Posted by PTravel on 09/27/05 15:25

"Rick Merrill" <rick0.merrill@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
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> PTravel wrote:
>
> > "Rick Merrill" <rick0.merrill@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
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> >
> >>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 ?

XP2 doesn't come with capture software (unless Microsoft Movie has this
capability). Take a look at scenealyzer live at www.scenealyzer.com. It's
a good, inexpensive capture utitliy. Most decent editing packages will have
capture capability as well.

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