Transferring video to PC?

Werner Wesp · September 18th, 2005, 11:12 AM

Well; I wasn't afraid of the (obvious) learning curve. I used to work with Media Studio Pro and Adobe Premiere; so Vegas was some learning curve as well. While I don't doubt Liquid's capabilities, I just figure it suits my workflow less... On the other hand, you are right Stephen, that might be a comment only made if I was experienced with this NLE. It just 'seemed' nothing for me...

Stephen L. Noe · September 18th, 2005, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Werner Wesp

On the other hand, you are right Stephen, that might be a comment only made if I was experienced with this NLE.

The offer stands.....

Werner Wesp · September 18th, 2005, 04:21 PM

Thanks....

You're coming to Belgium; or I'm coming there? :-)

Doug Meyer · September 19th, 2005, 11:12 AM

All,

Thanks for the advice. Although I should have probably asked in the Editing forum, I thought my inquiry was very relevant to the HD100 as well because the camera is nothing without any way to move my footage and I still haven't found many answers.

For the record I'm shooting primarily at HDV-HD24P.

Basically so far I have not found any freeware or afforable software to retrieve video from my camera.

Links or helpful search engine keywords would be nice. A simple search for freeware HDV capture does not turn up anything promising.

Am I just asking too much?? Shouldn't a firewire camera operate like something as simple as a firewire hard drive?

I don't even want to do any editing at this point. I just want to copy raw MPEG footage to the computer, encode it to DIVX, and upload it to my website.

Also, can the HD100 do live capture in Camera mode? I just want to capture directly to PC without tapes. From what I've read so far in the user manual, it has to be in VTR mode to move any footage off-camera. This would make the camera useless as a live video capture device, unless I use the analog component out (in which case I might as well just use a $40 webcam).

Am I screwed or do I need to spend a lot of $$$ ? Any free or cheap solutions out there?

David Newman · September 19th, 2005, 11:59 AM

Doug,

Most software doesn't handle the 24p mode yet. For the cheapest PC commerical solution that does, you could use Connect HD ($199) to real-time convert incoming 24p data to AVIs (download the 15-day trial from www.cineform.com -- you could at least use that free period to help create you web content.) For a totally free solution a combination of tools like CapDVHS (capture transport stream), PVAStrumento (to strip transport streams into elementry streams) and VirtaulDubMPEG (to convert those MPEG streams into something else.) You may have frame rate and audio sync issues but with a few tweaks it should be usable.

Craig Donaldson · September 19th, 2005, 04:13 PM

Doug,
Yes you can use the 101e as a capture device as you shoot. I hooked my camera via firewire into a mac laptop running Final Cut Pro 5 , opened the log and capture window and you can capture or just view here as you shoot. Only thing is there is about a 2 second delay and the quality of picture aint that great.

Craig Donaldson · September 19th, 2005, 04:15 PM

FYI, Iv'e been shooting 720p/30 so havent run into any of the troubles you are talking about.

Anybody know of an update for FCP yet to make it 24 compatible?

Nate Weaver · September 19th, 2005, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Craig Donaldson

Anybody know of an update for FCP yet to make it 24 compatible?

Believe me, when it's out, this board will be the first to talk about it.

September 19th, 2005, 11:59 AM	#35
David Newman CTO, CineForm Inc. Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California Posts: 8,095	Doug, Most software doesn't handle the 24p mode yet. For the cheapest PC commerical solution that does, you could use Connect HD ($199) to real-time convert incoming 24p data to AVIs (download the 15-day trial from www.cineform.com -- you could at least use that free period to help create you web content.) For a totally free solution a combination of tools like CapDVHS (capture transport stream), PVAStrumento (to strip transport streams into elementry streams) and VirtaulDubMPEG (to convert those MPEG streams into something else.) You may have frame rate and audio sync issues but with a few tweaks it should be usable. __________________ David Newman -- web: www.gopro.com blog: cineform.blogspot.com -- twitter: twitter.com/David_Newman

September 18th, 2005, 11:12 AM	#31
Werner Wesp Major Player Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Belgium Posts: 497	Well; I wasn't afraid of the (obvious) learning curve. I used to work with Media Studio Pro and Adobe Premiere; so Vegas was some learning curve as well. While I don't doubt Liquid's capabilities, I just figure it suits my workflow less... On the other hand, you are right Stephen, that might be a comment only made if I was experienced with this NLE. It just 'seemed' nothing for me...

September 18th, 2005, 04:21 PM	#33
Werner Wesp Major Player Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Belgium Posts: 497	Thanks.... You're coming to Belgium; or I'm coming there? :-)

September 19th, 2005, 11:12 AM	#34
Doug Meyer New Boot Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 5	All, Thanks for the advice. Although I should have probably asked in the Editing forum, I thought my inquiry was very relevant to the HD100 as well because the camera is nothing without any way to move my footage and I still haven't found many answers. For the record I'm shooting primarily at HDV-HD24P. Basically so far I have not found any freeware or afforable software to retrieve video from my camera. Links or helpful search engine keywords would be nice. A simple search for freeware HDV capture does not turn up anything promising. Am I just asking too much?? Shouldn't a firewire camera operate like something as simple as a firewire hard drive? I don't even want to do any editing at this point. I just want to copy raw MPEG footage to the computer, encode it to DIVX, and upload it to my website. Also, can the HD100 do live capture in Camera mode? I just want to capture directly to PC without tapes. From what I've read so far in the user manual, it has to be in VTR mode to move any footage off-camera. This would make the camera useless as a live video capture device, unless I use the analog component out (in which case I might as well just use a $40 webcam). Am I screwed or do I need to spend a lot of $$$ ? Any free or cheap solutions out there?

September 19th, 2005, 04:13 PM	#36
Craig Donaldson Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 80	Doug, Yes you can use the 101e as a capture device as you shoot. I hooked my camera via firewire into a mac laptop running Final Cut Pro 5 , opened the log and capture window and you can capture or just view here as you shoot. Only thing is there is about a 2 second delay and the quality of picture aint that great.

September 19th, 2005, 04:15 PM	#37
Craig Donaldson Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 80	FYI, Iv'e been shooting 720p/30 so havent run into any of the troubles you are talking about. Anybody know of an update for FCP yet to make it 24 compatible?