Hi, I have mini dv sony camcorder and I want to know if anything is available which can read my tapes?

Question

and trasfer to my computer or directly make the cd's or something like that. the reason is my camcorder has no usb output to my laptop. it has only one firewire output which is used to show/play the tape s on tv.

Is any device available which can solve my problem cuz each time i want to make cd i have to go to photoshop or studio to get it done and i dont want to spend every time.

THanks

Sunny

Answer 1

Your minidv camcorder uses a firewire connection, your laptop probably doesn't have a firewire port and if your laptop doesn't have an empty bay, then you might be out of luck.

If you have a desktop pc in your home, you can buy a firewire port and install it in your pc.

** please note** those usb to firewire adaptors do not work.

Answer 2

The firewire connection is used for transferring video to a PC, not for playing it on a TV.  You should be able to add a fire wire card to your laptop, but make sure you find out whether it uses PCMCIA or Express - they're not interchangeable.