Capturing with camcorder/USB

[air360]

hi, i just got a new sony DV camcorder and i am trying to put my movie that i have recorded with it onto my computer to convert to SVCD or XVCD...i know alot about the converting process....but i know nothing about the capturing...can someone help me...i have read all the help files but it dosent say anything about capturing through a USB connection....i tried VirtualDub and a Ulead program.but nothing wiil captuer without it being very poor quality and loosing alot of frames (and im getting no audio either...but i will deal with that after i can get some acceptable video working)...any tips or links to sites that deal with uploading/capturing with USB would be greatly appreciated ..thanks ...Jesse

[holistic]

Which Sony camcorder - most i have seen ONLY use the USB for still image export not video. Use your cameras 1394 (firewire port)
to export the DV data stream through a firewirecard.

Virtual Dub WILL NOT capture DV
http://www.virtualdub.org/docs_capture

Unless you have an old machine ,most P2 and better with ATA66 interface, can handle the 3.7 Mb/sec that DV needs.

Do the usual $hit ... defrag, close non essential processes if frame loss continues.

[Craig Tucker]

I suspect you are trying to do an analogue capture from a DV camcorder using the composite out from the camcorder. This is not the way to capture from a DV cam. Like holistic said get a firewire card. They are only about £20. You use this to transfer the digital video direct from your tape to yout hard drive. So as you are not capturing, you are transferring, there is no quality loss.

Craig