Often usb and the manufacturers programmes work by capturing in a lower
quality format than dv-avi? What do you capture as Trevor?
Firewire is almost universal, so motiondv - with the dv standing for digital
video - should just pick up the cam straight away.

--
Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
www.dvds2treasure.com
www.simplydv.com


"Trevor L." <tandcl@homemail.com.au> wrote in message
news:uzGZhKF1FHA.3524@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> 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
>
>