Capturing Video from Video Camera

Hey everybody. I want to start making a movie of some sort and I have a new video camera with which I would like to do it. Unfortunately, it only came with a USB plug to tranferring anything over. Is the only way to tranfer the movie over with a firewire or can I use the USB? When I plug it into the computer via USB, it doesn't recognize it and nothing comes up. What's my best option? Thanks!

firewire is the standard for dv video transfer - never heard of a camera transferring over usb. the usb cable is for transferring pictures that your video cam is capable of taking.
what camera do you have?

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I am developing a user<->digital camera interaction application and I have a
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I am very new to Labview but am working on a project that requires me to use a sensor to send a signal to Labview to capture an image from a USB camera and save. Then apply some image processing to do some geometric calculations. The calculation will be based on pixels so I guess the image needs to be in bitmap form. Right now I am just trying to start with the image acquisition part and was wondering if this can be done in Labview 2010. I have the vision toolbox and NXT Robotics. Are there any examples on this website that will help and do I have te proper tools to do this? Once I get the image capture/grab to work using labview, then I could work getting a sensor signal to trigger that capture and finally the processing side.
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Hi wklove,
In order to do vision with LabVIEW you need to to have the Vision development module and have NI Vision Acquisition Software (VAS) installed. It sounds like you are missing VAS you can download it here. Once you have this installed you should be able to see your camera in Measurement and Automation (MAX). After you are able to see the camera, take a look at the NI Example Finder by going to Help » Find Examples
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National Instruments
Applications Engineer
may the G be with you ....

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hi
i want use labview to caputre image from my webcam
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i use la 2012
regards
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Duplicate. Discussions will continue over there.
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SuperDrive, SDXC card slot, audio in, audio out, USB 2.0,FireWire 800, Thunderbolt, Gigabit Ethernet.
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Standard Definition or High Definition
High Definition
Power Consumption
4.3 W
Television System
NTSC
Video Recording system
MPEG2
Image Sensor
1/2.7-inch CMOS, RGB Primary Color Filter
Total Pixels
Approx. 2.96 Megapixels
Effective Pixels
Tape: HD/DV (16:9) mode: Approx 2.07 Megapixels (1920x1080) DV (4:3) mode: Approx 1.55 Megapixels (1440 x 1080) Card: (16:9) mode: Approx. 2.07 Megapixels (1920 x 1080), (4:3) mode: Approx. 2.76 Megapixels (1440 x 1080)
Tape Format
HDV / DV
Maximum recording Time
SP: 80 minutes, HDV, DV LP: 120 minutes DV
Lens
Zoom Ratio 10x Optical / 200x Digital Focal Length f=6.1-61mm (35mm equivalent: 43.6 - 436mm) Zoom Speed Variable / 3 Fixed Zoom Speeds Max. F/Stop f/1.8-3.0mm (when tapes are used)
Focusing System
Instant AF, TTL (through the lens)
Manual Exposure
Yes
Programmed AE
Auto, Program, Av, Tv, CINE, Portrait, Sports, Night, Snow, Beach, Sunset, Spotlight, Fireworks
Max Shutter Speed
Movie: 1/2000, Still image: 1/500
Auto Date/Time
Yes
Record Search/Review
Yes
Focusing System
10 mm (wide) / 1m (tele)
White Balance
Auto, Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Manual
Frame Rate
60i, Native 24p Progressive (records at 24p), 24p Progressive (records at 60i), 30p Progressive (records at 60i)
Minimum Illumination
0.2 lx (Night Mode)
Image Stabilization
SuperRange Optical (lens shift)
Filter Diameter
43mm
Viewfinder
Widescreen 0.27-inch Color Viewfinder / (Approx. 123,000 dots)
LCD Screen
2.7-inch Widescreen LCD (Approx. 211,000 dots)
Recording Media
High Definition Mini DV (recommended) (63 min) or MiniDV cassette
USB Terminal
USB 2.0 Full Speed
Video Terminal
component (output), composite (output)
Audio
DV: 16 bit (2ch) 48 kHz 12 bit (4ch) 32 kHz 4ch synchronous recording not possible HDV: MPEG1 Audio Layer II (2 ch) (4-channel playback of tapes containing 4-channel recordings possible)
Accessory Shoe
Advanced
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None
HDMI Terminal
HDMI Type A (19 pins) Connector (output)
Microphone Terminal
3.5 mm stereo mini-jack
AV Mini Terminal/Headphone Terminal
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Forget USB for capturing from tape. USB is only for stills from a Tape Based camera.
You require a firewire cable.
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Ask for a 9 to 4 pin firewire cable. Sounds like you have the wrong one as they can also be 4 to 4 or 4 to 6 pin!!
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I am so new to this. My computer runs Windows XP Pro.
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Rodney
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