Posted by Rick Merrill on 09/27/05 15:10

PTravel wrote:

> "Rick Merrill" <rick0.merrill@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
> news:GZKdnX0Iavimg6XeRVn-uw@comcast.com...
>
>>If you capture DV-25 via 1394, what is the exact format and
>>file extension of the file on the hard drive?
>
>
> It depends on your software, but most will store the data as a
> DV-codec-encoded .avi file. "Capture" is a bit of a misnomer when talking
> about DV-25. The camera actually transfers the video to the computer as
> data, just like any other file transfer. The result is a bit-for-bit copy
> of what's on the tape. AVI is really a wrapper that can hold all sorts of
> data. The data stream could really be stored as almost anything but, as I
> said, most software will save it as DV-coded-encoded AVI.

If you're running WinXP, what would the file transfer s/w be for
firewire or USB2 ?

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