Is there a USB cord that will hook my camera up to my computer?

Question

My camera is a Samsung SC-D263 digital camcorder. I really want to hook it up to the computer and edit videos and stuff. I would really, really, really, really appreciate the help, because I've looked everywhere.

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

The Samsung SC-D263 is a miniDV tape based camcorder. ALL miniDV tape based camcorders use the camcorder's DV port (not USB) connected to the computer's fire wire port (not USB) using a firewire cable (not USB).

Firewire, i.Link and IEEE1394a are all the same thing.

Adding a firewire 400 port to your computer is typically easy - and cheap to do. If you use a Macintosh, it already has a firewire port. With the camcorder conected, and in Play mode, Microsoft MovieMaker (bundled with Windows) will "Capture" the video. Apple iMovieHD (bundled with Mac OSX) will "Import" the video.

Answer 2

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.