Capturing live Video From DV Camera

I Tried to capture a church service using iMovie. I Expected multiple files because of the file size limit and imovie braking up the file. I also assumed that these files butt seamlessly together, but to my surprise they do not. How can i get a hour+ of continues live video recorded?

Please note that I don't believe your camera will put out a proper full-resolution, full-quality HD signal via HDMI while in record mode. DSLR cameras are notorius for not allowing you to fully turn off info overlays on the HDMI output, or even if you can on your particular camera, the output signal is somewhat cropped or otherwise not a proper HD signal.
We're a reseller of the Atomos Ninja portable recorders and this has been a huge issue - DSLR shooters want to use Ninja for the exact purpose you mention, for long, uninterrupted recordings, but the HDMI outputs from those cameras are just not suitable.
Do this - connect the HDMI out from your camera to an HD display and start recording with the camera. Do you get a perfect, full-screen image without any overlays or any cropping, and at full quality? My understanding is that they all "dumb-down" the output signal in some regard while recording, unlike video cameras that will all put out a perfect HD image. The only 2 DSLRs that I'm aware of with "clean" output are the Panasonic Lumix GH2, and the new Nikon D4.
As mentioned, even if a DSLR camera will put out a good image, you will need a "capture device" with HDMI input such as BMD Intensity or Matrox MXO2 Mini connected to Mac or PC.
Thanks
Jeff Pulera
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I am trying to capture soccer games live and while searching through this forum I found it was very easy to capture live video with a DV camcorder so hopefully my next question is possible as well.
Am I able to upload (stream?) this video instantaneously so other people can view the video live?
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