On 2004-06-15 19:09, alfonso wrote:
... I would like only to control Vcam motion, while monitoring it's outputon throug tv set directly connected to it...
then you'd 'only' need the control plug of the camera, a kind of serial connection to the computer.
Problem would be that in the days of digicams that stuff is almost impossible to find and sometimes even a connector may cost more than the package Wayne aquired
The Miro (or Pinnacle) Studio 400 is useful for 'analog' type editing, but I mention it only for completeness - and in case someone with an outdated videocam stumbles across this thread
There's a bunch of 'digital' packages by Pinnacle (like Wayne's) all featuring a similiar software, but various connection modes - I've recently seen that army of boxes in supermarket...
All (very) cheap solutions transfer the digtal film from the camera to the HD and use a software codec for editing - a fast cpu and mobo required !
The home mid-price stuff around 150 Euro has (some) hardware support by special chips for encoding/decoding of the digital stream.
Price and content like software plugins may vary, but you wont find high data rates = top quality in this range.
The (at least) semi-pro gear starts from about 400 Euro with full hardware support for high data rates, better software etc.
Unfortunately it's all called digital video and without background knowledge it's close to impossible to guess the content of a package - but you CAN rely on the (rough) numbers of the classification above.
My dad's a hobby filmer and so I (am condemned to)check this from time to time...
That's a bit unspecific to your original question - and in fact I don't even know if the camera's analog output is active during control by software.
It may depend on both camera model and software - at least you should ask before aquiring a certain piece of gear - and don't forget the cpu requirements on the packages.
cheers, Tom
