How do i copy movies from my sony DVD handycam to my computer?

Question

i have a sony handycam that records to mini DVDs. problem is, once the disc is finalized, i can watch the movies, but it records in a format unreadable by my comp.

is there a way to convert these video files into mpeg or something i can use to make movies on my comp?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

If your computer has a drawer loading DVD drive, rip the video with HandBrake:

http://handbrake.fr/

If your computer has a slot-loading DVD drive or if it is not a DVD drove (only does CDs), then you need an Analog/Digital bridge.

For USB, use http://www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSite/us...

For firewire, use

http://canopus.com/products/videoconvers...

Warning: DVD camcorders compress video a LOT. They provide the worst available video quality of the common consumer camcorder storage formats. Next best are hard drive and certain flash memory camcorders - best available quality comes from miniDV tape based camcorders.

Answer 3

The videos are already encoded in MPEG-2 - the problem is the disk format is UDF (as per the DVD standard).  To copy your mini DVD on your PC you need an app like DVDDecrypter.

Answer 4

check the camcorder inst. DVD

or Hard drive DVD

Answer 5

im not sure what kind you have, but you probobly put the disk in the computer cd drive or the dvd writer drive. then a message wil probobly come up. or say it found new hardware or something like that. then you just do it. and when you got the dvd recorder, it should have came with a dvd installer for the comp to write them onto the comp