DV Capture Question?

karlc wrote on 4/14/2001, 6:23 PM

Being a dyed-in-the-wool audio guy, I am on shaky ground
when it comes to Video ... but it appears to finally be the
time to justify purchasing VV instead of VA.

We have previously installed a 1394 firewire port (Digital
Research with a TI IEEE 1394 chip) in our Win2k DAW for
faster CD burning of archive files.

Will this existing firewire port, plus a DV converter like
the Sony DVMC-DA2, and Vegas' Video capture utility, allow
us to capture video for editing in Vegas Video from both
analog and digital sources?

I keep hearing about the Pyro DV card ... is it something
other than firewire port with software? IOW, do we need
a "DV card" if we have an existing firewire port?

If anyone has the DVMC-DA2, what cabling is necessary to
make it all come together?

Thanks in advance.

KAC ...

Comments

db wrote on 4/14/2001, 11:40 PM

i would guess that your 1394 is OHCI and will work with V capture ... the DVMC will convert your analog to digital ... i don't know if you have to record your analog tape to DV tape then run the Dv tape to computer ? with DV decks you can run your analog camera/deck to the Dv deck and just use the electronics of the DV deck while you firewire to computer ( without having to make a copy on dv tape )

anield wrote on 4/15/2001, 3:00 PM

For DVMC-DA2 and analog Video Camera:

[Input]
Analog Video Cam --(analog A/V)--> DVMC --(firewire)--> PC

[Output]
Analog Video Cam
:O)
Anthony