
then simultaneously press rec and the button on it’s right (the button with no lable) to start recording if it doesn’t have that, you would need to connect the camcorder directly to the video source (like your cable box or vcr). Here’s an in-depth review of Sony’s DCR-HC46.Īnswer by TP_123 TV tuner card on your computerĪnswer by caro your tv should have a video out or monitor out. It’s less vital than what I expected, does both 4:3 and 16:9, captures video through an advanced HAD CCD imager, 12X optical zoom, Carl Zeiss lens, 2.7" wide swivel touchscreen LCD and take photos on a Memory Stick Duo. For its feature set and price point, I had Stacy order the Sony DCR-HC46 MiniDV Hand圜am.

If you need any more help or info, let me know.ĮTC needed a new video camera as UB faculty are dabbling in video more than ever.

Which isn’t too terrible, because a cheap one can be bought for $ 20-30 and it should be fine for stop motion videos. If that doesn’t work (Sony products often don’t play nice with third party programs) then you might need to go out and just buy a real webcam to use. If the software you download doesn’t recognize your camcorder, you may just need to bring up to date its drivers. I haven’t used any of them (other than Stop Motion Pro) so I couldn’t tell you if the rest of their features were any excellent or not, but at least it gives you other options.

You can also check out this website for other stop motion animation programs some free, some retail. If you’re on a Mac, you could try Framethief or FramebyFrame. To really frame-grab and compile the movie, I’d suggest by Monkeyjam if you’re on a PC. Answer by Dead End You need to download and bed in some stop-motion software, so that will recognize the video feed from your camcorder and you can then use the program to grab images and turn it into a video.
