You will find that USB 2.0 is not as fast as firewire in the real world and
you will end up with plenty of dropped frames if you use that rather than
USB.
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging



"Trevor L." <tandcl@homemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> We (my wife and I) have recently bought a Panasonic GS-35 so my experience
> may help you.
>
> You a quite correct that you can only get the still pictures on the card
> when using the PC setting on the video camera.
>
> For video download, you need the program Panasonic MotionDV STUDIO LE for
> DV which should have been supplied on a CD with the video camera. On my PC
> it installed as "C:\Program Files\Panasonic\MotionDV STUDIO LE for
> DV\MotionDVSTUDIO.exe". The entire installation on this folder is about
> 100MB.
>
> To use the program to download the video, set the camera to video replay,
> position at the beginning of the tape, connect via USB2 and start the
> program. Use Editing Assistant which will guide you through the steps.
>
> The program creates files in .avi format. For 60 minutes of tape, you need
> approx. 13.3 GB (18 minutes ~= 4GB). You will then need to output the file
> in MPEG1 format, an operation that takes about 8-9 hours for 60 minutes.
> (Unless of course you are willing to work with the .avi format - I am told
> it is better, but uses a lot of disk space.)
>
> Note that firewire is *not* needed for this operation, although it may
> work better. (This is something I cannot test, since I don't have it.) I
> read this advice and was dismayed to think I would have to invest in
> another card, etc, on the PC. However, USB2 certainly works quite O.K.
> with MotionDV STUDIO.
>
> I don't know what to suggest if you can't find the program on C:\Program
> Files\Panasonic\ and you can't find the CD. Perhaps check with your dealer
> and/or the Panasonic Website (www.panasonic.com in North America). I just
> had a quick look at this site and unfortunately I can't find anything
> about software downloads.
>
> Good luck and hope it goes O.K.,
> Trevor L.
> Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au
>