Movie Maker transfer

[Lewis]

I have yet to transfer data from my digital camcorder to
my PC. My PC has several 2.0 USB ports. I'm confused! Is
there any reason for me to go out and buy a 1394 cable and
install the related card? Does the transfer go any faster?
Is the data that will go into Movie Maker 2 be any clearer?

TIA, Lewis

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

If your camcorder has a USB2.0 port, then you can use USB, but most only
have USB1.1... this is to transfer the still images (often called photo
shots). Firewire aka iLink and IEEE1394 is the most usual way of
transferring digital video from digital camcorder to PC.

USB1.1 is far too slow for digital video... it will only result in LOTS of
dropped frames and you may be very disappointed in the result.

Cari
www.coribright.com

"Lewis" > wrote in message
...
> I have yet to transfer data from my digital camcorder to
> my PC. My PC has several 2.0 USB ports. I'm confused! Is
> there any reason for me to go out and buy a 1394 cable and
> install the related card? Does the transfer go any faster?
> Is the data that will go into Movie Maker 2 be any clearer?
>
> TIA, Lewis

[Lewis]

thanks Cari, the Firewire was certainly the way to go. And
CompUSA had a special on the Adaptec for the 3 port card
plus the cable @ $19.95 after a $20.00 mail in rebate.
Lewis

>-----Original Message-----
>If your camcorder has a USB2.0 port, then you can use
USB, but most only
>have USB1.1... this is to transfer the still images
(often called photo
>shots). Firewire aka iLink and IEEE1394 is the most
usual way of
>transferring digital video from digital camcorder to PC.
>
>USB1.1 is far too slow for digital video... it will only
result in LOTS of
>dropped frames and you may be very disappointed in the
result.
>
>Cari
>www.coribright.com
>
>"Lewis" > wrote in message
...
>> I have yet to transfer data from my digital camcorder to
>> my PC. My PC has several 2.0 USB ports. I'm confused! Is
>> there any reason for me to go out and buy a 1394 cable
and
>> install the related card? Does the transfer go any
faster?
>> Is the data that will go into Movie Maker 2 be any
clearer?
>>
>> TIA, Lewis
>
>
>.
>

[Lewis]

thanks Cari...works just fine. Lewis
>-----Original Message-----
>If your camcorder has a USB2.0 port, then you can use
USB, but most only
>have USB1.1... this is to transfer the still images
(often called photo
>shots). Firewire aka iLink and IEEE1394 is the most
usual way of
>transferring digital video from digital camcorder to PC.
>
>USB1.1 is far too slow for digital video... it will only
result in LOTS of
>dropped frames and you may be very disappointed in the
result.
>
>Cari
>www.coribright.com
>
>"Lewis" > wrote in message
...
>> I have yet to transfer data from my digital camcorder to
>> my PC. My PC has several 2.0 USB ports. I'm confused! Is
>> there any reason for me to go out and buy a 1394 cable
and
>> install the related card? Does the transfer go any
faster?
>> Is the data that will go into Movie Maker 2 be any
clearer?
>>
>> TIA, Lewis
>
>
>.
>

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

You're welcome. Happy capturing and editing!

Cari
www.coribright.com

"Lewis" > wrote in message
...
> thanks Cari...works just fine. Lewis
> >-----Original Message-----
> >If your camcorder has a USB2.0 port, then you can use
> USB, but most only
> >have USB1.1... this is to transfer the still images
> (often called photo
> >shots). Firewire aka iLink and IEEE1394 is the most
> usual way of
> >transferring digital video from digital camcorder to PC.
> >
> >USB1.1 is far too slow for digital video... it will only
> result in LOTS of
> >dropped frames and you may be very disappointed in the
> result.
> >
> >Cari
> >www.coribright.com
> >
> >"Lewis" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> I have yet to transfer data from my digital camcorder to
> >> my PC. My PC has several 2.0 USB ports. I'm confused! Is
> >> there any reason for me to go out and buy a 1394 cable
> and
> >> install the related card? Does the transfer go any
> faster?
> >> Is the data that will go into Movie Maker 2 be any
> clearer?
> >>
> >> TIA, Lewis
> >
> >
> >.
> >