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Sony DCR SR100 and Pinnacle 700-USB, WHAT CABLE DO I USE?

Aug 10, 2006 2:14AM PDT

MY MAIN QUESTION IS: Am I losing video quality since I can't connect via an IEEE-1394 Firewire connection??? Is it going to make a difference in the final quality of the DVD's I wish to make???

Explanation to follow:

First...let me warn you that I am a total NOVICE when it comes to digital video capture/editing.

That being said....

I just purchased a sony dcr-sr100 along with a pinnacle 700-USB (this came with Pinnacle Studio Plus 10.5 Titanium Ed.).
As many of you know, this camcorder does not have a Firewire output. It has a composite vid out (not S-Video), and a USB out. The 700-USB does NOT have a USB IN. So I can connect to the 700-USB using the composite connections, or directly to the computer from the camcorder using the USB-2 connection.

According to the Pinnacle manual I MUST use a Firewire connection for Pinnacle to recongnize it as a DV camcorder. A USB connection, either from the OUT of the SR100 or the 700-USB, is treated as an analog capture source by Pinnacle.
This seems to limit my options during capture.

So again, MY MAIN QUESTION IS: Am I losing video quality since I can't connect via an IEEE-1394 Firewire connection??? Is it going to make a difference in the final quality of the DVD's I wish to make???

Any advice/knowledge would be most appreciated.
David

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ALSO meant to ask...
Aug 10, 2006 2:31AM PDT

Is this connectivity issue and other issues (like Hard Drive vs. DVtape, High-Def) worth an upgrade to the new sony hi-def handycam?

Thanks, y'all.
David

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capturing to pinnacle
Aug 10, 2006 5:20AM PDT

pinnacle has a great forum on their site pinnaclesys.com This will give you the most help. Hope you didn't buy from Best Buy or you better figure it out fast, they don't care what their sales people told you when you bought it.