Jan
02
are there any HDD HD camcorders with firewire out ports on them? They all seem to be USB out only?
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Sean asked:
It seems that my old miniDV camcorder had firewire out, so why don’t the new HD HDD cameras have it? I need this for my video capture and editing software like OnLocation, Premier Pro etc
Sony HD Camcorders
It seems that my old miniDV camcorder had firewire out, so why don’t the new HD HDD cameras have it? I need this for my video capture and editing software like OnLocation, Premier Pro etc
Sony HD Camcorders
Sony HD Camcorders
Consumer grade with internal hard drives? Probably not. AVCHD/MTS data files are different from HDV (miniDV tape) that way.
If your versions of OnLocation, Premier Pro or whatever else you use can deal with MTS files, copy those files form the camcorder to the computer (over USB), launch the video editor and drag-drop to the editor.
If you want to capture real-time into the computer, then you could get an HDMI card (or external device) to interface between the camcorder and the computer… Like those from Black Magic – among a few others…
Sanyo HD Camcorders
The video capture device is built in to the HDD camcorder. It automatically makes a windows/mac readable computer file on the hard drive. USB is the method of file transfer used by your computer. so from that perspective it is not odd at all. why would you want to take already captured and filed video and re-capture, re-file it?
I understand that part of working with AVCHD is the proprietary nature (secrets) than means you get stuck with high license fees. You can get HDD HD camcorders that use either MPEG2 or MPEG4 open code instead if the cost of the editor is important to you.
the only way to send HD video over firewire is HDV and many hobbyists don’t like the 1440 pixel width. so there is not much incentive for manufacturers to put that port on an HDD whose main selling point is something the salesman called FullHD.