video using my SONY digital camcorder. i tried capturing that onto my comp using firewire and Adobe Premiere...but 10 minutes came out to 2.4 gigs! what programs do i use to capture so that it doesnt take up so much space? how would i go about capturing this video? i want to have it in mpeg or divx format. i'm a newbie and have never done this b4. links to any guides is appreciated.

thanks

[Tommy]

Check the How to section to the left.

Yes DV takes up a lot of space about 4gb per 18 minutes. You can use virtual dub or other programs that will do segmented capture, or switch to an operation system that does not have the 4gb file limitations such as windows xp or 2000. Then convert the dv (avi) to mpeg.

The reality is that video does take up a lot of space. 8)

[druss2001]

That seems to be the norm for DV captures from a camcorder.

I have a Sony DV camera and I am in the process of creating a VCD from a VHS tape. I am using my Sony as a converter to go from the analog signal of the VHS to a DV signal for the computer. I don't have a capture card just a FireWire card.

The movie is 2 hours in length and I'm using Premiere. The captured movie takes up 27 GB (Luckily I have a 60 GB NTFS drive). I took a small sampling... a minute or two and the .avi file was about 2 GB in size. After converting to mpeg, it was only about 2-3 MB in size.

Dave

[Aharami]

yeah but how do i convert the avi to mpeg or mpeg2? is it possible to convert to divx?...or is that question make no sense?

edit: and druss...how's the quality of the video after converting it to mpeg? any noticable changes?

[TOMMO]

i was a little dissapointed in converting to VCD, i.e not as sharp as I expected (being critical) but SVCD is excellent.