Gerard Jebaily
EF2
Ok first a little background story...
The HD Camcorder I have does not have USB streaming capability (that i can tell), nor does it have a firewire port. It has a USB port, mini HDMI, and two cables that output either Composite or Component Video from the camcorder connection.
I solved the streaming video problem by using the EasyCap as my connection interface between my Sony HD camcorder and an older laptop to provide a video source for my live stream. My old way of running live streaming was to use the Easycap Composite Video to USB device with the composite cable in the camcorder. It worked great!
The problem:
My old laptop ran Windows XP which supported the EasyCap Drivers. But the old laptop isnt powerful enough. So I upgraded to a new laptop which came with Windows 7 64 bit and it looks like the easycap doesn't work with Vista 64 or Windows 7 64 bit OS
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Now the question:
Does anybody have a similar issue and a possible (but not too expensive) solution? I haven’t been able to find an Easycap type device that works with windows 7 64bit or any drivers that work with windows 7. The laptop does have an HDMI port but so far I haven’t been able to use it for anything except plugging the laptop into an HDTV to use as an output.
Or, does software or something exist to use the HDMI ports on laptops as input from an HD camcorder?
Anyone who has had success or has any brilliant ideas would be greatly appreciated.
The HD Camcorder I have does not have USB streaming capability (that i can tell), nor does it have a firewire port. It has a USB port, mini HDMI, and two cables that output either Composite or Component Video from the camcorder connection.
I solved the streaming video problem by using the EasyCap as my connection interface between my Sony HD camcorder and an older laptop to provide a video source for my live stream. My old way of running live streaming was to use the Easycap Composite Video to USB device with the composite cable in the camcorder. It worked great!
The problem:
My old laptop ran Windows XP which supported the EasyCap Drivers. But the old laptop isnt powerful enough. So I upgraded to a new laptop which came with Windows 7 64 bit and it looks like the easycap doesn't work with Vista 64 or Windows 7 64 bit OS

Now the question:
Does anybody have a similar issue and a possible (but not too expensive) solution? I haven’t been able to find an Easycap type device that works with windows 7 64bit or any drivers that work with windows 7. The laptop does have an HDMI port but so far I haven’t been able to use it for anything except plugging the laptop into an HDTV to use as an output.
Or, does software or something exist to use the HDMI ports on laptops as input from an HD camcorder?
Anyone who has had success or has any brilliant ideas would be greatly appreciated.