Importing a video from tape through DV camera to Movie Maker?

Question

If I plug in the DV cable, would it automatically upload the video recorded on the tape to the computer even though I don't have the software that came with the video cam?

Answer 1

If you are using the DV port of the camcorder connected to the firewire port of your computer with a Firewire cable... and with the camcorder in "Play" mode,

If you are using Windows: Launch MovieMaker and "Capture" the video.

If you are using Macintosh: launch iMovieHD and "Import" the video.

Nothing will happen automatically. USB will not work. USB to firewire converter will not work.

Firewire, i.Link and IEEE1394a are all the same thing. You do not need the software that came with the camcorder.