How do you copy video from a camcorder onto a c.d.?

Question

I'm trying to copy video to a c.d., because I recorded a couple lectures from class. I have to have this done by tomorrow, because I'm copying a couple c.d.'s for classmates. And I have no idea how to do this, thank you for any help!

Answer 1

What kind of camcorder is it?  Can't you just look at the manual?  If you don't have a manual, look at the manufacturer's Web site and you should be able to download a pdf of one

Answer 2

Ryt..Have You Got A Lyk A USB Cable for the Camcorder?

if so plug that onto a USB port onto your laptop or computer and then go onto windows media player and a little pop up should come up saying do you want to vewi this video or something and then you should see it playing on the screen, then you got a blank cd and import it into your cd re-writer (which is on the modem) and then click burn and then find the video in your files and then click burn and it shoud burn your video onto a CD

Hope i helped

its pretty confusin i no lol

but thats te way i do it

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Answer 3

it depends on your camcorder, is it a dvd recorder does it record on mini dvd, flash memory? does it come with a program to change video into dvd format?

Answer 4

well that's because you can't put it on a cd, it's a different format you have to put it on a dvd-r or dvd+r for it to work

Answer 5

The method used to transfer video from a camcorder to a computer is different for every type (DV tape/Analogue tape/DVD/HDD/etc.) of camcorder and since you have not told us the type of your camcorder it is impossible to give you definitive advice - you will no doubt receive many guesses for answers - but these will only confuse you.

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Answer 6

go to the cumputer store and ask them like circus city

Answer 7

Since you mention that the camcorder uses tape, I'm going to assume that your camcorder is some sort of digital video camera using MiniDV. This means you need a FireWire connection in your computer and the correct cabling to connect your camcorder to your PC. You also need to have software for capturing the video from your camcorder - assuming you have Windows XP or Vista, you can use Windows Movie Maker to capture your video from tape. Connect your DV camera to your PC using a FireWire cable. The connection on digital video cameras is always a 4-pin FireWire connector (sometimes called either DV or iLINK depending on the camcorder brand). Desktop PCs, with the exception of Sony computers use 6-pin FireWire connections. Sony uses 4-pin connectors on their desktop PCs as well. On a laptop, the FireWire connection is almost always 4-pin. Make sure you get a FireWire cable to match your needs. For most desktop systems, this means you need a 4-pin to 6-pin cable. For laptops and all Sony computers you need a 4-pin to 4-pin cable. Photos of FireWire ports are available in a tutorial on how to locate a PC FireWire port.

Configure Windows Movie Maker for Video Capture

Before importing video from your camcorder, configure Windows Movie Maker. These settings will be reused in future projects unless you change them. Open Windows Movie Maker from Start > All Programs > Windows Movie Maker

From the Tools menu, choose Options and then click the Advanced tab. Set Video format to NTSC if you live in North America or Japan and PAL if you live in Europe or most other portions of the world. Aspect ratio should be 4:3 unless your camcorder records video in widescreen mode, which is 16:9. You can change these setting later if you use different record settings on your camcorder.

I Think if you click on this link you will be able to copy over to CD.

http://www.jakeludington.com/camcorder/2...

Answer 8

We do need to know what kind of video you have. If it's a mini dv  camcorder  you need 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.

If it's an older camera, VHS, you need an analog converter.

If you have the CD, already and you just need to make a copy, we need to know what program you have for making cd's or dvd's.

Also make sure your computer has a CD/DVD RW and not just a CD-RW- DVD ROM.

I hope this helps.