sonic1988 Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 I want to get a video camcorder that you can use a usb cable to hook into my computer so I can edit video on windows movie maker and stuff like that. Can anyone recomend a good camera that can do this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WesSyde Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 i can't recommend anything to you but i can speculate. and what i speculate is that the majority of camcorders have USB ports on them because USB devices are very very common these days. i'd say it shouldn't be that hard to find a USB camcorder and that you should find a nice looking camcorder that meets your needs, then worry about the USB capability, cuz chances are that most of them have it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevTastic Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Dude, You need to get yourself a firewire port. Full quality video streams to fast for USB and therefore you can't capture and edit on most PC's Nearly all Digital camcorders come with a DVOut port with you hook up a Firewire to and edit through that. As for a camera, start off cheap but go for a Mini-DV one, its the best standard format to use, and picture quality is great. Don't worry too much about buying expensive ones at this point cos the budget ones do a great job none the less and usually come with good features anyway. Look at the £200- £300 range about $250 -$400 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WesSyde Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Dude, You need to get yourself a firewire port. Full quality video streams to fast for USB and therefore you can't capture and edit on most PC's Nearly all Digital camcorders come with a DVOut port with you hook up a Firewire to and edit through that. yeah, my video camera has a firewire hook up. i assumed that since my camcorder was old, so was the firewire technology and that most newer cameras would come with USB ports, but u explained it pretty well that USB isn't capable of handling video streams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny 5 Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Depends what kind of quality you're going for and what you want to do with it. The camera I use at the moment (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002RSP5S/sr=8-1/qid=1143415155/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-7184432-2930450?%5Fencoding=UTF8) is pretty good for just general messing around with, but as with most things, the more the pay, the better quality you get. Pretty much all videos cameras nowadays you will be able to hook up to a computer fairly easily... I'd go for a reliable brand name also, that's where I cocked up with my first camera... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxFly Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 USB 2.0 is capable of handling video streams, but it's not reliable. IEEE 1394/Firewire is definitely superior. My camcorder has a firewire out port, and the video is great. Here are two lists of camcorders... Best Buy Amazon.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonic1988 Posted March 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 alright, thanks for the info. Its just good to know you can use video with a USB cable (my somp can't handle a firewire port) because I tried to get fiml from my friend's camcorder, but I could only get the pictures from his memory card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevTastic Posted March 28, 2006 Report Share Posted March 28, 2006 Alot of camcorders come with USB ports now but usually are just used for transferring photos off of it. Make sure you buy one that says USB Streaming on it. Shop around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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