how to transfer my videos from DV cassette to PC?

Question

hey guys i got Cannon camcorder (model: NTSC zr 65mc) and i was wondering how to transfer the videos i recorded on the cassette to my hard drive...

Answer 1

Once you've got your camcorder connected via firewire you can transfer the video using just about any video editor - Windows Movie Maker will do it. The camcorder needs to set to "play".

Answer 2

Aunsoft Final Mate, a great and useful camcorder assistant software, has everything needed to directly capture/backup AVCHD (*.mts, *.m2ts), AVCHD Lite, AVCCAM, NXCAM, TOD, MOD recordings from Hard Disk Drive/SD Card Camcorders to PC, to import, edit and create spectacular movies on a timeline. It is also powerful enough to play/convert native 1080 60p/50p footages and Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.



Powerful timeline-oriented editing features like split/trim video, splice clips, crop, do color correction, deinterlacing, replace audio, adjust volume, etc help you create satisfied film results. Merge/combine native/raw avchd (*.mts, *.m2ts), AVCHD Lite, MOD, TOD into only one file without re-encoding or loss of any quality. Then just have a seamless streaming of video files via media players, NAS drive at home.



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Answer 3

You can transfer your videos from DV cassette to PC by using the so called "Firewire Connector also called "IEEE 1394 interface"



Explanation about "Firewire Connector"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_1394_interface



And you can buy it here or see what it looks like in actual picture:

http://www.amazon.com/Firewire-Cable-Camcorder-Canon-Sharp/dp/B000SMZDIY/ref=dp_cp_ob_p_image_1



Your computer must have also a Firewire Connector at the back so that you can connect your camcorder, for you to transfer you video to your hard drive.

Answer 4

in case you want to get strong high quality video then you favor to apply Firewire, it truly is the purely thanks to positioned the video onto your pc. in case you employ any incorrect way your video is going to be very adverse high quality. a firewire card (IEEE 1394) and cable will value round $40 5 user-friendly to extra healthful and setup homestead windows has each of the divers you want. once the cardboard is put in and also you've booted decrease back to homestead windows, only connect the digital camera to the pc with the hot cable, and turn the digital camera to VCR (play) mode. homestead windows back will %. up the digital camera and deploy the most brilliant drivers. in case you have not any enhancing software then use homestead windows movie maker and bypass to catch, persist with the monitors till you get to the catch section, press catch and homestead windows will tell your digital camera to play and start up the video catch, you could do the total tape or do it in shorter clips (your decision) Its an extremely user-friendly procedure. strong success RR