I have a camcorder Panasonic Model # VDR-D220 and I was wondering....?

Question

What software do I need to play the video on my computer?? It won't let me play my videos with wondows or anything else. This is really frustrating!!! Thanks.

Answer 1

Since we don't know what computer you have, that is a bit of a challenge to answer your question.

We do now that your camcorder is DVD based. Many computers have optical drives - but they play only CDs - not DVDs.

If you cannot play DVDs in your computer, this *might* be the reason why. If your computer does have a DVD drive (they also play CDs), then the other reason is that you need to finalize the disc (the instructions for doing that in the camcorder will be in the camcorder manual.

One last reason why you might be having a problem is that there is some sort of file corruption on the DVD from the camcorder. So - if you have a DVD drive on your computer AND you have finalized the disc, you will need to use ISOBuster to get to the DVD files.

You have discovered one of the many reasons that DVD drives were a good idea implemented very poorly by the manufacturers. If you have the opportunity, return the DVD based camcorder for a refund and get either a miniDV tape or hard drive based camcorder - You won't have these problems and the video quality will be much better. DVD based camcorders have the worst possible video quality... and if you want to rip the DVD (using something like HandBrake) to get the video so you can edit or upload to YouTube or something like that, the video quality will get even worse...