Tremek Car Video Forum

GracieFan · 11 May 2004, 08:06 pm

HI all.....

I have what may be a silly question...

I currently own a Sony Handycam "digital 8", optical 20X and 990X digital zoom...(you can zoom in on a nats ball-sack!)

Anyway, the camera is nice...and I paid about $350 for it (wanna buy it?)
but since this thing takes a 8mm cassette, I'm thinking it is not a 100% digital camera.

What I'am getting at is the damn thing won't download the videos to my computer...it simpily locks the cpu up. I took the software to s friends house whose cpu is like 30 times better than this POS I have and he didn't have luck with it either.

What would be a good camera to invest in (Must have steady shot and night vision) but is also computer friendly?

This camera is easy to operate..it just doesnt want to work with my cpu.

Any help would be appreciated!

Gracie

nismoron · 12 May 2004, 07:24 am

I hav ethe same camera. It is digital, but the video will only come throught the anologe output. You need a video capture card to send video to your computer. The streaming usb output is for the pictures and video recorded on the memory stick.

GracieFan · 15 May 2004, 08:27 pm

Video capture card? Where can this be bought? What kind do you have?

Thanks for all your help!!

nismoron · 17 May 2004, 05:31 pm

I dont have one. But you can get them any place you get computer parts. Online would be the cheapest. Get one with RCA inputs to hook to the RCA output on your camera. I think they were around $100 last time I looked at them, but that was 2 years ago. They are probably cheaper now.

11 May 2004, 08:06 pm	#1 (permalink)
GracieFan Cool Tremekian Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 210 GracieFan's Gallery	Which camera???? HI all..... I have what may be a silly question... I currently own a Sony Handycam "digital 8", optical 20X and 990X digital zoom...(you can zoom in on a nats ball-sack!) Anyway, the camera is nice...and I paid about $350 for it (wanna buy it?) but since this thing takes a 8mm cassette, I'm thinking it is not a 100% digital camera. What I'am getting at is the damn thing won't download the videos to my computer...it simpily locks the cpu up. I took the software to s friends house whose cpu is like 30 times better than this POS I have and he didn't have luck with it either. What would be a good camera to invest in (Must have steady shot and night vision) but is also computer friendly? This camera is easy to operate..it just doesnt want to work with my cpu. Any help would be appreciated! Gracie __________________ '89 Mustang LX TT (Coming soon) '92 Mustang Vortech '89 Toyota Supra MKIII (Stock for now) '87 Buick Turbo-T WE4 (Stock for now)

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GracieFan Cool Tremekian Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 210 GracieFan's Gallery	Video capture card? Where can this be bought? What kind do you have? Thanks for all your help!! __________________ '89 Mustang LX TT (Coming soon) '92 Mustang Vortech '89 Toyota Supra MKIII (Stock for now) '87 Buick Turbo-T WE4 (Stock for now)

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12 May 2004, 07:24 am	#2 (permalink)
nismoron Fanatic Tremekian Join Date: May 2004 Location: Montgomery, AL Posts: 715 nismoron's Gallery	I hav ethe same camera. It is digital, but the video will only come throught the anologe output. You need a video capture card to send video to your computer. The streaming usb output is for the pictures and video recorded on the memory stick.

17 May 2004, 05:31 pm	#4 (permalink)
nismoron Fanatic Tremekian Join Date: May 2004 Location: Montgomery, AL Posts: 715 nismoron's Gallery	I dont have one. But you can get them any place you get computer parts. Online would be the cheapest. Get one with RCA inputs to hook to the RCA output on your camera. I think they were around $100 last time I looked at them, but that was 2 years ago. They are probably cheaper now.

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