Cari,
Yes, the date is not on the video. But it is part of the DV stream. When I
use firewire to capture the video, the date information is transferred as
part of the DV stream.

As an experiment I captured the video using Windows Movie Maker and saved in
DV-AVI format. Then I used a freeware to "inlay" the datecode on the video
and it worked fine. Now this is a two step process. If Windows Movie maker
had an option of "inlaying" the date code, when saving the video I think it
will work.

probably somebody needs to put in a request to Microsoft to add this feature.

thanks


"Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:

> No, the date is for your information only, it is not on the actual video.
> You can sometimes 'burn' the date into the video at the time of recording.
> Check your camcorder manual for options.
> --
> Cari (MS-MVP)
> Printing & Imaging
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> "dv_starter" <dvstarter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> > Cari,
> > I use a IEEE1394 port to download the video from my Panasonic PV-GS120.
> > the
> > audio and video is fine, but I do not see the date in the video captured
> > by
> > Microsoft movie maker (though I see it on my camcorder LCD screen). Is
> > there
> > an option to turn the date on while capturing?
> >
> > did some google and most of them recommend using a separate software to
> > transfer the date information or to do it manually? If the date
> > information
> > is available in the DV output (through the firewire port), why cant the
> > Movie
> > maker capture it?
> >
> > appreciate your feedback.
> > thanks
> >
> > "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:
> >
> >> Actually Jack, USB2.0 drops frames and in the real world is never as
> >> reliable as IEEE1394 for digital video capture.
> >>
> >> I'm quite up to date with all my hardware thank you. Seemingly more so
> >> than
> >> you. And why do you need Expert DVD... Windows MovieMaker, incuded in XP
> >> does a good job of editing. Most DVD burners come with even more
> >> software... uLead, WinDVD Creator, Nero etc etc.
> >>
> >> Now as for the future, Roxio will not (yet) work with x64. Nero and
> >> WinDVD
> >> work just fine as does WMM. Does Expert DVD work with x64?
> >>
> >> If you're talking about VHS tapes, you're talking about analog video.
> >> Any
> >> VIVO equipped graphics card wll happily work with an analog signal,
> >> again,
> >> no additional hardware necessary. And again, works great with an x64
> >> O/S.
> >> --
> >> Cari (MS-MVP)
> >> Printing & Imaging
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "Jack" <Jack@nothome.com> wrote in message
> >> news:Ou6G1z0cFHA.3252@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >> > You don't need a "Firewire", That is absolutely not correct! I do it
> >> > just
> >> > fine with USB 2.0.
> >> > I use Expert DVD maker from Kworld. Bought it for 26.99 at
> >> > Tigerdirect.com.
> >> > It comes with a Video capture (PCI) card and all the cables. Works with
> >> > Old Time VHS (VCRtapes) as well as Digital video. It burns movies to
> >> > CD,
> >> > CD-R, CD-RW, and if you have a DVD burner, it will burn DVD movies as
> >> > well.
> >> > Cari doesn't always keep up with computer hardware very well (and
> >> > windows
> >> > xp either).
> >> > Not correct for Cari to just make an incorrect statement like that.
> >> > Come
> >> > On Cari, Get caught up, you are behind the times on hardware and
> >> > Windows
> >> > Software........
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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