Firewire vs. Analog

[brickman]

I'm about to give up trying to connect my Sony DCR TRV320 camcorder via
Firewire to my PC (XP Home) and get an analog video card instead. My question
is, Am I going to lose a lot of quality when transfering? Once that is done,
I will be burning DVD's in Nero. Thank you for any and all help before I
nuke my camera.

Are you out there, John Inzer?? I know you might have an answer!

 

[Seth Price]

I think you might have the same quality, but for the same quality as
digital, it may take a few seconds longer.

 

[John Inzer]

I'm about to give up trying to connect my Sony DCR TRV320 camcorder
via Firewire to my PC (XP Home) and get an analog video card instead.
My question is, Am I going to lose a lot of quality when transfering?
Once that is done, I will be burning DVD's in Nero. Thank you for
any and all help before I nuke my camera.

Are you out there, John Inzer?? I know you might have an answer!

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Probably not what you want to hear but I'm thinking
the easiest and probably best solution would be a
DVD Recorder. Just hook up the camcorder and
record directly to DVD.

Just an example:
Toshiba DVR620 DVD/VHS Recorder
http://tinyurl.com/c2e97b
or...
http://www.amazon.com/Toshiba-DVR62...4?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1241231459&sr=8-4

Beyond that...try the following links:

Maybe the following manual would be worth a read:
http://www.docs.sony.com/release/DCRTRV120.PDF

Capturing Analog Video
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-CaptureAnalog.html

How To Convert VHS To DVD Guide
http://vhs-to-dvd.janvesely.com/

Movie Maker 2 - Capturing Analog Video - Dazzle
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-CaptureAnalogDazzle.html

Download Video to Your
Computer with Windows
Movie Maker 2
http://tinyurl.com/4fpea
or...
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/getstarted/downloadvideo.mspx

Convert VHS to DVD
http://www.signvideo.com/conv-v-to-d.htm

Copying VHS to DVD
http://tinyurl.com/dzcho
or...
http://video-editing-software-review.toptenreviews.com/copy-vhs-to-dvd.html

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John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[walter]

I'm about to give up trying to connect my Sony DCR TRV320 camcorder
via Firewire to my PC (XP Home) and get an analog video card instead.
My question is, Am I going to lose a lot of quality when transfering?

My question is, why are you about to give up on Firewire? What happens when
you connect it? Be specific.

 

[Graham Hughes]

I'm with Walter, give us a go at fixing the firewire problem before moving
to the vastly inferior analogue capture.

 

[brickman]

Well, here's what I did...I connected my non-working firewire camera to
another camera that has a working firewire (and gets recognized by ny PC
immediately) and from what I can tell, the video quality is just fine with
me. But when I gather enough courage (and after I finish all my movies) I
might try Walter's recipe.

Thanks a lot to both of you.

 

[walter]

Well, here's what I did...I connected my non-working firewire camera

I think you just solved the problem. ;-)

to another camera that has a working firewire (and gets recognized by
ny PC immediately) and from what I can tell, the video quality is
just fine with me. But when I gather enough courage (and after I
finish all my movies) I might try Walter's recipe.

Don't bother.

IF (BIG IF) I'm understanding you correctly, what you're saying is that
you're 'piggy-backing' two cams? In other words, you're sending the
'signal' from cam 'A' (via some means *other* than firewire) to cam 'B'
while cam 'B' is relaying the signal to your machine machine VIA Firewire?

And it's working to your satisfaction?

IF that's the case, then there *must* be something physicaly wrong with the
Firewire output of cam 'A', and no need to mess with anything.

Just use cam 'B' in the future, or carry-on with your piggy-back set-up for
transfers.

 

[Saga]

He may have also just removed the mini-DV/mini-DVD/memory stick from
his malfunctioning camera and inserted it into his functioning camera.

He did not mention what kind of camera he has. If he has one of those that
uses a hard drive then that strikes all mentioned in the preceeding
parragraph.

Also, some cameras may have a configuration that allows ports to be enabled
or disabled - if that is the case, it is also a good idea to research
whether the
"malfunctioning" camera allows this and if the Firewire port is enabled.
Saga

 

[Saga]

Ok, I went to Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Sony-DCR-TRV320-DCRTRV320-Digital-Camcorder/dp/B00004U2JZ

It uses a Digital 8 format. Saga