Hi, we bought a Video Camea last year, its a Panasonic NV-GS 50. When I
installed the drivers, I captured the photos that we recorded on the
card and I didn't have any problems. Now I'm trying to capture a video
from my panasonic camera to windows movie maker (the camera is connected
to my computer via a USB cable), the video is saved on tape and I can't
see it. I mean I can see it directly from the video camera, its there,
but I can't see it from my PC. The only thing that I can see via PC
are the photos saved in the card. Unfortunally I can't find the cd-s
with the drivers so I don't know if I missed something when I did the
installation last year or what.... can anybody help please??

Nineu


--
nineu

Hi USB is designed for the photo's. What you need to use is firewire
(IEEE1394 - dv) for capturing the movie from the tape.
See here for more help on firewire and how to see if you already have it on
your pc,
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/WebPa...n.htm#Firewire
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Probl...notCapture.htm

Graham

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


"nineu" <nineu.1x3cu3@pcbanter.net> wrote in message
news:nineu.1x3cu3@pcbanter.net...
>
> Hi, we bought a Video Camea last year, its a Panasonic NV-GS 50. When I
> installed the drivers, I captured the photos that we recorded on the
> card and I didn't have any problems. Now I'm trying to capture a video
> from my panasonic camera to windows movie maker (the camera is connected
> to my computer via a USB cable), the video is saved on tape and I can't
> see it. I mean I can see it directly from the video camera, its there,
> but I can't see it from my PC. The only thing that I can see via PC
> are the photos saved in the card. Unfortunally I can't find the cd-s
> with the drivers so I don't know if I missed something when I did the
> installation last year or what.... can anybody help please??
>
> Nineu
>
>
> --
> nineu

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

nineu wrote:
> Hi, we bought a Video Camea last year, its a Panasonic NV-GS 50.
> When I installed the drivers, I captured the photos that we recorded
> on the card and I didn't have any problems. Now I'm trying to
> capture a video from my panasonic camera to windows movie maker (the
> camera is connected to my computer via a USB cable), the video is
> saved on tape and I can't see it. I mean I can see it directly from
> the video camera, its there, but I can't see it from my PC. The
> only thing that I can see via PC are the photos saved in the card.
> Unfortunally I can't find the cd-s with the drivers so I don't know
> if I missed something when I did the installation last year or
> what.... can anybody help please??
>
> Nineu
>
>
> --
> nineu

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
>

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

Hi, thanks to all of you for your replies. I will try them asap.
About the Panasonic MotionDV program, unfortunatelly I can't find the
CD-s that we get with the camera.
I checked also the Panasonic web page but I can't find any driver
downloads... you can get the "Titles" but nothing else.... if anybody
knows where to download the drivers PLEASE let me know. Last year we
installed the camera drivers in my sister's pc and now that we've got
our PC we'd like to use this one. Thanks a lot.

Nineu


Trevor L. Wrote:
> 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
>
> nineu wrote:
> Hi, we bought a Video Camea last year, its a Panasonic NV-GS 50.
> When I installed the drivers, I captured the photos that we recorded
> on the card and I didn't have any problems. Now I'm trying to
> capture a video from my panasonic camera to windows movie maker (the
> camera is connected to my computer via a USB cable), the video is
> saved on tape and I can't see it. I mean I can see it directly from
> the video camera, its there, but I can't see it from my PC. The
> only thing that I can see via PC are the photos saved in the card.
> Unfortunally I can't find the cd-s with the drivers so I don't know
> if I missed something when I did the installation last year or
> what.... can anybody help please??
>
> Nineu
>
>
> --
> nineu


--
nineu

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
>
>

If you want the drivers, why not copy them from your sisters pc?

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


"nineu" <nineu.1x54q4@pcbanter.net> wrote in message
news:nineu.1x54q4@pcbanter.net...
>
> Hi, thanks to all of you for your replies. I will try them asap.
> About the Panasonic MotionDV program, unfortunatelly I can't find the
> CD-s that we get with the camera.
> I checked also the Panasonic web page but I can't find any driver
> downloads... you can get the "Titles" but nothing else.... if anybody
> knows where to download the drivers PLEASE let me know. Last year we
> installed the camera drivers in my sister's pc and now that we've got
> our PC we'd like to use this one. Thanks a lot.
>
> Nineu
>
>
> Trevor L. Wrote:
>> 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
>>
>> nineu wrote:
>> Hi, we bought a Video Camea last year, its a Panasonic NV-GS 50.
>> When I installed the drivers, I captured the photos that we recorded
>> on the card and I didn't have any problems. Now I'm trying to
>> capture a video from my panasonic camera to windows movie maker (the
>> camera is connected to my computer via a USB cable), the video is
>> saved on tape and I can't see it. I mean I can see it directly from
>> the video camera, its there, but I can't see it from my PC. The
>> only thing that I can see via PC are the photos saved in the card.
>> Unfortunally I can't find the cd-s with the drivers so I don't know
>> if I missed something when I did the installation last year or
>> what.... can anybody help please??
>>
>> Nineu
>>
>>
>> --
>> nineu
>
>
> --
> nineu

I suppose I can do that also. I've heard about a program called
"MyDrivers" that helps you with this but I haven't used it yet. Does
anybody know any good program to backup/restore drivers?

An

Graham Hughes Wrote:
> If you want the drivers, why not copy them from your sisters pc?
>
> --
> Graham Hughes
> MVP Digital Media
> www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
> www.dvds2treasure.com
> www.simplydv.com


--
nineu

Hi,

If you insatlled the drivers on your sister's PC, did you also instal the
Panasonic MotionDV?
If so, this is a good place to copt it from

--
Cheers,
Trevor L.
Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au

nineu wrote:
> Hi, thanks to all of you for your replies. I will try them asap.
> About the Panasonic MotionDV program, unfortunatelly I can't find the
> CD-s that we get with the camera.
> I checked also the Panasonic web page but I can't find any driver
> downloads... you can get the "Titles" but nothing else.... if anybody
> knows where to download the drivers PLEASE let me know. Last year we
> installed the camera drivers in my sister's pc and now that we've got
> our PC we'd like to use this one. Thanks a lot.
>
> Nineu
>
>
> Trevor L. Wrote:
>> 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
>>
>> nineu wrote:
>> Hi, we bought a Video Camea last year, its a Panasonic NV-GS 50.
>> When I installed the drivers, I captured the photos that we recorded
>> on the card and I didn't have any problems. Now I'm trying to
>> capture a video from my panasonic camera to windows movie maker (the
>> camera is connected to my computer via a USB cable), the video is
>> saved on tape and I can't see it. I mean I can see it directly from
>> the video camera, its there, but I can't see it from my PC. The
>> only thing that I can see via PC are the photos saved in the card.
>> Unfortunally I can't find the cd-s with the drivers so I don't know
>> if I missed something when I did the installation last year or
>> what.... can anybody help please??
>>
>> Nineu
>>
>>
>> --
>> nineu
>
>
> --
> nineu