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nineu
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Tue Oct 18, 2005 2:02 pm Post subject:
Panasonic NV-GS - Can't capture the video in my PC |
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Hi, we bought a Video Camea last year, its a Panasonic NV-GS 50. When
installed the drivers, I captured the photos that we recorded on th
card and I didn't have any problems. Now I'm trying to capture a vide
from my panasonic camera to windows movie maker (the camera is connecte
to my computer via a USB cable), the video is saved on tape and I can'
see it. I mean I can see it directly from the video camera, its there
but I can't see it from my PC. The only thing that I can see via P
are the photos saved in the card. Unfortunally I can't find the cd-
with the drivers so I don't know if I missed something when I did th
installation last year or what.... can anybody help please??
Nine
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Graham Hughes
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Tue Oct 18, 2005 3:28 pm Post subject:
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Hi USB is designed for the photo's. What you need to use is firewire
(IEEE1394 - dv) for capturing the movie from the tape.
See here for more help on firewire and how to see if you already have it on
your pc,
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/WebPages/UsefulInformation.htm#Firewire
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/ProblemPages/CannotCapture.htm
Graham
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MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
www.dvds2treasure.com
www.simplydv.com
"nineu" <nineu.1x3cu3@pcbanter.net> wrote in message
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| Quote: |
Hi, we bought a Video Camea last year, its a Panasonic NV-GS 50. When I
installed the drivers, I captured the photos that we recorded on the
card and I didn't have any problems. Now I'm trying to capture a video
from my panasonic camera to windows movie maker (the camera is connected
to my computer via a USB cable), the video is saved on tape and I can't
see it. I mean I can see it directly from the video camera, its there,
but I can't see it from my PC. The only thing that I can see via PC
are the photos saved in the card. Unfortunally I can't find the cd-s
with the drivers so I don't know if I missed something when I did the
installation last year or what.... can anybody help please??
Nineu
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Trevor L.
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Tue Oct 18, 2005 6:19 pm Post subject:
Re: Panasonic NV-GS - Can't capture the video in my PC |
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Hi,
We (my wife and I) have recently bought a Panasonic GS-35 so my experience
may help you.
You a quite correct that you can only get the still pictures on the card
when using the PC setting on the video camera.
For video download, you need the program Panasonic MotionDV STUDIO LE for DV
which should have been supplied on a CD with the video camera. On my PC it
installed as "C:\Program Files\Panasonic\MotionDV STUDIO LE for
DV\MotionDVSTUDIO.exe". The entire installation on this folder is about
100MB.
To use the program to download the video, set the camera to video replay,
position at the beginning of the tape, connect via USB2 and start the
program. Use Editing Assistant which will guide you through the steps.
The program creates files in .avi format. For 60 minutes of tape, you need
approx. 13.3 GB (18 minutes ~= 4GB). You will then need to output the file
in MPEG1 format, an operation that takes about 8-9 hours for 60 minutes.
(Unless of course you are willing to work with the .avi format - I am told
it is better, but uses a lot of disk space.)
Note that firewire is *not* needed for this operation, although it may work
better. (This is something I cannot test, since I don't have it.) I read
this advice and was dismayed to think I would have to invest in another
card, etc, on the PC. However, USB2 certainly works quite O.K. with MotionDV
STUDIO.
I don't know what to suggest if you can't find the program on C:\Program
Files\Panasonic\ and you can't find the CD. Perhaps check with your dealer
and/or the Panasonic Website (www.panasonic.com in North America). I just
had a quick look at this site and unfortunately I can't find anything about
software downloads.
Good luck and hope it goes O.K.,
Trevor L.
Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au
nineu wrote:
| Quote: | Hi, we bought a Video Camea last year, its a Panasonic NV-GS 50.
When I installed the drivers, I captured the photos that we recorded
on the card and I didn't have any problems. Now I'm trying to
capture a video from my panasonic camera to windows movie maker (the
camera is connected to my computer via a USB cable), the video is
saved on tape and I can't see it. I mean I can see it directly from
the video camera, its there, but I can't see it from my PC. The
only thing that I can see via PC are the photos saved in the card.
Unfortunally I can't find the cd-s with the drivers so I don't know
if I missed something when I did the installation last year or
what.... can anybody help please??
Nineu
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Cari (MS-MVP)
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Wed Oct 19, 2005 4:03 am Post subject:
Re: Panasonic NV-GS - Can't capture the video in my PC |
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You will find that USB 2.0 is not as fast as firewire in the real world and
you will end up with plenty of dropped frames if you use that rather than
USB.
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Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging
"Trevor L." <tandcl@homemail.com.au> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Hi,
We (my wife and I) have recently bought a Panasonic GS-35 so my experience
may help you.
You a quite correct that you can only get the still pictures on the card
when using the PC setting on the video camera.
For video download, you need the program Panasonic MotionDV STUDIO LE for
DV which should have been supplied on a CD with the video camera. On my PC
it installed as "C:\Program Files\Panasonic\MotionDV STUDIO LE for
DV\MotionDVSTUDIO.exe". The entire installation on this folder is about
100MB.
To use the program to download the video, set the camera to video replay,
position at the beginning of the tape, connect via USB2 and start the
program. Use Editing Assistant which will guide you through the steps.
The program creates files in .avi format. For 60 minutes of tape, you need
approx. 13.3 GB (18 minutes ~= 4GB). You will then need to output the file
in MPEG1 format, an operation that takes about 8-9 hours for 60 minutes.
(Unless of course you are willing to work with the .avi format - I am told
it is better, but uses a lot of disk space.)
Note that firewire is *not* needed for this operation, although it may
work better. (This is something I cannot test, since I don't have it.) I
read this advice and was dismayed to think I would have to invest in
another card, etc, on the PC. However, USB2 certainly works quite O.K.
with MotionDV STUDIO.
I don't know what to suggest if you can't find the program on C:\Program
Files\Panasonic\ and you can't find the CD. Perhaps check with your dealer
and/or the Panasonic Website (www.panasonic.com in North America). I just
had a quick look at this site and unfortunately I can't find anything
about software downloads.
Good luck and hope it goes O.K.,
Trevor L.
Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au
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Trevor L.
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Wed Oct 19, 2005 4:41 am Post subject:
Re: Panasonic NV-GS - Can't capture the video in my PC |
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Cari,
Do you mean "you will end up with plenty of dropped frames if you use
that (USB2.0) rather than *firewire*."
If so, I will definitely get a firewire card. Just not sure how I would use
it with MotionDV STUDIO. I suppose it a case of "suck it and see" - don't
know whether that is an Aussie expression or not .
--
Cheers,
Trevor L.
Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au
Cari (MS-MVP) wrote:
| Quote: | You will find that USB 2.0 is not as fast as firewire in the real
world and you will end up with plenty of dropped frames if you use
that rather than USB.
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Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging
"Trevor L." <tandcl@homemail.com.au> wrote in message
news:%23TrHlZ%230FHA.3000@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
Hi,
We (my wife and I) have recently bought a Panasonic GS-35 so my
experience may help you.
You a quite correct that you can only get the still pictures on the
card when using the PC setting on the video camera.
For video download, you need the program Panasonic MotionDV STUDIO
LE for DV which should have been supplied on a CD with the video
camera. On my PC it installed as "C:\Program
Files\Panasonic\MotionDV STUDIO LE for DV\MotionDVSTUDIO.exe". The
entire installation on this folder is about 100MB.
To use the program to download the video, set the camera to video
replay, position at the beginning of the tape, connect via USB2 and
start the program. Use Editing Assistant which will guide you
through the steps. The program creates files in .avi format. For 60
minutes of tape,
you need approx. 13.3 GB (18 minutes ~= 4GB). You will then need to
output the file in MPEG1 format, an operation that takes about 8-9
hours for 60 minutes. (Unless of course you are willing to work with
the .avi format - I am told it is better, but uses a lot of disk
space.) Note that firewire is *not* needed for this operation, although
it
may work better. (This is something I cannot test, since I don't
have it.) I read this advice and was dismayed to think I would have
to invest in another card, etc, on the PC. However, USB2 certainly
works quite O.K. with MotionDV STUDIO.
I don't know what to suggest if you can't find the program on
C:\Program Files\Panasonic\ and you can't find the CD. Perhaps check
with your dealer and/or the Panasonic Website (www.panasonic.com in
North America). I just had a quick look at this site and
unfortunately I can't find anything about software downloads.
Good luck and hope it goes O.K.,
Trevor L.
Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au |
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nineu
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Wed Oct 19, 2005 1:06 pm Post subject:
Re: Panasonic NV-GS - Can't capture the video in my PC |
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Hi, thanks to all of you for your replies. I will try them asap.
About the Panasonic MotionDV program, unfortunatelly I can't find the
CD-s that we get with the camera.
I checked also the Panasonic web page but I can't find any driver
downloads... you can get the "Titles" but nothing else.... if anybody
knows where to download the drivers PLEASE let me know. Last year we
installed the camera drivers in my sister's pc and now that we've got
our PC we'd like to use this one. Thanks a lot.
Nineu
Trevor L. Wrote:
| Quote: | Hi,
We (my wife and I) have recently bought a Panasonic GS-35 so my
experience
may help you.
You a quite correct that you can only get the still pictures on the
card
when using the PC setting on the video camera.
For video download, you need the program Panasonic MotionDV STUDIO LE
for DV
which should have been supplied on a CD with the video camera. On my PC
it
installed as "C:\Program Files\Panasonic\MotionDV STUDIO LE for
DV\MotionDVSTUDIO.exe". The entire installation on this folder is
about
100MB.
To use the program to download the video, set the camera to video
replay,
position at the beginning of the tape, connect via USB2 and start the
program. Use Editing Assistant which will guide you through the steps.
The program creates files in .avi format. For 60 minutes of tape, you
need
approx. 13.3 GB (18 minutes ~= 4GB). You will then need to output the
file
in MPEG1 format, an operation that takes about 8-9 hours for 60
minutes.
(Unless of course you are willing to work with the .avi format - I am
told
it is better, but uses a lot of disk space.)
Note that firewire is *not* needed for this operation, although it may
work
better. (This is something I cannot test, since I don't have it.) I
read
this advice and was dismayed to think I would have to invest in
another
card, etc, on the PC. However, USB2 certainly works quite O.K. with
MotionDV
STUDIO.
I don't know what to suggest if you can't find the program on
C:\Program
Files\Panasonic\ and you can't find the CD. Perhaps check with your
dealer
and/or the Panasonic Website (www.panasonic.com in North America). I
just
had a quick look at this site and unfortunately I can't find anything
about
software downloads.
Good luck and hope it goes O.K.,
Trevor L.
Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au
nineu wrote:
Hi, we bought a Video Camea last year, its a Panasonic NV-GS 50.
When I installed the drivers, I captured the photos that we recorded
on the card and I didn't have any problems. Now I'm trying to
capture a video from my panasonic camera to windows movie maker (the
camera is connected to my computer via a USB cable), the video is
saved on tape and I can't see it. I mean I can see it directly from
the video camera, its there, but I can't see it from my PC. The
only thing that I can see via PC are the photos saved in the card.
Unfortunally I can't find the cd-s with the drivers so I don't know
if I missed something when I did the installation last year or
what.... can anybody help please??
Nineu
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Graham Hughes
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Wed Oct 19, 2005 5:12 pm Post subject:
Re: Panasonic NV-GS - Can't capture the video in my PC |
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Often usb and the manufacturers programmes work by capturing in a lower
quality format than dv-avi? What do you capture as Trevor?
Firewire is almost universal, so motiondv - with the dv standing for digital
video - should just pick up the cam straight away.
--
Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
www.dvds2treasure.com
www.simplydv.com
"Trevor L." <tandcl@homemail.com.au> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Cari,
Do you mean "you will end up with plenty of dropped frames if you use
that (USB2.0) rather than *firewire*."
If so, I will definitely get a firewire card. Just not sure how I would
use it with MotionDV STUDIO. I suppose it a case of "suck it and see" -
don't know whether that is an Aussie expression or not .
--
Cheers,
Trevor L.
Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au
Cari (MS-MVP) wrote:
You will find that USB 2.0 is not as fast as firewire in the real
world and you will end up with plenty of dropped frames if you use
that rather than USB.
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging
"Trevor L." <tandcl@homemail.com.au> wrote in message
news:%23TrHlZ%230FHA.3000@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
Hi,
We (my wife and I) have recently bought a Panasonic GS-35 so my
experience may help you.
You a quite correct that you can only get the still pictures on the
card when using the PC setting on the video camera.
For video download, you need the program Panasonic MotionDV STUDIO
LE for DV which should have been supplied on a CD with the video
camera. On my PC it installed as "C:\Program
Files\Panasonic\MotionDV STUDIO LE for DV\MotionDVSTUDIO.exe". The
entire installation on this folder is about 100MB.
To use the program to download the video, set the camera to video
replay, position at the beginning of the tape, connect via USB2 and
start the program. Use Editing Assistant which will guide you
through the steps. The program creates files in .avi format. For 60
minutes of tape,
you need approx. 13.3 GB (18 minutes ~= 4GB). You will then need to
output the file in MPEG1 format, an operation that takes about 8-9
hours for 60 minutes. (Unless of course you are willing to work with
the .avi format - I am told it is better, but uses a lot of disk
space.) Note that firewire is *not* needed for this operation, although
it
may work better. (This is something I cannot test, since I don't
have it.) I read this advice and was dismayed to think I would have
to invest in another card, etc, on the PC. However, USB2 certainly
works quite O.K. with MotionDV STUDIO.
I don't know what to suggest if you can't find the program on
C:\Program Files\Panasonic\ and you can't find the CD. Perhaps check
with your dealer and/or the Panasonic Website (www.panasonic.com in
North America). I just had a quick look at this site and
unfortunately I can't find anything about software downloads.
Good luck and hope it goes O.K.,
Trevor L.
Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au
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Graham Hughes
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Wed Oct 19, 2005 5:12 pm Post subject:
Re: Panasonic NV-GS - Can't capture the video in my PC |
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If you want the drivers, why not copy them from your sisters pc?
--
Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
www.dvds2treasure.com
www.simplydv.com
"nineu" <nineu.1x54q4@pcbanter.net> wrote in message
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Hi, thanks to all of you for your replies. I will try them asap.
About the Panasonic MotionDV program, unfortunatelly I can't find the
CD-s that we get with the camera.
I checked also the Panasonic web page but I can't find any driver
downloads... you can get the "Titles" but nothing else.... if anybody
knows where to download the drivers PLEASE let me know. Last year we
installed the camera drivers in my sister's pc and now that we've got
our PC we'd like to use this one. Thanks a lot.
Nineu
Trevor L. Wrote:
Hi,
We (my wife and I) have recently bought a Panasonic GS-35 so my
experience
may help you.
You a quite correct that you can only get the still pictures on the
card
when using the PC setting on the video camera.
For video download, you need the program Panasonic MotionDV STUDIO LE
for DV
which should have been supplied on a CD with the video camera. On my PC
it
installed as "C:\Program Files\Panasonic\MotionDV STUDIO LE for
DV\MotionDVSTUDIO.exe". The entire installation on this folder is
about
100MB.
To use the program to download the video, set the camera to video
replay,
position at the beginning of the tape, connect via USB2 and start the
program. Use Editing Assistant which will guide you through the steps.
The program creates files in .avi format. For 60 minutes of tape, you
need
approx. 13.3 GB (18 minutes ~= 4GB). You will then need to output the
file
in MPEG1 format, an operation that takes about 8-9 hours for 60
minutes.
(Unless of course you are willing to work with the .avi format - I am
told
it is better, but uses a lot of disk space.)
Note that firewire is *not* needed for this operation, although it may
work
better. (This is something I cannot test, since I don't have it.) I
read
this advice and was dismayed to think I would have to invest in
another
card, etc, on the PC. However, USB2 certainly works quite O.K. with
MotionDV
STUDIO.
I don't know what to suggest if you can't find the program on
C:\Program
Files\Panasonic\ and you can't find the CD. Perhaps check with your
dealer
and/or the Panasonic Website (www.panasonic.com in North America). I
just
had a quick look at this site and unfortunately I can't find anything
about
software downloads.
Good luck and hope it goes O.K.,
Trevor L.
Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au
nineu wrote:
Hi, we bought a Video Camea last year, its a Panasonic NV-GS 50.
When I installed the drivers, I captured the photos that we recorded
on the card and I didn't have any problems. Now I'm trying to
capture a video from my panasonic camera to windows movie maker (the
camera is connected to my computer via a USB cable), the video is
saved on tape and I can't see it. I mean I can see it directly from
the video camera, its there, but I can't see it from my PC. The
only thing that I can see via PC are the photos saved in the card.
Unfortunally I can't find the cd-s with the drivers so I don't know
if I missed something when I did the installation last year or
what.... can anybody help please??
Nineu
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Wed Oct 19, 2005 9:50 pm Post subject:
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I suppose I can do that also. I've heard about a program calle
"MyDrivers" that helps you with this but I haven't used it yet. Doe
anybody know any good program to backup/restore drivers?
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Thu Oct 20, 2005 4:42 am Post subject:
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Thanks Graham,
I capture in .avi. It is about 4Gb per 18 minutes, so I think this is
probably the highest quality.
I don't understand the reference to motiondv. I know I have a DV connection
on the camera. So I suppose if I install a firewire card, I use a cable from
the DV connection on the camera to the firewire port. But what will the
Panasonic program do? Are you saying it will pick up the camera, or will
Windows XP do that?
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Cheers,
Trevor L.
Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au
Graham Hughes wrote:
| Quote: | Often usb and the manufacturers programmes work by capturing in a
lower quality format than dv-avi? What do you capture as Trevor?
Firewire is almost universal, so motiondv - with the dv standing for
digital video - should just pick up the cam straight away.
--
Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
www.dvds2treasure.com
www.simplydv.com
"Trevor L." <tandcl@homemail.com.au> wrote in message
news:uzGZhKF1FHA.3524@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
Cari,
Do you mean "you will end up with plenty of dropped frames if you use
that (USB2.0) rather than *firewire*."
If so, I will definitely get a firewire card. Just not sure how I
would use it with MotionDV STUDIO. I suppose it a case of "suck it
and see" - don't know whether that is an Aussie expression or not .
--
Cheers,
Trevor L.
Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au
Cari (MS-MVP) wrote:
You will find that USB 2.0 is not as fast as firewire in the real
world and you will end up with plenty of dropped frames if you use
that rather than USB.
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging
"Trevor L." <tandcl@homemail.com.au> wrote in message
news:%23TrHlZ%230FHA.3000@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
Hi,
We (my wife and I) have recently bought a Panasonic GS-35 so my
experience may help you.
You a quite correct that you can only get the still pictures on the
card when using the PC setting on the video camera.
For video download, you need the program Panasonic MotionDV STUDIO
LE for DV which should have been supplied on a CD with the video
camera. On my PC it installed as "C:\Program
Files\Panasonic\MotionDV STUDIO LE for DV\MotionDVSTUDIO.exe". The
entire installation on this folder is about 100MB.
To use the program to download the video, set the camera to video
replay, position at the beginning of the tape, connect via USB2 and
start the program. Use Editing Assistant which will guide you
through the steps. The program creates files in .avi format. For 60
minutes of tape,
you need approx. 13.3 GB (18 minutes ~= 4GB). You will then need to
output the file in MPEG1 format, an operation that takes about 8-9
hours for 60 minutes. (Unless of course you are willing to work
with the .avi format - I am told it is better, but uses a lot of
disk space.) Note that firewire is *not* needed for this
operation, although it
may work better. (This is something I cannot test, since I don't
have it.) I read this advice and was dismayed to think I would
have to invest in another card, etc, on the PC. However, USB2
certainly works quite O.K. with MotionDV STUDIO.
I don't know what to suggest if you can't find the program on
C:\Program Files\Panasonic\ and you can't find the CD. Perhaps
check with your dealer and/or the Panasonic Website
(www.panasonic.com in North America). I just had a quick look at
this site and unfortunately I can't find anything about software
downloads.
Good luck and hope it goes O.K.,
Trevor L.
Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au |
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Trevor L.
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Thu Oct 20, 2005 4:42 am Post subject:
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Hi,
If you insatlled the drivers on your sister's PC, did you also instal the
Panasonic MotionDV?
If so, this is a good place to copt it from
--
Cheers,
Trevor L.
Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au
nineu wrote:
| Quote: | Hi, thanks to all of you for your replies. I will try them asap.
About the Panasonic MotionDV program, unfortunatelly I can't find the
CD-s that we get with the camera.
I checked also the Panasonic web page but I can't find any driver
downloads... you can get the "Titles" but nothing else.... if anybody
knows where to download the drivers PLEASE let me know. Last year we
installed the camera drivers in my sister's pc and now that we've got
our PC we'd like to use this one. Thanks a lot.
Nineu
Trevor L. Wrote:
Hi,
We (my wife and I) have recently bought a Panasonic GS-35 so my
experience
may help you.
You a quite correct that you can only get the still pictures on the
card
when using the PC setting on the video camera.
For video download, you need the program Panasonic MotionDV STUDIO LE
for DV
which should have been supplied on a CD with the video camera. On my
PC it
installed as "C:\Program Files\Panasonic\MotionDV STUDIO LE for
DV\MotionDVSTUDIO.exe". The entire installation on this folder is
about
100MB.
To use the program to download the video, set the camera to video
replay,
position at the beginning of the tape, connect via USB2 and start the
program. Use Editing Assistant which will guide you through the
steps.
The program creates files in .avi format. For 60 minutes of tape, you
need
approx. 13.3 GB (18 minutes ~= 4GB). You will then need to output the
file
in MPEG1 format, an operation that takes about 8-9 hours for 60
minutes.
(Unless of course you are willing to work with the .avi format - I am
told
it is better, but uses a lot of disk space.)
Note that firewire is *not* needed for this operation, although it
may work
better. (This is something I cannot test, since I don't have it.) I
read
this advice and was dismayed to think I would have to invest in
another
card, etc, on the PC. However, USB2 certainly works quite O.K. with
MotionDV
STUDIO.
I don't know what to suggest if you can't find the program on
C:\Program
Files\Panasonic\ and you can't find the CD. Perhaps check with your
dealer
and/or the Panasonic Website (www.panasonic.com in North America). I
just
had a quick look at this site and unfortunately I can't find anything
about
software downloads.
Good luck and hope it goes O.K.,
Trevor L.
Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au
nineu wrote:
Hi, we bought a Video Camea last year, its a Panasonic NV-GS 50.
When I installed the drivers, I captured the photos that we recorded
on the card and I didn't have any problems. Now I'm trying to
capture a video from my panasonic camera to windows movie maker (the
camera is connected to my computer via a USB cable), the video is
saved on tape and I can't see it. I mean I can see it directly from
the video camera, its there, but I can't see it from my PC. The
only thing that I can see via PC are the photos saved in the card.
Unfortunally I can't find the cd-s with the drivers so I don't know
if I missed something when I did the installation last year or
what.... can anybody help please??
Nineu
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Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:30 pm Post subject:
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Motiondv is acapture and edit programme, so when you connect the cam via
firewire the programme should list the cam as a capture device.
If you are capturing avi at 4gb per 18 mins (full frame dv-avi) and are
happy with the way you work, I'd suggest leaving be, if it ain't broke don't
fix it :)
--
Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
www.dvds2treasure.com
www.simplydv.com
"Trevor L." <tandcl@homemail.com.au> wrote in message
news:OZ1Pq%23R1FHA.664@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
| Quote: | Thanks Graham,
I capture in .avi. It is about 4Gb per 18 minutes, so I think this is
probably the highest quality.
I don't understand the reference to motiondv. I know I have a DV
connection on the camera. So I suppose if I install a firewire card, I use
a cable from the DV connection on the camera to the firewire port. But
what will the Panasonic program do? Are you saying it will pick up the
camera, or will Windows XP do that?
--
Cheers,
Trevor L.
Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au
Graham Hughes wrote:
Often usb and the manufacturers programmes work by capturing in a
lower quality format than dv-avi? What do you capture as Trevor?
Firewire is almost universal, so motiondv - with the dv standing for
digital video - should just pick up the cam straight away.
--
Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
www.dvds2treasure.com
www.simplydv.com
"Trevor L." <tandcl@homemail.com.au> wrote in message
news:uzGZhKF1FHA.3524@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
Cari,
Do you mean "you will end up with plenty of dropped frames if you use
that (USB2.0) rather than *firewire*."
If so, I will definitely get a firewire card. Just not sure how I
would use it with MotionDV STUDIO. I suppose it a case of "suck it
and see" - don't know whether that is an Aussie expression or not .
--
Cheers,
Trevor L.
Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au
Cari (MS-MVP) wrote:
You will find that USB 2.0 is not as fast as firewire in the real
world and you will end up with plenty of dropped frames if you use
that rather than USB.
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging
"Trevor L." <tandcl@homemail.com.au> wrote in message
news:%23TrHlZ%230FHA.3000@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
Hi,
We (my wife and I) have recently bought a Panasonic GS-35 so my
experience may help you.
You a quite correct that you can only get the still pictures on the
card when using the PC setting on the video camera.
For video download, you need the program Panasonic MotionDV STUDIO
LE for DV which should have been supplied on a CD with the video
camera. On my PC it installed as "C:\Program
Files\Panasonic\MotionDV STUDIO LE for DV\MotionDVSTUDIO.exe". The
entire installation on this folder is about 100MB.
To use the program to download the video, set the camera to video
replay, position at the beginning of the tape, connect via USB2 and
start the program. Use Editing Assistant which will guide you
through the steps. The program creates files in .avi format. For 60
minutes of tape,
you need approx. 13.3 GB (18 minutes ~= 4GB). You will then need to
output the file in MPEG1 format, an operation that takes about 8-9
hours for 60 minutes. (Unless of course you are willing to work
with the .avi format - I am told it is better, but uses a lot of
disk space.) Note that firewire is *not* needed for this
operation, although it
may work better. (This is something I cannot test, since I don't
have it.) I read this advice and was dismayed to think I would
have to invest in another card, etc, on the PC. However, USB2
certainly works quite O.K. with MotionDV STUDIO.
I don't know what to suggest if you can't find the program on
C:\Program Files\Panasonic\ and you can't find the CD. Perhaps
check with your dealer and/or the Panasonic Website
(www.panasonic.com in North America). I just had a quick look at
this site and unfortunately I can't find anything about software
downloads.
Good luck and hope it goes O.K.,
Trevor L.
Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au
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Trevor L.
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Fri Oct 21, 2005 4:41 am Post subject:
Re: Panasonic NV-GS - Can't capture the video in my PC |
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Thanks Graham
I am being stupid because I referred to motiondv myself as MotionDV STUDIO
LE for DV. For some reason I didn't recognise it in lower case. Perhaps I
thought it was a generic term - having an old person's day, I guess. :-))
Yes, I am happy with the quality of dv-avi, but I can't write over 12 GB to
a DVD, so I convert it to MPEG1 via MotionDV STUDIO LE for DV. I think the
quality suffers somewhat. Perhaps I need to use other formats. I have used
DivX converter, so I wonder whether it would convert dv-avi and whether
would get a file small enough for DVD, and whether it is compatible with DVD
format.
--
Cheers,
Trevor L.
Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au
Graham Hughes wrote:
| Quote: | Motiondv is acapture and edit programme, so when you connect the cam
via firewire the programme should list the cam as a capture device.
If you are capturing avi at 4gb per 18 mins (full frame dv-avi) and
are happy with the way you work, I'd suggest leaving be, if it ain't
broke don't fix it :)
--
Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
www.dvds2treasure.com
www.simplydv.com
"Trevor L." <tandcl@homemail.com.au> wrote in message
news:OZ1Pq%23R1FHA.664@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
Thanks Graham,
I capture in .avi. It is about 4Gb per 18 minutes, so I think this is
probably the highest quality.
I don't understand the reference to motiondv. I know I have a DV
connection on the camera. So I suppose if I install a firewire card,
I use a cable from the DV connection on the camera to the firewire
port. But what will the Panasonic program do? Are you saying it will
pick up the camera, or will Windows XP do that?
--
Cheers,
Trevor L.
Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au
Graham Hughes wrote:
Often usb and the manufacturers programmes work by capturing in a
lower quality format than dv-avi? What do you capture as Trevor?
Firewire is almost universal, so motiondv - with the dv standing for
digital video - should just pick up the cam straight away.
--
Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
www.dvds2treasure.com
www.simplydv.com
"Trevor L." <tandcl@homemail.com.au> wrote in message
news:uzGZhKF1FHA.3524@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
Cari,
Do you mean "you will end up with plenty of dropped frames if you
use that (USB2.0) rather than *firewire*."
If so, I will definitely get a firewire card. Just not sure how I
would use it with MotionDV STUDIO. I suppose it a case of "suck it
and see" - don't know whether that is an Aussie expression or not .
--
Cheers,
Trevor L.
Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au
Cari (MS-MVP) wrote:
You will find that USB 2.0 is not as fast as firewire in the real
world and you will end up with plenty of dropped frames if you use
that rather than USB.
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging
"Trevor L." <tandcl@homemail.com.au> wrote in message
news:%23TrHlZ%230FHA.3000@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
Hi,
We (my wife and I) have recently bought a Panasonic GS-35 so my
experience may help you.
You a quite correct that you can only get the still pictures on
the card when using the PC setting on the video camera.
For video download, you need the program Panasonic MotionDV
STUDIO LE for DV which should have been supplied on a CD with
the video camera. On my PC it installed as "C:\Program
Files\Panasonic\MotionDV STUDIO LE for DV\MotionDVSTUDIO.exe".
The entire installation on this folder is about 100MB.
To use the program to download the video, set the camera to video
replay, position at the beginning of the tape, connect via USB2
and start the program. Use Editing Assistant which will guide you
through the steps. The program creates files in .avi format. For
60 minutes of tape,
you need approx. 13.3 GB (18 minutes ~= 4GB). You will then need
to output the file in MPEG1 format, an operation that takes
about 8-9 hours for 60 minutes. (Unless of course you are
willing to work with the .avi format - I am told it is better,
but uses a lot of disk space.) Note that firewire is *not*
needed for this operation, although it
may work better. (This is something I cannot test, since I don't
have it.) I read this advice and was dismayed to think I would
have to invest in another card, etc, on the PC. However, USB2
certainly works quite O.K. with MotionDV STUDIO.
I don't know what to suggest if you can't find the program on
C:\Program Files\Panasonic\ and you can't find the CD. Perhaps
check with your dealer and/or the Panasonic Website
(www.panasonic.com in North America). I just had a quick look at
this site and unfortunately I can't find anything about software
downloads.
Good luck and hope it goes O.K.,
Trevor L.
Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au |
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Graham Hughes
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Mon Oct 24, 2005 10:03 pm Post subject:
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Always capture as dv-avi. Then as you have done use another app to get the
required format for teh end product.
You say you have converted to mpeg1, this is vcd and about the same quality
as a good vhs tape.
For dvd you need a dvd authoring app which will allow you to convert the
dv-avi to mpeg2, then wrap it in a vob file so a std dvd player can play it.
1 hour dv-avi = 13gb, which a normal app will convert to about 4gb mpeg2 and
will fit on one disc, at best quality.
The likes of nero/roxio will do this f you have the latest full versions.
I'm not sure if motiondv will do it.
Using divx will limit the amount of players, you'd need a divx dvd player.
--
Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
www.dvds2treasure.com
www.simplydv.com
"Trevor L." <tandcl@homemail.com.au> wrote in message
news:%23QQjEkd1FHA.1564@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
| Quote: | Thanks Graham
I am being stupid because I referred to motiondv myself as MotionDV STUDIO
LE for DV. For some reason I didn't recognise it in lower case. Perhaps I
thought it was a generic term - having an old person's day, I guess. :-))
Yes, I am happy with the quality of dv-avi, but I can't write over 12 GB
to a DVD, so I convert it to MPEG1 via MotionDV STUDIO LE for DV. I think
the quality suffers somewhat. Perhaps I need to use other formats. I have
used DivX converter, so I wonder whether it would convert dv-avi and
whether would get a file small enough for DVD, and whether it is
compatible with DVD format.
--
Cheers,
Trevor L.
Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au
Graham Hughes wrote:
Motiondv is acapture and edit programme, so when you connect the cam
via firewire the programme should list the cam as a capture device.
If you are capturing avi at 4gb per 18 mins (full frame dv-avi) and
are happy with the way you work, I'd suggest leaving be, if it ain't
broke don't fix it :)
--
Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
www.dvds2treasure.com
www.simplydv.com
"Trevor L." <tandcl@homemail.com.au> wrote in message
news:OZ1Pq%23R1FHA.664@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
Thanks Graham,
I capture in .avi. It is about 4Gb per 18 minutes, so I think this is
probably the highest quality.
I don't understand the reference to motiondv. I know I have a DV
connection on the camera. So I suppose if I install a firewire card,
I use a cable from the DV connection on the camera to the firewire
port. But what will the Panasonic program do? Are you saying it will
pick up the camera, or will Windows XP do that?
--
Cheers,
Trevor L.
Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au
Graham Hughes wrote:
Often usb and the manufacturers programmes work by capturing in a
lower quality format than dv-avi? What do you capture as Trevor?
Firewire is almost universal, so motiondv - with the dv standing for
digital video - should just pick up the cam straight away.
--
Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
www.dvds2treasure.com
www.simplydv.com
"Trevor L." <tandcl@homemail.com.au> wrote in message
news:uzGZhKF1FHA.3524@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
Cari,
Do you mean "you will end up with plenty of dropped frames if you
use that (USB2.0) rather than *firewire*."
If so, I will definitely get a firewire card. Just not sure how I
would use it with MotionDV STUDIO. I suppose it a case of "suck it
and see" - don't know whether that is an Aussie expression or not .
--
Cheers,
Trevor L.
Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au
Cari (MS-MVP) wrote:
You will find that USB 2.0 is not as fast as firewire in the real
world and you will end up with plenty of dropped frames if you use
that rather than USB.
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging
"Trevor L." <tandcl@homemail.com.au> wrote in message
news:%23TrHlZ%230FHA.3000@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
Hi,
We (my wife and I) have recently bought a Panasonic GS-35 so my
experience may help you.
You a quite correct that you can only get the still pictures on
the card when using the PC setting on the video camera.
For video download, you need the program Panasonic MotionDV
STUDIO LE for DV which should have been supplied on a CD with
the video camera. On my PC it installed as "C:\Program
Files\Panasonic\MotionDV STUDIO LE for DV\MotionDVSTUDIO.exe".
The entire installation on this folder is about 100MB.
To use the program to download the video, set the camera to video
replay, position at the beginning of the tape, connect via USB2
and start the program. Use Editing Assistant which will guide you
through the steps. The program creates files in .avi format. For
60 minutes of tape,
you need approx. 13.3 GB (18 minutes ~= 4GB). You will then need
to output the file in MPEG1 format, an operation that takes
about 8-9 hours for 60 minutes. (Unless of course you are
willing to work with the .avi format - I am told it is better,
but uses a lot of disk space.) Note that firewire is *not*
needed for this operation, although it
may work better. (This is something I cannot test, since I don't
have it.) I read this advice and was dismayed to think I would
have to invest in another card, etc, on the PC. However, USB2
certainly works quite O.K. with MotionDV STUDIO.
I don't know what to suggest if you can't find the program on
C:\Program Files\Panasonic\ and you can't find the CD. Perhaps
check with your dealer and/or the Panasonic Website
(www.panasonic.com in North America). I just had a quick look at
this site and unfortunately I can't find anything about software
downloads.
Good luck and hope it goes O.K.,
Trevor L.
Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au
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Thanks, Graham
It seems like MotionDV STUDIO LE for DV only has the one output format -
MPEG1. When this output was written to DVD, it did appear lesser quality.
The other video editor I have is Ulead DVD MovieFactory 3.5 Suite Deluxe. I
don't know what format it writes to. I also have the RAD Video Tools by
Bink. Maybe one of these will write MPEG2
I have used DivX to write some files to a portable player (MP3 type)
--
Cheers,
Trevor L.
Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au
Graham Hughes wrote:
| Quote: | Always capture as dv-avi. Then as you have done use another app to
get the required format for teh end product.
You say you have converted to mpeg1, this is vcd and about the same
quality as a good vhs tape.
For dvd you need a dvd authoring app which will allow you to convert
the dv-avi to mpeg2, then wrap it in a vob file so a std dvd player
can play it. 1 hour dv-avi = 13gb, which a normal app will convert to
about 4gb mpeg2 and will fit on one disc, at best quality.
The likes of nero/roxio will do this f you have the latest full
versions. I'm not sure if motiondv will do it.
Using divx will limit the amount of players, you'd need a divx dvd
player.
--
Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
www.dvds2treasure.com
www.simplydv.com
"Trevor L." <tandcl@homemail.com.au> wrote in message
news:%23QQjEkd1FHA.1564@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
Thanks Graham
I am being stupid because I referred to motiondv myself as MotionDV
STUDIO LE for DV. For some reason I didn't recognise it in lower
case. Perhaps I thought it was a generic term - having an old
person's day, I guess. :-)) Yes, I am happy with the quality of dv-avi,
but I can't write over
12 GB to a DVD, so I convert it to MPEG1 via MotionDV STUDIO LE for
DV. I think the quality suffers somewhat. Perhaps I need to use
other formats. I have used DivX converter, so I wonder whether it
would convert dv-avi and whether would get a file small enough for
DVD, and whether it is compatible with DVD format.
--
Cheers,
Trevor L.
Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au
Graham Hughes wrote:
Motiondv is acapture and edit programme, so when you connect the
cam via firewire the programme should list the cam as a capture
device. If you are capturing avi at 4gb per 18 mins (full frame
dv-avi) and are happy with the way you work, I'd suggest leaving
be, if it ain't broke don't fix it :)
--
Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
www.dvds2treasure.com
www.simplydv.com
"Trevor L." <tandcl@homemail.com.au> wrote in message
news:OZ1Pq%23R1FHA.664@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
Thanks Graham,
I capture in .avi. It is about 4Gb per 18 minutes, so I think this
is probably the highest quality.
I don't understand the reference to motiondv. I know I have a DV
connection on the camera. So I suppose if I install a firewire
card, I use a cable from the DV connection on the camera to the
firewire port. But what will the Panasonic program do? Are you
saying it will pick up the camera, or will Windows XP do that?
--
Cheers,
Trevor L.
Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au
Graham Hughes wrote:
Often usb and the manufacturers programmes work by capturing in a
lower quality format than dv-avi? What do you capture as Trevor?
Firewire is almost universal, so motiondv - with the dv standing
for digital video - should just pick up the cam straight away.
--
Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
www.dvds2treasure.com
www.simplydv.com
"Trevor L." <tandcl@homemail.com.au> wrote in message
news:uzGZhKF1FHA.3524@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
Cari,
Do you mean "you will end up with plenty of dropped frames if you
use that (USB2.0) rather than *firewire*."
If so, I will definitely get a firewire card. Just not sure how I
would use it with MotionDV STUDIO. I suppose it a case of "suck
it and see" - don't know whether that is an Aussie expression or
not . --
Cheers,
Trevor L.
Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au
Cari (MS-MVP) wrote:
You will find that USB 2.0 is not as fast as firewire in the
real world and you will end up with plenty of dropped frames if
you use that rather than USB.
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging
"Trevor L." <tandcl@homemail.com.au> wrote in message
news:%23TrHlZ%230FHA.3000@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
Hi,
We (my wife and I) have recently bought a Panasonic GS-35 so my
experience may help you.
You a quite correct that you can only get the still pictures on
the card when using the PC setting on the video camera.
For video download, you need the program Panasonic MotionDV
STUDIO LE for DV which should have been supplied on a CD with
the video camera. On my PC it installed as "C:\Program
Files\Panasonic\MotionDV STUDIO LE for DV\MotionDVSTUDIO.exe".
The entire installation on this folder is about 100MB.
To use the program to download the video, set the camera to
video replay, position at the beginning of the tape, connect
via USB2 and start the program. Use Editing Assistant which
will guide you through the steps. The program creates files in
.avi format. For 60 minutes of tape,
you need approx. 13.3 GB (18 minutes ~= 4GB). You will then
need to output the file in MPEG1 format, an operation that
takes about 8-9 hours for 60 minutes. (Unless of course you are
willing to work with the .avi format - I am told it is better,
but uses a lot of disk space.) Note that firewire is *not*
needed for this operation, although it
may work better. (This is something I cannot test, since I
don't have it.) I read this advice and was dismayed to think
I would have to invest in another card, etc, on the PC.
However, USB2 certainly works quite O.K. with MotionDV STUDIO.
I don't know what to suggest if you can't find the program on
C:\Program Files\Panasonic\ and you can't find the CD. Perhaps
check with your dealer and/or the Panasonic Website
(www.panasonic.com in North America). I just had a quick look
at this site and unfortunately I can't find anything about
software downloads.
Good luck and hope it goes O.K.,
Trevor L.
Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au |
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