Cari,

Do you mean "you will end up with plenty of dropped frames if you use
that (USB2.0) rather than *firewire*."

If so, I will definitely get a firewire card. Just not sure how I would use
it with MotionDV STUDIO. I suppose it a case of "suck it and see" - don't
know whether that is an Aussie expression or not .
--
Cheers,
Trevor L.
Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au

Cari (MS-MVP) wrote:
> 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
> news:%23TrHlZ%230FHA.3000@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> 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