From camera's cassette tape to computer...?

Question

How do I do this?

I have SONY camera and a USB cable and when I connect the camera,I open Windows movie maker and I want to take the video out of the cassette tape to computer,but it can only capture the video while it's plugged in and recording but not from the tape,actually.

And by the way,how do I make my camera recognized on another computer?

Answer 1

Use the camcorder's DV port - not USB. USB is for web streaming and transferring stills (if there is a memory card). Your computer needs a Firewire (IEEE1394, i.Link) port. Easy to install. And you will need a firewire cable connecting the DV port on the camcorder to the firewire port on the computer.