How do i transfer video from my dv camera to computer?

Question

i have a sony dv camcorder and i think i still have the usb cable, but as i was reading other questions, i relized that usb is bad for tranfering video from camcorder to pc and that you should use firewire.

is this true? is it that bad to buy a firewire cable, port and all that just for some minor errors? and if the usb cable works, how do i transfer it?

thanx in advance

Answer 1

The USB port if for transferring photos only. You have to use the firewire port to transfer the video. When you connect the  camcorder to your pc, the computer is going to ask you what do you want to do, i recommend you close this dialog box, open Windows Movie Maker and click "Capture from video device". Hope this helped.