03-18-2004, 06:29 PM
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Actually, on a Digital 8 camera the USB port is the only way to capture analog 8mm tapes to the PC. direct from the camera. Most D8 cameras include a firewire and USB port. The Sony software allows for transferring the Analog 8 tapes through USB. Of course, the firewire port is to transfer D8 tapes.
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Really? So the camera has USB 2.0? There's no way you could do 720 x 480 resolution over USB 1.1. I don't have a Digital 8 camera, so it's not like I can test this, but that sounds incorrect somehow... :? |
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03-18-2004, 06:51 PM
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Yes, the camera has USB 2.0. Thanks for the heads up, Montego. I've only tried downloading D8 tapes, not the analog 8mm ones yet.
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03-18-2004, 07:20 PM
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Yes, the camera has USB 2.0. Thanks for the heads up, Montego. I've only tried downloading D8 tapes, not the analog 8mm ones yet.
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Ah, interesting. But what about two years ago? Did they always come with USB 2.0? That just seems so utterly strange to me - I wonder why Sony went that route? Does the camera have an "analogue" mode where it doesn't output via Firewire? |
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03-18-2004, 07:31 PM
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I've got an older TRV 740 D8 camera which is about two years old. I believe the USB port on my camera is 1.1, which explains why the capturing of analog 8 tapes was spotty for me. I had better luck just hooking the audio/video out of my analog 8 camera and recording directly on to the D8 camera (the TRV 740 has Video input capability). Then I just transferred normally thorugh firewire. After tweaking the catpured vid in Vegas it came out looking pretty good.
The main reason for USB 1.1 on the camera was to transfer from the memory stick. Plus you can use the camera as a live web cam with USB. I never really wanted to use an $800 camera as a webcam.  |
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03-18-2004, 07:44 PM
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I've got an older TRV 740 D8 camera which is about two years old. I believe the USB port on my camera is 1.1, which explains why the capturing of analog 8 tapes was spotty for me.
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No doubt! That would explain a lot. ;-)
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The main reason for USB 1.1 on the camera was to transfer from the memory stick. Plus you can use the camera as a live web cam with USB. I never really wanted to use an $800 camera as a webcam. |
Absolutely - with every MiniDV camera that I've seen, the USB is strictly for transferring photos from the SD card, or using it as a Web cam. That's why I was shocked that Sony would use USB for transferring analogue - seems like the wrong solution to the problem.
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03-18-2004, 08:06 PM
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If I get a chance over the weekend, I'll give the USB a try on the 460 and let you know the results.
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03-25-2004, 07:31 AM
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OK, I've now confirmed that on the TRV460, output from analog tapes (8mm, Hi8) is available from the firewire port for capture, etc. I guess the camera is doing analog-digital conversion on the fly.
I haven't been able to get any video output from the USB port yet. I probably have a setting wrong, so I'll take another look at the manual tonight.
I'm really pleased with the quality of video capture from my old tapes.
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03-25-2004, 05:08 PM
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OK, I've now confirmed that on the TRV460, output from analog tapes (8mm, Hi8) is available from the firewire port for capture, etc. I guess the camera is doing analog-digital conversion on the fly.
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Ok, that's normal and in line with what other cameras do. :-)
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I haven't been able to get any video output from the USB port yet. I probably have a setting wrong, so I'll take another look at the manual tonight.
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But if you're getting the video via Firewire, why do you need it via USB? I'll take Firewire over USB any day. ;-) |
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03-25-2004, 07:15 PM
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But if you're getting the video via Firewire, why do you need it via USB? I'll take Firewire over USB any day. ;-)
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...just to a) see if it will do it; and b) confirm that it's USB 2.0 and what bandwidth/resolutions it will support. -- just in case I come to a computer (like my laptop) that doesn't have a firewire port!
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03-26-2004, 12:07 AM
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...just to a) see if it will do it; and b) confirm that it's USB 2.0 and what bandwidth/resolutions it will support. -- just in case I come to a computer (like my laptop) that doesn't have a firewire port!
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Aha! Ok, those are worthy goals. :-D |
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