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Re: Analog camcorder to computer, how?
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lugnet.animation
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Mon, 8 Jan 2001 20:09:17 GMT
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Usb devices, usually are not as good as the pci counter parts. they usuualy
have mono audio as oppose to the pci cards, and their capture resultions are
some what limiting
"Greg Perry" <supernerd23@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:G6rq3q.IJ4@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.publish.cinema, Ian Rutherford writes:
> > I have made a few short Lego Star Wars movies with my analog camcorder • that
> > I would like to be able to transfer to my computer so I can edit and post
> > them to my website. Does anyone have any ideas what I need, how much it
> > would cost, et cetera?
>
> I have a hard/software package called "Studio PCTV USB" from Pinnacle
> Systems. This is the same company that makes the software for the LEGO
> Studios product.
>
> The hardware part is a plastic unit about six-inches square that plugs • into
> the USB port of your pc. The "unit" has connections that allow you to
> connect a regular TV coaxial cable to it for input. There are also jacks
> for S-Video and Composite Video input. The Composite jack is the normal • RCA
> size but there's only one jack for video. Supposedly there's supposed to • be
> some kind of adaptor that allows for the separate audio/video connections • to
> "composited" together into a single line. I've never been able to find • such
> a creature.
>
> The software has two main components. One is the PCTV Vision which allows
> you to watch TV on your computer. It is fed by the cable connection on the
> USB unit. This application is pretty nifty in that it allows you to snap
> stills of whatever you're watching on the Tube. It also has a video
> recording features that captures video into .avi format.
>
> The other software piece is the PCTV Studio. This video editing software • is
> very similar in function to what's in LEGO Studio though I think it might • be
> a little more robust in terms of some of the built in effects available
> (sounds, titles, fades, etc.). It also allows you to save your finished
> product in either .mpg, .avi, or RealVideo formats using a variety of
> quality settings and file size.
>
> The price for this package should be around $99 but I got mine $20 cheaper
> due to advertised pricing error at CompUSA. My version is over 2 years • old.
>
> Please consider this more information than recommendation. I (and many
> others) have had a lot of trouble with this Pinnacle sofware. In fact, • I've
> never actually been able to get the Capture Video function to work in PCTV
> Studio. I ended up developing a workaround solution involving the • recording
> function of the TV application. I run my cable through a VCR and then • into
> the USB plug-in device. When I set the PCTV to Channel 3 I can view (and
> record) any tape that's playing on the VCR or anything that's being fed
> through the VCR's auxiliary input (such as a feed from my video camera*).
> After recording the segment with the PCTV, I open up the Studio • application
> and am then able to edit it.
>
> The results of my work can be seen on a rotating display at The Animated
> Brick Company Showcase, located at: http://members.nbci.com/animatedbrik
>
> Finally, I would suggest that if you're interested, you check out
> www.pinnaclesys.com for more information. Look for info on the Studio USB
> products - the message boards are especially interesting for finding out
> what kind of problems/successes folks have with the product(they have one
> for LEGO Studio).
>
> Also, I did want to say that Pinnacle Systems has offered free software
> upgrades to Studio USB owners for some time. I only last week finally
> contacted them for mine since I was making do with what I had. I'll be
> interested to see though if this upgrade will solve the problems I have • with
> the capture video function of this system.
>
> Hope some of this helps,
>
> Greg
>
> *For anyone interested - I have a JVC VHS-C camcorder. Like this one, • many
> of the JVC cameras come with a stop-motion animation feature. This allows
> you to record short clips at either a 1/2 or 1/4 second, 1 second or 5
seconds.
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