How do i get video from my video camera to the computer. it is a panasonic PV-GS2?

Question

i have the mini USB cord but i can only view the still pics. How do i view and potentially take the video off of the camera?

Answer 1

This is a minidv camcorder.....If you have a mini dv (cassette) camcorder….

Your dv camcorder needs a firewire connection (ieee 1394) in order to download video, your PC probably did not come with a firewire port, so you will have to buy one and install it, since most computers (except possibly brand new) don't come with a firewire port, your camcorder did not come with a firewire cord so you have to purchase a cord too. Your camcorder did come with a USB cord and that is used for downloading stills from your camcorder. Make sure your camera is in playback mode.