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Canon XH Series HDV Camcorders
Canon XH G1S / G1 (with SDI), Canon XH A1S / A1 (without SDI).

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Old February 11th, 2010, 01:57 PM   #1
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So I just got my 1st XHA1S and I am very excited about all it can do. However getting the Camera took a lot of my resources and I still would like an on site monitor. I did some searching on the site for how to set up my PC laptop as a monitor using VLC via firewire. From what I found it is possible but I couldn't find any instruction on how to set it up. Any Ideas or links would be great.
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Old February 11th, 2010, 06:37 PM   #2
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O.K I got it. I was making it way harder then it needed to be. If anyone else want's to know. Open the VLC player, click on media - open capture -choose the video device and click play. Full screen pops up and that's it. It's not great and the delay is huge but it's a start.
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Old February 12th, 2010, 09:51 AM   #3
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I use my laptop and Adobe On location software. It allows you to set up your laptop like a broadcast monitor.
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Old February 12th, 2010, 10:01 PM   #4
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I tried using a HD miniDV tape player as a monitor. If using the firewire, there was a big delay, but when I used the S-Video, it was much better. If your laptop has S-Video, might want to give that a try.

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