Posted by ritpg on 12/07/07 21:27

On Dec 7, 11:48 am, "Richard Crowley" <rcrow...@xp7rt.net> wrote:
> "ritpg" wrote ...
>
> > Thanks, The cable that came with the camcorder has
> > USB (mini or micro) on one end and firewire on the other.
>
> It is unlikely that you (or anyone else) has a cable with
> USB on one end and Firewire on the other end. Since
> Firewire and USB are very different kinds of interfaces,
> it is not possible to connect one to the other using a
> simple cable.
>
> You likely have a cable that has "regular" USB on one
> end, and a special miniature USB on the other end.
> Many cameras (both video and still) come with special
> USB cables because they use "unconventional" USB
> connectors on the camera side.

You're right. And so is Steve. It is not USB and firewire. It is
firewire on both ends of course (dumb me) - 4 pin and 6 pin. It's
been a while since I bought it. I forgot what it was.

Here's the good news. Someone in another newsgroup asked if my DV
camcorder did A/D conversion. I had no idea if it did and it does.
In fact it does A/D conversion infinitely better than the DAC-100 ever
did, including on the old PC. It's a Canon ZR200. You just go into
the menu and turn on A/D conversion. Of course I've got to remember
to turn it off when I use the camcorder as a camcorder. And I had to
turn off controls in PE 3.0 to get it to work. I had already turned
controls off to talk to the DAC-100.

I can actually FF the VCR while capturing video and half the time,
when I revert to play mode, the capture doesn't miss a beat. And
sometimes it gets confused when transitioning from one clip on the VHS
tape to another. It's not perfect but it is so much better than what
I've had up to now, I can't tell you how happy I am.

I was actually considering buying a Time Base Corrector that someone
else recommended. Chalk another one up to my friends on Usenet. I'll
never understand why folks I tell about Usenet don't use it. It has
saved me so much time, money and aggravation over the years.

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