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Topic: usb video capture
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Sluggo
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posted 03-09-2000 08:09 PM
I have a DV iMac and a Sony hi8mm Handycam. Is there a connector availbale that will allow to to input my video into the usb port on the computer as well as export it back to a tape? i have been searching around, but the only thing i can find is a thing called MyVideo that costs $249 which is a price i would rather not pay.------------------
"Trying is the first step towards failure."--Homer Simpson
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NJRFilms
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posted 03-09-2000 09:45 PM
your Imac has firewire, and if your camera is new enough it will to.
USB is slowwwwwww for video capture. If your going to spend money on a card get a PCI one. |
Sluggo
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posted 03-09-2000 09:47 PM
no, my camera doesn't have a firewire port on it. whats a pci card?------------------
"Trying is the first step towards failure."--Homer Simpson
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Spoonboy
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posted 03-10-2000 02:02 AM
PCI is a card that plugs into the motherboard on your computer. (at least I hope so, I don't have much experience with Mac's) The PCI card would be a video capture card, (once again Mac's elude me) I really can't suggest a particular card. You might want to start at www.pinnaclesys.com they make good capture boards.If you have a little money to spend you might want to break down and buy a Digital Camcorder ($1000 and up), this will plug into your existing firewire port. I'm sure someone can recomend a video capture card for you, but expect to spend a couple hundred bucks for it. ------------------
One day flatware will rule us all
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brandon8me
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posted 03-10-2000 03:59 AM
my friend has a usb internet camera on a pc, but it can only capture about 1 frame a second, it works fine for stop motion though. And forget a PCI card, iMacs dont have any PCI expansion slots, only the PowerMacs do. If you can find a way, I would go with a digital camera and utilize the firewire port. |
Tn
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posted 03-13-2000 07:44 PM
DV iMacs are made for people with cameras that have a DV port. The iMacs aren't very upgradeable so you might just want to look into buying a new camcorder. |
NJRFilms
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posted 03-13-2000 08:06 PM
Are you sure that Imacs dont have any PCI slots, like are you 100% sure? Maybe they dont have any ISA, but there wouldnt be a reason for the motherboard to not have any PCI slots. |
Tn
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posted 03-15-2000 09:22 PM
I'm not sure if they have extra PCI slots. They are made to be not upgradeable because it saves space to remove "unnecessary" expansion slots and the iMac was developed with Apple thinking people don't know how to upgrade. |
BIG JIM SLATE
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posted 03-15-2000 09:52 PM
Believe me, the IMacs don't have any PCI slots. They suck. Get a Windows 2000 machine and use a computer like a real person.WE LOVE DALE!!!
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"V is for victory! Go tell your friends!" |
brandon8me
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posted 03-15-2000 10:10 PM
No, there are no pci slots on an iMac, and yes I'm 100% sure. No mac has ever had any ISA slots. In the original PowerMacs and in earlier Macs they had NuBus slots. Space was one factor in not inculding pci slots, but it was designed as an entry level computer, if you wanted expandability then you needed a PowerMac. Cost was another big factor in leaving out the pci slots, they wanted the iMac to be as cheap as posable, thats whys there's no floppy drive. |
HBK
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posted 03-15-2000 10:52 PM
Hey Big Jim Slate, Don't be offensive to the imac......be offensive to all Macs! |
Tn
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posted 03-16-2000 06:18 PM
lol, but a real person doesn't use Windows 2000 either... I'm about one week from getting my Linux/BeOS computer put together and then I'll be a real person! |
FroshFilmmaker
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posted 03-16-2000 08:51 PM
I just bought a XLR8 InterView today. It was $99 (I've seen em for $74). It has an RCA video in, and an s video in. It doesnt have an audio in, but you can buy one that will go in the mic port for 5 bucks at Radio Shack. It comes with Strata Videoshop. Good for the price you wanna spend.
P.S. It doesnt have video out, but it's still a good dealIsaiah |
BIG JIM SLATE
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posted 03-17-2000 03:03 AM
Yes, a real computer for COMPUTING would be a Linux/Unix System. And the BeOS is okay, BUT, there is an incredible lack of hardware and software support. Therefore, I turn myself to the most stable version of NT yet, Windows 2000.------------------
"V is for victory! Go tell your friends!" |
calstan
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posted 03-17-2000 03:29 AM
Don't listen to these anti-Mac bigots, Sluggo. The Imac Dv is well equipped for digital editing. Your problem is merely needing an analog video input. Sony makes an analog to firewire converter, but it's about $400-$500 and it sounds like you're on a tight budget. It's true that the imac is not very expandable. It wasn't designed to be. You could have gotten a G3 or G4 for just a little more and they have slots. I personally doubt that any cheap USB video gizmos are going to give high quality video. What level of production are you trying to do?
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