Feb
28
I have a canon zr 500 digital video camcorder with dvc tape
Feb
23
AC4TV First Recording
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% on right), into the Vox AC4TV (tone all the way up, and volume at 2 o’clock). The amp is 5 days old, and I can hear the speaker getting worn in more everyday. Settings on the digitec gnx3: surfin, solo, and pat jazz for the bass(recording didn’t pick up the bass well)…….All sound is coming out of this amp….recorded with a 200 dollar canon video camera. Amp in on the 4 watt mode. My first tube amp, and I absolutely love it!!!!! … “Fender TC-90″ “Vox ac4tv” “bbe sonic stomp” gnx3 …
Feb
20
I connected the camcorder yet its not being read by the laptop under any searches. How do it get it to read it?
Feb
20
Do you have the JVC Everlo Hard Drive digital camcorder? How difficult is it to transfer the video into iMovie
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I have a Mac and use iMovie and heard that transferring from the camcorder’s format into iMovie is a hassle. Would this be the same with any hard drive camcorder, or some thing specific with this JVC. I was going to get the 20 GB hard drive. I only plan on using it for family videos, do you think I’d need a larger hard drive?
Feb
20
I called JVC and they wanted me to go to Pixela and download Capty just to transfer my files from my hard disk camcorder to my Mac (OS). Is this really true?
What’s another way to do it. I don’t think its right to have to spend more money to use my product.
Feb
17
The Perfect Digital Camcorder Buyers Guide
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Digital camcorders are coming down in price. You don’t have to break the bank to get good video. Digital camcorders are becoming more plentiful, lower priced, and more versatile. And digital editing comes in for lots of attention.
If you are on the market for a digital camcorder, know that one of your best resources is going to be a digital camcorder buyers guide. Especially if you are new to the world of electronics or simply find yourself overwhelmed by the multitude of options that are available to you, a digital camcorder buyers guide is going to help you get through and find the best digital camcorder for you and your needs.
Getting Started
This digital camcorder buyers guide is going to start off by offering some information about the different brands that are out there. Panasonic, Samsung, JVC, Fujifilm and Sony, these are just a few of the many top names that you can choose from for a digital camcorder.
Among the different models and formats of camcorders in the market, some models and formats are better than others. This is because as new technology is developed, camcorders are equipped with a number of features that allow for better recording, better resolution and easier editing.
Features
You also need to be aware of the different features that are available on digital camcorders these days as well to be able to make the best decision here. Zooming is one of the most significant considerations if you need high quality and professional looking video output. Be wary of camcorders claiming very high magnification capability because the quality of picture will sometime suffer.
If you plan on shooting out in the field, battery life is a major consideration. Lithium is lighter than the others, and therefore becoming the standard, but the key point is that some camcorders will only use one type. There are rechargeable options available for camcorders.You also want to see what sort of progressive scan the camcorder has to offer, but remember that this is a feature that is nice but not absolutely necessary.
Image stabilization is very important unless you will only use the camcorder on a tripod. The performance under low light conditions is also an important feature you need to check out. Camcorders come in a wide range of different recording formats. The digital camcorder that records directly to PC data format will provide the best for storage, transfer and editing. Probably the most significant feature when choosing a digital camera is the number of megapixels. Choose too few for your needs, and your images will suffer.[
Price
Next to be discussed in this digital camcorder buyers guide is price. It is important to set out at least some sort of budget for yourself before heading out to make any purchases, because some camcorders can get to be quite pricey and you do not want to go overboard with your spending.
This digital camcorder buyers guide should have at least helped you out enough to get you started, give you an idea of what is out there, and set you on your way to buying your own digital camcorder, one that is going to offer you the features and components that you are looking for.
By: Bryan Seah
If you are on the market for a digital camcorder, know that one of your best resources is going to be a digital camcorder buyers guide. Especially if you are new to the world of electronics or simply find yourself overwhelmed by the multitude of options that are available to you, a digital camcorder buyers guide is going to help you get through and find the best digital camcorder for you and your needs.
Getting Started
This digital camcorder buyers guide is going to start off by offering some information about the different brands that are out there. Panasonic, Samsung, JVC, Fujifilm and Sony, these are just a few of the many top names that you can choose from for a digital camcorder.
Among the different models and formats of camcorders in the market, some models and formats are better than others. This is because as new technology is developed, camcorders are equipped with a number of features that allow for better recording, better resolution and easier editing.
Features
You also need to be aware of the different features that are available on digital camcorders these days as well to be able to make the best decision here. Zooming is one of the most significant considerations if you need high quality and professional looking video output. Be wary of camcorders claiming very high magnification capability because the quality of picture will sometime suffer.
If you plan on shooting out in the field, battery life is a major consideration. Lithium is lighter than the others, and therefore becoming the standard, but the key point is that some camcorders will only use one type. There are rechargeable options available for camcorders.You also want to see what sort of progressive scan the camcorder has to offer, but remember that this is a feature that is nice but not absolutely necessary.
Image stabilization is very important unless you will only use the camcorder on a tripod. The performance under low light conditions is also an important feature you need to check out. Camcorders come in a wide range of different recording formats. The digital camcorder that records directly to PC data format will provide the best for storage, transfer and editing. Probably the most significant feature when choosing a digital camera is the number of megapixels. Choose too few for your needs, and your images will suffer.[
Price
Next to be discussed in this digital camcorder buyers guide is price. It is important to set out at least some sort of budget for yourself before heading out to make any purchases, because some camcorders can get to be quite pricey and you do not want to go overboard with your spending.
This digital camcorder buyers guide should have at least helped you out enough to get you started, give you an idea of what is out there, and set you on your way to buying your own digital camcorder, one that is going to offer you the features and components that you are looking for.
By: Bryan Seah
Feb
16
I recently bought a Sony Camcorder HDRX500 and the video quality is great! The recording and zooming is smooth and crystal clear. The frame rate is high and good. However when i put it onto the computer the video is slow, the frame rate is slow the video is choppy and sound cuts up alot and you can see faintly visible lines in the videos and it’s slow in general. This applies to all videos. Why is that? and what can I do to fix this?
Feb
16
i lost my operations manual for my jvc camcorder-model # grsxm740u,, where can i find a free download for that manual so i can make a copy on my printer.
Feb
15
Digital Video
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Digital video is a type of video recording system that works by using a digital, rather than analog, representation of the video signal. This generic term is not to be confused with the name DV, which is a specific type of digital video. Digital video is most often recorded on tape, then distributed on optical discs, usually DVDs. There are exceptions, such as camcorders that record directly to DVDs, Digital8 camcorders which encode digital video on conventional analog tapes, and the most recent JVC Everio G camcorders which record digital video on hard disks.
The terms “camera”, “video camera”, and “camcorder” are used interchangeably in this article.
Introduction
Video cameras come in two different image capture formats: interlaced and progressive scan. Interlaced cameras record the image in alternating sets of lines: the odd-numbered lines are scanned, and then the even-numbered lines are scanned, then the odd-numbered lines are scanned again, and so on. One set of odd or even lines is referred to as a “field”, and a consecutive pairing of two fields of opposite parity is called a frame.
A progressive scanning digital video camera records each frame as distinct, with both fields being identical. Thus, interlaced video captures twice as many fields per second as progressive video does when both operate at the same number of frames per second. This is one of the reasons video has a “hyper-real” look, because it draws a different image 60 times per second, as opposed to film, which records 24 or 25 progressive frames per second.
Progressive scan camcorders such as the Panasonic DVX100 are generally more desirable because of the similarities they share with film. They both record frames progressively, which results in a crisper image. They can both shoot at 24 frames per second, which results in motion strobing (blurring of the subject when fast movement occurs). Thus so, progressive scanning video cameras tend to be more expensive than their interlaced counterparts. (Note that even though the digital video format only allows for 29.97 interlaced frames per second [or 25 for PAL], 24 frames per second progressive video is possible by displaying identical fields for each frame, and displaying 3 fields of an identical image for certain frames. For a more detailed explanation, see the adamwilt.com link.)
Standard film stocks such as 16 mm and 35 mm record at 24 or 25 frames per second. For video, there are two frame rate standards: NTSC, and PAL, which shoot at 30/1.001 (about 29.97) frames per second and 25 frames per second, respectively.
Digital video can be copied with no degradation in quality. No matter how many generations a digital source is copied, it will be as clear as the original first generation of digital footage.
Digital video can be processed and edited on an NLE, or non-linear editing station, a device built exclusively to edit video and audio. These frequently can import from analog as well as digital sources, but are not intended to do anything other than edit videos. Digital video can also be edited on a personal computer which has the proper hardware and software. Using a NLE station, digital video can be manipulated to follow an order, or sequence, of video clips. Avid’s software and hardware is almost synonymous with the professional NLE market, but Apple’s Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, and similar programs are also popular.
More and more, videos are edited on readily available, increasingly affordable hardware and software. Even large budget films, such as Cold Mountain, have been edited entirely on Final Cut Pro, Apple’s non linear editing software.
Regardless of software, digital video is generally edited on a setup with ample disk space. Digital video applied with standard DV/DVCPRO compression takes up about 250 megabytes per minute or 13 gigabytes per hour.
Digital video has a significantly lower cost than 35 mm film, as the tapes can be viewed on location without processing, and the tape stock itself is very inexpensive (about $3 for a 60 minute MiniDV tape, in bulk, as of December, 2005). By comparison, 35 mm film stock costs about $1000 per minute, including processing.
Digital video is used outside of movie making. Digital television (including higher quality HDTV) started to spread in most developed countries in early 2000s. Digital video is also used in modern mobile phones and video conferencing systems. Digital video is also used for Internet distribution of media, including streaming video and peer-to-peer movie distribution.
Many types of compression exist for serving digital video over the internet, and onto DVD’s. While DV video is not compressed beyond its own codec while editing, the file sizes that result are not practical for delivery onto optical discs or over the internet, with codecs such as the Windows Media format, MPEG2, MPEG4, Real Media, the more recent H.264, and the Sorenson media codec. Probably the most widely used formats for delivering video over the internet are MPEG4 and Windows Media, while MPEG2 is used almost exclusively for DVD’s, providing an exceptional image in minimal size but resulting in a high level of CPU consumption to decompress.
As of 2005, the highest resolution demonstrated for digital video generation is 33 megapixels (7680 x 4320) at 60 frames per second (”UHDV”), though this has only been demonstrated in special laboratory settings [1]. The highest speed is attained in industrial and scientific high speed cameras that are capable of filming 1024×1024 video at up to 1 million frames per second (for very short time, obviously).
2006 Cordin is the world leader in ultra high speed imaging technology.
Depending on the camera system in use frame rates up to 200 000 000 frames per second are possible. Very short integration times and inter frame times are standard. Gated and intensified models are available. Among other modules Cordin offers Ultra-High Speed Camera systems with 1000 * 1000 Pixel at full frame rate in colour or black and white . Streak camera systems for scientific applications are available and developed with modern technology.
For high speed applications in the near, middle or long wave infrared the Phoenix cameras offer various possibilities. The InGaAs, QWIP and InSb Detectors can acquire images with a frame rate of up to 30 KHz in the wavelength range of 900 nm to 10 µm.
interfaces/cables
Many interfaces have been designed specifically to handle the requirements of uncompressed digital video (at roughly 400 Mbits/s):
Serial Digital Interface FireWire High-Definition Multimedia Interface Digital Visual Interface Unified Display Interface DisplayPort
Storage formats
Encoding
All current formats, which are listed below, are PCM based.
CCIR 601 used for broadcast stations MPEG-4 good for online distribution of large videos MPEG-2 used for DVDs and Super-VCDs MPEG-1 used for video CDs H.261 H.263 H.264 also known as MPEG-4 Part 10, or as AVC Theora standardized but still in development. used for video over the internet.
Tapes
Betacam SX, Betacam IMX, Digital Betacam D1, D2, D3, D5, D9 (also known as Digital-S) DV, MiniDV – used in most of today’s consumer cameras DVCAM, DVCPRO – used in professional broadcast operations Digital8 –
Disks
Video CD (VCD) DVD HD-DVD Blu-ray Disc
By: Clarence Harrell
The terms “camera”, “video camera”, and “camcorder” are used interchangeably in this article.
Introduction
Video cameras come in two different image capture formats: interlaced and progressive scan. Interlaced cameras record the image in alternating sets of lines: the odd-numbered lines are scanned, and then the even-numbered lines are scanned, then the odd-numbered lines are scanned again, and so on. One set of odd or even lines is referred to as a “field”, and a consecutive pairing of two fields of opposite parity is called a frame.
A progressive scanning digital video camera records each frame as distinct, with both fields being identical. Thus, interlaced video captures twice as many fields per second as progressive video does when both operate at the same number of frames per second. This is one of the reasons video has a “hyper-real” look, because it draws a different image 60 times per second, as opposed to film, which records 24 or 25 progressive frames per second.
Progressive scan camcorders such as the Panasonic DVX100 are generally more desirable because of the similarities they share with film. They both record frames progressively, which results in a crisper image. They can both shoot at 24 frames per second, which results in motion strobing (blurring of the subject when fast movement occurs). Thus so, progressive scanning video cameras tend to be more expensive than their interlaced counterparts. (Note that even though the digital video format only allows for 29.97 interlaced frames per second [or 25 for PAL], 24 frames per second progressive video is possible by displaying identical fields for each frame, and displaying 3 fields of an identical image for certain frames. For a more detailed explanation, see the adamwilt.com link.)
Standard film stocks such as 16 mm and 35 mm record at 24 or 25 frames per second. For video, there are two frame rate standards: NTSC, and PAL, which shoot at 30/1.001 (about 29.97) frames per second and 25 frames per second, respectively.
Digital video can be copied with no degradation in quality. No matter how many generations a digital source is copied, it will be as clear as the original first generation of digital footage.
Digital video can be processed and edited on an NLE, or non-linear editing station, a device built exclusively to edit video and audio. These frequently can import from analog as well as digital sources, but are not intended to do anything other than edit videos. Digital video can also be edited on a personal computer which has the proper hardware and software. Using a NLE station, digital video can be manipulated to follow an order, or sequence, of video clips. Avid’s software and hardware is almost synonymous with the professional NLE market, but Apple’s Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, and similar programs are also popular.
More and more, videos are edited on readily available, increasingly affordable hardware and software. Even large budget films, such as Cold Mountain, have been edited entirely on Final Cut Pro, Apple’s non linear editing software.
Regardless of software, digital video is generally edited on a setup with ample disk space. Digital video applied with standard DV/DVCPRO compression takes up about 250 megabytes per minute or 13 gigabytes per hour.
Digital video has a significantly lower cost than 35 mm film, as the tapes can be viewed on location without processing, and the tape stock itself is very inexpensive (about $3 for a 60 minute MiniDV tape, in bulk, as of December, 2005). By comparison, 35 mm film stock costs about $1000 per minute, including processing.
Digital video is used outside of movie making. Digital television (including higher quality HDTV) started to spread in most developed countries in early 2000s. Digital video is also used in modern mobile phones and video conferencing systems. Digital video is also used for Internet distribution of media, including streaming video and peer-to-peer movie distribution.
Many types of compression exist for serving digital video over the internet, and onto DVD’s. While DV video is not compressed beyond its own codec while editing, the file sizes that result are not practical for delivery onto optical discs or over the internet, with codecs such as the Windows Media format, MPEG2, MPEG4, Real Media, the more recent H.264, and the Sorenson media codec. Probably the most widely used formats for delivering video over the internet are MPEG4 and Windows Media, while MPEG2 is used almost exclusively for DVD’s, providing an exceptional image in minimal size but resulting in a high level of CPU consumption to decompress.
As of 2005, the highest resolution demonstrated for digital video generation is 33 megapixels (7680 x 4320) at 60 frames per second (”UHDV”), though this has only been demonstrated in special laboratory settings [1]. The highest speed is attained in industrial and scientific high speed cameras that are capable of filming 1024×1024 video at up to 1 million frames per second (for very short time, obviously).
2006 Cordin is the world leader in ultra high speed imaging technology.
Depending on the camera system in use frame rates up to 200 000 000 frames per second are possible. Very short integration times and inter frame times are standard. Gated and intensified models are available. Among other modules Cordin offers Ultra-High Speed Camera systems with 1000 * 1000 Pixel at full frame rate in colour or black and white . Streak camera systems for scientific applications are available and developed with modern technology.
For high speed applications in the near, middle or long wave infrared the Phoenix cameras offer various possibilities. The InGaAs, QWIP and InSb Detectors can acquire images with a frame rate of up to 30 KHz in the wavelength range of 900 nm to 10 µm.
interfaces/cables
Many interfaces have been designed specifically to handle the requirements of uncompressed digital video (at roughly 400 Mbits/s):
Serial Digital Interface FireWire High-Definition Multimedia Interface Digital Visual Interface Unified Display Interface DisplayPort
Storage formats
Encoding
All current formats, which are listed below, are PCM based.
CCIR 601 used for broadcast stations MPEG-4 good for online distribution of large videos MPEG-2 used for DVDs and Super-VCDs MPEG-1 used for video CDs H.261 H.263 H.264 also known as MPEG-4 Part 10, or as AVC Theora standardized but still in development. used for video over the internet.
Tapes
Betacam SX, Betacam IMX, Digital Betacam D1, D2, D3, D5, D9 (also known as Digital-S) DV, MiniDV – used in most of today’s consumer cameras DVCAM, DVCPRO – used in professional broadcast operations Digital8 –
Disks
Video CD (VCD) DVD HD-DVD Blu-ray Disc
By: Clarence Harrell
Feb
10
I downloaded them onto my Mac and can’t view the movies on my computer. I was told I need to convert them to something, not sure what or what type of converter, hopefully a free one.