I just bought a pre-owned camcorder, how do I transfer video to my PC?

Question

Also, how do I make a DVD to send to family of the recorded footage?

Thank you in advance for your help.

Answer 1

It depends on the type of camera, if it's a dv (mini casette) 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 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 VHS model then......You need an analog converter, either internal card or external such as the dazzle. It's very easy to use and come with good software. You would hook your analog VHS camera to the analog converter, the dazzle and then hook the dazzle to your PC. The dazzle cost around 70.00 , but worth the money if you have a lot of VHS to tapes to canvert.

It it's a ,mini DVD then you have to finalize it first, before a dvd player can read it, and then before you can play it in your computer you have to rip the dvd.

Answer 2

depends on what type of camcorder it is.  could be a dv camcorder or hi-8....  really depends...

check this site out...

http://www.ehow.com/how_14432_transfer-v...