You guys are wasting your time ...the only best way to convert DV camera footage via firewire or usb is as follows :
I use linux:
1. install DVGRAB and use this to record your DV video via firewire or usb onto your hard drive which will be in .dv format which is raw....just make sure that your camcoder has usb /firewire "STREAMING" set to "ON" position.
2. Because a 60 min sp tape the size of the recording will be between 13-15 gigabytes ....large isn't it !
3. Using the program FFMPEG convert the .dv file to the format of your choice .mp4 .mkv.....
I have managed to compress a 13.5gig .dv video to 1.5gig .mp4 and .mkv with very little loss....you just need a good cpu or even better render it through your GPU if you have a good graphics card ..I use a NVIDIA card and used it with 264_nvenc encoder I installed via ffmpeg .....you will have to learn how to use both dvgrab and ffmpeg and install the 264_nvenc encoder, it's not difficult at all
