How to connect cam to pc?

[packing_jarrett 0]

I got a brand new pc109 but can't make it work when I hook it up to the computer. It says, "USB MODE: disconnect the USB cable before changing the settings." and it won't let me do anything unless I take the cable out. I want to put the recorded footage onto a dvd and I'm at the menu on the computer. It tells me to press the "burn onto dvd" button on the camera. I've seen the button but can press it while the cable is on. My question is how do I make it work. It would be much helpful

Na' Cho' Cheese

[AggieDave 6]

You need to use Firewire, not USB for video transfers. The USB is for picture transfers from the memory card.

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[packing_jarrett 0]

sweet. thanks dude.

Na' Cho' Cheese

[EDYDO 0]

It is likely your computer will not have a firewire input. You will need to get a card for it. It is called an IEEE 1394 card.

Ed

[DSE 5]

there is a tutorial on just this at:
www.vasst.com/training/ohci.htm

[dragon2 2]

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You need to use Firewire, not USB for video transfers. The USB is for picture transfers from the memory card.

Just to make things easier, this isn't true anymore for some of the newest camera's. These DO output highres video through USB2 only, no more firewire. Not the PC109 though.

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[Kimblair13 0]

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Just to make things easier, this isn't true anymore for some of the newest camera's.

Which is needed for an HC32?

[pilotdave 0]

I'm pretty sure all sony minidv cameras use firewire.

Dave

[DSE 5]

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You need to use Firewire, not USB for video transfers. The USB is for picture transfers from the memory card.

Just to make things easier, this isn't true anymore for some of the newest camera's. These DO output highres video through USB2 only, no more firewire. Not the PC109 though.

While there are a *few* cams that are using USB2, they are, and will continue to be few.
Sony calls it iLink, Apple calls it "firewire" and the rest of the world calls it IEEE1394. All the same thing.
USB2 is unreliable for speed on ingest/output because it relies on the computer processor for routing/busing. iLink/1394/Firewire doesn't. It has its own bus resource. HDV, DV will virtually always have 1394 output on it. Even tho DV is practically dead, the legacy it generated is carried on in virtually all formats, including HDCAM providing a downconvert, XDCAM HD doing the same, etc. 1394 will be the standard for a long, long while.

[Guest 1010]

Jarrett,

I picked up a firewire cable to go from my HC32 to my pc for $6.99 at Frys in Wilsonville last week. They can hook you up. Plug the camera in with it and Windows'll find it and take it from there.

Russ

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