The CMU 1394 Digital Camera Driver is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. OK, jokes aside. I was exactly where you are, about a year ago. I have a large collection of Digital8 tapes (and a camera which still works), so I simply connected my camera via firewire (1394) to my quad-core Athlon (!) and Win7 machine, and fired up Cyberlink Power Producer.
From moogear: DV Capture is a simple to use application that allows someone to capture audio and video through the Firewire port from an external device into their PC. It is for people who want to simply and reliably capture DV AVI to their PCs. The software auto-detects the DV standard of connected devices. You can choose to capture from multiple connected devices. You can preview audio and video before capture. Preview is half-res which is higher quality than most capture devices. Not only you have deck control, but also frame stepping control in both forward and reverse directions. You can choose the path your media will be captured to. The software also reports drop frames to let you know how your system is performing.
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DV Capture is a simple to use application that allows someone to capture audio and video through the Firewire port from an external device into their PC. It is for people who want to simply and reliably capture DV AVI to their PCs. The software auto-detects the DV standard of connected devices. You can choose to capture from multiple connected devices. You can preview audio and video before capture. Preview is half-res which is higher quality than most capture devices. Not only you have deck control, but also frame stepping control in both forward and reverse directions. You can choose the path your media will be captured to. The software also reports drop frames to let you know how your system is performing.
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Hi there,
I am trying to capture some DV footage to my computer (Windows Vista Ultimate x64, SP1). I have a Dynex 3-port IEEE 1394 PCI card inside my computer. I have a 4-pin to 6-pin cable that is connecting my DVX100A to that card, as well as a Segate FreeAgent Pro 1TB external hard drive connected via Firewire to that card as well.
My question is, what software do you recommend to capture using this setup? I am open to all suggestions, regardless of price, etc. I'd like something that is primarily easy, stable, and flexible.