Can I record directly to my PC? (bypassing SD card). Firewire options?
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If your PC has either analog or HDI inputs you can send a live picture to your computer. Some PCs do not hear the audio using an HDI cable. My computer has neither, so I record video to the SD card and then play back the video using a car reader.
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There is no firewire on the XA-20. It has analog and HDI out. The next model up, the XA-25 features a built-in SD/HD-SDI output with embedded audio and time code via a BNC connector.
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It has a Firewire and USB 2.0 connection but I use them to upload to my computer not the other way around. I believe that you can use it to upload because you can use it as a hard drive and move data back and forth from it. It does read from SDXC cards as well as CF cards. I have a CF card and it is pretty fast uploading from that.
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to store your records you need a firewire cable and need to be connected to a video capture device that admit a firewire connection to capture the video in a PC
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There is no sd slot for recording. I believe that recording software would need to be added to a network computer in order to do that. I went out of town shortly after the rudimentary setup that I did and intend to work on that when I get back. Also, one alternative I'm going to look into when I have time is "Foscam Pro", an app for iPhone and iPad which, I've read, provides video recording, image capture, 2 way audio and other features.
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this is a switch, you would need to have a NAS/hard drive to record the camera video, or use a camera that can act as a server and send snapshots of events like motion detection to your email etc.
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I would highly recommend VideoSecu, portable DVR. A\C plug required. Records to SD card, Love it!
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You can plug it straight into your computer or iDevice. Both will recognize it and let you record without any additional equipment.
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No not directly record into a pc that I know of. Try calling tech support to verify. But to answer question, I am NOT aware of a way to do this. You can record continuously with an SD card which you may already know. I use the lorex phone app to send me an email notification once motion is detected. Then if necessary I use the live function to check on the cameras for anything else going on that I may need to check out.
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I transfer the video from tape to computer using a special cable which has a camera plug in on one and a 1394 p;ug on the computer end. ( Firewire cable )
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I believe you do need a FireWire cable- you can buy a FireWire card for about $26 right here:
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Does not have an SD card slot, you can record it by using a PC based recording app. I use Blueiris, but thre are some free options as well. Just Google it.
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You'll need a camera that can play / record from / to miniDV tapes. Then you just have to interface that camera from its cable source (usb or firewire) to the computers input; with some sort of capture software. It isn't so easy as newer cameras that have hdd / flash drives, since the tapes don't store 'files' so to speak. Sorry you lost the camera.
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I believe you do need a FireWire cable- you can buy a FireWire card for about $26 right here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B002S53IG8/ref=mp_s_a_1?qid=1360677485&sr;=1-1π=SL75You then just have to use your capture device program (Sony Vegas, or whatever Sony program comes with the camera) and you choose "capture video" and it will auto start the tape on the camera and begin pulling in th video from the camera.
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Hi, You transfer the footage over to your computer using a firewire cable. If you have any other questions please let us know.
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I am having the same problem. I ended up using my external DVD writer with my Dell. I wanted to import directly to my Mac so I could edit, but Sony didn't put a firewire on this recorder. I can copy the DVD from the camcorder on my PC, but I can't figure out how to edit it on my Mac.
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Port images or videos from camera to pc without removing sd card from camera...also essential if computer has no card reader.
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Interesting idea. Unfortunately, I have no firewire accessories other than hard drives to use, so I really can't help.Sorry