With Windows 8.1, does this card require additional software to capture video from the camcorder? And does it need a power cable?
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I installed it without adding new software, I have video software already on the computer and import using that. My computer is a HP and it works fine.
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I use the card without the power connector, my Sony video cam does not need external power. You can use windows movie maker if you dont have any video editing software, you can download this for free. I use adobe premier, but this is a bit expensive.
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I use the card without the power connector, my Sony video cam does not need external power.You can use windows movie maker if you dont have any video editing software, you can download this for free.I use adobe premier, but this is a bit expensive.
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Actually, I never got this to work on my Windows 8.1 computer. It blocked the internet from working. I just considered it a loss.
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For me, I just installed this card and started using it. I did not need anything else. No power cable was necessary
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I have Windows 8.1 on my computer and have had no issues with it recognizing and interacting with the recorder.
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I use a Canon Vixia camcorder with HDMI input and it works great.The input card uses PCI-E X1 so it should plug into any open PCI slot, even the X4 X 8 and X16 types. The computer does not recognize the card upon first install, download the software/driver combo from AVermedia and it will work fine.
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You shouldn't need this at all to connect your handycam to your PC. There should be a USB or Firewire cable that came with your camera that connects right to your computer. Then you can open up Windows Live Movie Maker (download it if you don't have it, it's free) and import the video right from the camera. Only reason you'd need this is if for some reason you don't have that cable or your computer doesnt have a firewire port and that's the only thing the camera uses to connect to the PC. This is an analog solution and it's never going to be as good quality as the video you can get by copying the contents of the camera right to the computer. You shouldn't need this at all to connect your handycam to your PC. There should be a USB or Firewire cable that came with your camera that connects right to your computer. Then you can open up Windows Live Movie Maker (download it if you don't have it, it's free) and import the video right from the camera. Only reason you'd need this is if for some reason you don't have that cable or your computer doesnt have a firewire port and that's the only thing the camera uses to connect to the PC. This is an analog solution and it's never going to be as good quality as the video you can get by... » Read More You shouldn't need this at all to connect your handycam to your PC. There should be a USB or Firewire cable that came with your camera that connects right to your computer. Then you can open up Windows Live Movie Maker (download it if you don't have it, it's free) and import the video right from the camera. Only reason you'd need this is if for some reason you don't have that cable or your computer doesnt have a firewire port and that's the only thing the camera uses to connect to the PC. This is an analog solution and it's never going to be as good quality as the video you can get by copying the contents of the camera right to the computer. « Show Less
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It's plug and play as a device so you don't need special software. You just use it with whatever software you use to record
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You turn it on using the power button, then to record video you hold down the play button until the LED begins to flash, let go of the button, the light goes out and is recording. To stop recording you push the play button again and the light turns on. I then turned it off using the power button. Took out the card put it in my computer's card reader, windows 7 opened the folder automatically, I clicked on the "record" folder and my movies were there.
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The software that comes with the camera will not work on Windows 8 but you can get updated version that will on their website. The update is a basic version (no special effects) but the camera works great, much better than the one built into my laptop.
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I have Win 7 and use Logitech HD webcam C525 , works fine, no knowledge about the 8 or 8.1
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You still need a video capture device and software. This is only meant to "stabilize" the video from flaws like macrovision. ;)
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To transfer video to a computer, you need to use the firewire output on the camcorder. Your computer will need to have a firewire input. If you do not have this, then you can buy a firewire card and plug it into an unusued expansion slot in the back of the computer.
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it should work normally I install this card to windows 8 computer and its working good I use the HDMI
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yes it works the machine that I put the card in is running windows 8.1 just get the updated drivers from ATI should work fine
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I did not receive software when I purchased this product. I got it because I wanted to hook it up to my existing security DVR. If you want to hook it to a computer, I think you need something like this: Micropac Usb-avcpt Sabrent Usb-avcpt Usb 2.0 Audio/video Creator Capture High-quality Analog Video
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Pretty sure you just use the usb cable to link to your PC and extract the file. Might need to set your cam to the video playback setting to do it. I haven't used mine for a long time, so it's hard to remember.
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What do you mean? It has a sad card so if your computer has a slot it will read the data from the card. Movies are created in mp4 format. I had an issues using this format with moviemaker software on windows 7 . Have not tried it on windows8
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I took a leap of faith and purchased it for my laptop running Windows 8.1. It seems to work fine so far. The toughest part was finding a good video capture program for Windows 8. Windows Movie Maker 2012 gets the audio out of sync with the video. I was worried it was the ExpressCard doing it, but I tried another freeware capture program and it was fine.
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Can you provide more details on your setup? How long and of what quality is the power and video cable you are using? Is it connected directly to a tv or are you using some kind of capture card and software on a computer? There could be several variables involved that may be culprit.