| So you know how a camcorder works…you also | | | | Once you have the video in digital form on your |
| have heard about video editing software | | | | computer, you can do any sort of processing/editing to |
| programs…but to be able to edit your videos you | | | | it. |
| need to capture the recorded video – be it analog | | | | What if your video is already in digital format? Almost |
| or digital - into your computer. | | | | all the camcorders nowadays are digital and they |
| This is where you need a capturing device…and this | | | | already record the video in a digital format. If your |
| is especially important if you want to capture analog | | | | video is already recorded in digital format, then your |
| video into your computer. So what is analog video? | | | | computer will need to have a Firewire card to be able |
| Do you have an Analog camcorder? Do you have | | | | to transfer the video to your computer. |
| video stored on VHS Tapes (used to be quite | | | | You may have already heard of USB for transferring |
| common until a few years back)? These videos are | | | | data, but if you have not heard of Firewire, just |
| stored in analog format. So if you want to capture the | | | | remember it gives you extremely fast transfer speeds, |
| analog video from VHS tapes, you will need an A/D | | | | much faster than USB. |
| (analog-to-digital) conversion device to do the transfer | | | | So just remember, if it is Digital video, you will need |
| to your computer. As the name suggests this device | | | | Firewire to capture it...if it is Analog video, you will need |
| converts video from analog format to digital format. | | | | an analog-to-digital conversion device to capture it. |