How do you put videos from your video camera onto your computer?

Question

we have a canon and it came with a usb cable but im not sure how to get the video tht is currently on th tape in my canon video camera onto th computers as a playable video file or sumthin

thanks

Answer 1

The camera should have come with software for transferring the video via USB cable to the PC. If not try using Windows movie maker, or see if you have some other video editing software.

Answer 2

Since you did not specify the model of your camcorder, your best bet is to visit the Canon support site for your model. Make sure you have the latest driver for your PC. And make sure that you don't need a firewire connection, since transfer via USB is impossible unless you have a hard drive camera

Answer 3

You have not provided enough detail.

If it is a miniDV or Digital8 tape based camcorder and you are using trying to use USB to transfer the video, that's not going to happen. You need to use the firewire400 (IEEE1304a, i.Link - all the same thing) port on your computer with a 4-pin to 6-pin firewire cable connected to the DV port of the camcorder - USB won't work. USB is used only for transferring the stills off the memory card. If you don't have a Firewire 400 port, adding one is typically very easy.

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If the camcorder uses an analog format - VHS, VHS-C, Hi8, etc. to store to tape, you will need to get an analog/digital bridge from Pinnacle (Dazzle) which connects to your computer using USB or one from Canopus which connects to your computer using Firewire.

If it is some other camcorder, you need to tell us more detail.

Answer 4

Usually your camcorder will automatically direct you to the site of your camcorder`s manufacture where it should automatically start downloading the proper software to import your videos. So just plug it in to the usb connection on your computer and follow all the steps of your new hardware found and I can almost assure you all your problems will be solved. If not I can assist you so much easier by emaililng me directly to [e-mail]. I`m sort of a video junkie. I have several video editing software on my pc in which I`ve been able to practically create and do things to my family`s video`s you would only think possible by Paramount itself.