How to transfer DV video to hard drive?

Question

I have a Canon Elura 100 camcorder. How can I transfer DV film video to my PC hard drive?

Answer 1

By connecting the DV port of the camcorder to the firewire400 port of your computer with a firewire cable. USB will not work. If your computer does not have a firewire port, you can easily install one if your computer has available expansion slots.

You did not tell us what computer you have so there is not way for us to help you beyond this.

Answer 2

I have the canon elura 65 and I have transfer many minidv tapes to my computer. Here's how. 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.

The fine print in your manual makes reference to firewire (ieee 1394) connection.