I'm a MiniDV dumbarse!!!
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I'm a MiniDV dumbarse!!!
I've been making films for a many-a-year now... But I'm about to go in to the world of Mini-DV.
I understand that you can just plug the camera in to my firewire port and just capture! Is this true? And do I need to get any DV codecs?
I understand that you can just plug the camera in to my firewire port and just capture! Is this true? And do I need to get any DV codecs?
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loFABl-1Zcw]THE SALESMAN - YouTube[/url]
I have Windows XP on one of my hard drives, but I rarely use it 'cus it wont recognise my sound card, and I can't install my analogue capture card on it (and they say XP is better for compatibility!).
I'll get a new sound card though if I have any problems, cheers...
I'll get a new sound card though if I have any problems, cheers...
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loFABl-1Zcw]THE SALESMAN - YouTube[/url]
Hahha allrighty then..
Well you see, I was going to play this movie I made for my uncles 40-year birthday. And it was going to be played from a laptop via a projector. Now, this fu**ing laptop runs win98. Usually not a problem, but when I tried to play my good old DV pal file from it, it just couldn't do it. And since I knew of no standard DV codecs to download I was stuck with showing it via my camera. So get a mate or someone to send you a small DV-avi file so you can check that everything is allright. I could even send you a small one
Well you see, I was going to play this movie I made for my uncles 40-year birthday. And it was going to be played from a laptop via a projector. Now, this fu**ing laptop runs win98. Usually not a problem, but when I tried to play my good old DV pal file from it, it just couldn't do it. And since I knew of no standard DV codecs to download I was stuck with showing it via my camera. So get a mate or someone to send you a small DV-avi file so you can check that everything is allright. I could even send you a small one
What about the one attached to the bottom of every single forum post? (Click on EMAIL )
Anyway thanks for the clip! It played fine, although capturing is being a pain. In Win98 it just loads when I plug the camera in and does nothing else... In WinXP it recognises the camera but the capture screen in Premiere is just black
Anyway thanks for the clip! It played fine, although capturing is being a pain. In Win98 it just loads when I plug the camera in and does nothing else... In WinXP it recognises the camera but the capture screen in Premiere is just black
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loFABl-1Zcw]THE SALESMAN - YouTube[/url]
Ok now I can capture images... But I can only get the sound through the mic port... Meaning I have to use firewire for images and analogue for sound! Argh! I remember this happening to a friend of mine once many years ago... Anyone know what the problem is?
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loFABl-1Zcw]THE SALESMAN - YouTube[/url]
It may be worth installing the latest Microsoft Mediaplayer software available from their site. Media player 9 is it?
There is also a codec pack available from their site as well I seem to remember.
My DV codec (in XP) seems to be called 'Microsoft DV'. Not sure where this codec came from but it was there before I got my camcorder.
There is also a codec pack available from their site as well I seem to remember.
My DV codec (in XP) seems to be called 'Microsoft DV'. Not sure where this codec came from but it was there before I got my camcorder.
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