How to capture the video from Panasonic handycam to PC through the DV cable?

Question

How to capture the video from Panasonic handycam to PC through the DV cable?

Answer 1

If this is a dv camcorder then.....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 (dv) (ieee1394) 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 this is a dvd camcorder then you have to finalize the disc and then rip it to your computer.

Answer 2

I have two Panasonic cams and I just plug them into the USB and they load to computer fast and very high quality.  I have no disc for either one of them but Windows seems to know what they are and how to deal with them.

Answer 3

You will find a read of this article very useful and informative :-  

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The software being used is Ulead VideoStudio - you can download a free trial to see if it works for you from :-  

http://www.ulead.com/vs/runme.htm  

or

http://www.ulead.co.uk/vs/runme.htm

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