Samsung HMX-H200: live streaming?

owen kric

Hi,

Can you use the HDMI port / cable in the side of the Samsung HMX-H200 to stream live footage to a computer please?

If so, how - by using an adaptor?

Or is this connection just for watching captured videos still on the cam?

Thanks

Terfyn

You can use the USB to transfer the video files to your PC. OR remove the SD card and read the files using your card reader.
HDMI will let you watch the video on your TV.

owen kric

Thanks. Is there a way to stream that HDMI TV signal to a video capture software on a computer please?

Terfyn

Probably not. If your computer has a HDMI port then it will be an output not an input. Possible inputs are A/V,  USB or FireWire (IEEE1394).
Video capture normally deals with files and the capture is through FireWire for a DV cam or USB for a SD card cam. Plus you can directly read the SD card in your PC reader.
There are a number of USB to HDMI converters but I cannot find a HDMI to USB converter.

I guess the question is why? The files in the SD card will be the recorded quality that your camera saves. HDMI does not enhance the quality of the original recorded file, it just turns it into a viewable signal. On the other hand USB transfers the original file to your PC and does not attempt to turn it into a viewable signal.
The PC will read the file and display it.
Direct input of video info is carried out by webcams or the USB output from a DSLR. Again the signal is via the USB port. Webcams need power that will be supplied via the USB port.

owen kric

Thanks. There's a video here showing how to live-stream a camcorder with a PVR 'personal video recorder'

                               
There's also things about a Canon 800 series (sorry, the information is vague) which can live-stream but the information out there is extremely patchy. One thing I saw mentioned USB 3.0 . I just stumbled over this reference to 'Elgato' which is an HDMI capture gizmo which actually uses USB 3.0 ~ could be very useful for me because I have a desktop which has a couple of USB 3.0 sockets. What do you think please?                                

I use Firewire but this is old technology, newer cams are unlikely to be fitted with Firewire & computers today do not have Firewire sockets, so I am looking round options.

Terfyn

New one on me but it looks good if a little pricy. But if you want to stream from your camera via HDMI then this is the way to go.
FireWire is still an option for DV cameras, I have a card fitted to my PC. In terms of live streaming this was the only way for DV cams. Now USB does exactly the same for SD based cams. The difference is that SD based cams create the video files on-board and you do not need time code to split the shots into files.

The "Elgato" seems to be aimed at users who want to convert their camcorders into webcams. In terms of price a webcam is dirt cheap compared to the Elgato, but I accept that it could be useful to use your cam as a webcam. I use my webcam for stop motion animation.

This is what I am not clear about. I do exactly that using the files created on the SD card. If I want to feed live video into my PC I use my webcam as mentioned above.
Anyway Good Luck.

owen kric

The defining factor is quality, I was also able to stream direct to hard-drive using composite wires but the imagery is not as good as Firewire. Am just curious as to what an HDMI feed comes out like, by way of PVR & USB 3.0? USB3 is meant to be 10x better than USB2. But if all it can deliver is a webcast quality image at 10 times the speed, then there's no point.

Terfyn

What I do know is that going the other way i.e. USB to HDMI degrades the picture. My setup comprises two screens which I use for video editing. (main screen has library and timelines and second screen has the edited video) The USB to HDMI unit effectively gave me a third screen but it was such poor quality that I did not bother any more. I now use it to set up shots for animation.

owen kric

I transfer my own cine film, so the feed has to be of the highest quality possible. Video edit softwares are clumsy when it comes to cine film imagery I find - and I use Vegas. If someone would invent an HDMI-Firewire [Thunderbolt?] it would help, as long as the AVI file resulting were denser than the files I get today, and possibly finer edit parameters on edit softwares as well.