my new laptop does not have firewire port how can i transfer my mini DV tapes into my laptop so i can edit them and do whatever I like with them?
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I have done this using the old Studio Movie Box and loading it into my desktop with Pinnacle 14. But I must say as I remember I had problems with getting Pinnacle to recognize the devise. I did do a lot of this when I had earlier versions of Pinnacle. The newer ones don't seem to cooperate. I hope this is of some help.
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I had to provide video adaptor. I do not recall whether a FireWire cable was included. Rest were included
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Firewire. Or a dv player. Cost about 20$ for the firewire cord or 100$+ for the dv player. I used windowa movie make and vegas pro and pinnacle studios if that help at all
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Yes, you will need firewire though. Also to upload footage, you will need something like Sony Vegas Pro or Movie Studio, Adobe Premier, Adobe After Affects, Or Final Cut Pro. On the menue on vegas where it says file, click on that, then click on capture video .Sometime you will have to recapture footage, because the capturers glitch. Good luck!
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I find that the Firewire provides power, and I don't use an adapter. I'm not 100% positive about that, but try it without, and if you need an adapter, get it later. This is a great product - finally captures video properly, though the file sizes are enormous, since it's not compressed.
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Hi, You transfer the footage over to your computer using a firewire cable. If you have any other questions please let us know.
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You shouldn't need this at all to connect your handycam to your PC. There should be a USB or Firewire cable that came with your camera that connects right to your computer. Then you can open up Windows Live Movie Maker (download it if you don't have it, it's free) and import the video right from the camera. Only reason you'd need this is if for some reason you don't have that cable or your computer doesnt have a firewire port and that's the only thing the camera uses to connect to the PC. This is an analog solution and it's never going to be as good quality as the video you can get by copying the contents of the camera right to the computer. You shouldn't need this at all to connect your handycam to your PC. There should be a USB or Firewire cable that came with your camera that connects right to your computer. Then you can open up Windows Live Movie Maker (download it if you don't have it, it's free) and import the video right from the camera. Only reason you'd need this is if for some reason you don't have that cable or your computer doesnt have a firewire port and that's the only thing the camera uses to connect to the PC. This is an analog solution and it's never going to be as good quality as the video you can get by... » Read More You shouldn't need this at all to connect your handycam to your PC. There should be a USB or Firewire cable that came with your camera that connects right to your computer. Then you can open up Windows Live Movie Maker (download it if you don't have it, it's free) and import the video right from the camera. Only reason you'd need this is if for some reason you don't have that cable or your computer doesnt have a firewire port and that's the only thing the camera uses to connect to the PC. This is an analog solution and it's never going to be as good quality as the video you can get by copying the contents of the camera right to the computer. « Show Less
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You need the firewire to capture the video to a computer for best results. However, you can connect video via a "dongle" or usb capture device using the RED/WHITE/YELLOW cables that came with your camera which then attaches to the capture device & this has a USB on one end so it goes into your computer. However, you'll need some sort of capture software on your computer (look on internet for possible software...I've used TrackerCam, Nero, Windows MovieMaker which comes with your computer, etc). Best bet is to buy a capture device (firewire port) & install it on your computer.
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Hi, thanks for your email, most digital camcorders have SVideo jack, A/V jack and firewire port and some have all three plus USB & component output, sony VX2000 has RCA type A/V jack jack, Svideo jack as well as Firewire port.You may have problem if your laptop does not have firewire port and you need to buy an analog to digital converter .Take care, Norman.310-968 0555 east coast
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Hi, thanks for your interest, only Firewire port (no usb port) or you need to get something like elgato analog to digital converter if you need to connect it to your computer via USB port. Take care, Norman.
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I have been able to convert my mini dv tapes with this camrecorder device. It is just for Sony though--only a Sony machine will work. Very simple to use.
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Hard drive or or a solid state option like the kiPro from AJA unless you actually want to use tape and capture the footage digitally. Should be known that the hard drive option may not work for miniDV version of this camera only the nxcam version of this camera.
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I cannot help: I had a different camcorder and Windows 7. I transferred about 100 tapes with no problems, completed the work about a year ago, and since then use this port only for one old backup external hard drive that need Firewire port.
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Besides "standard" Video-AudioRight-AudioLeft RCA jacks (yellow-red-white), this camera does not have USB output. Instead it has the IEEE 1394 interface. This 4-pin interface is called "iLink" by Sony, and "Firewire" by Apple. Many laptop computers have this special interface built-in, and you can also get a PC plug-in board. I have seen but not yet tried out USB-to-Firewire adaptor cables. The IEEE-1394 interface socket has various sizes. The one in this camera is one of 2 small sizes and the one in a computer may be the larger size or a smaller size. You have to buy a cable with the correct cable ends. -- Milo Tsukroff --
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You will need the cord to go from your video camera to your computer. After plugging in the cord in the camera and from the camera to the computer, Click on "My Computer"...your camera should be located there. Click on your camera in "My Computer" to open it, find the video you want to download...click on the file and download to a folder you created/or will create... Start up Nero, and find "burn video"...follow instructions from there. Hope this helps Bud...Evergladesbeing
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No there is no firewire port on here - most computers today (past two years have removed firewire). Built in audio is excellent for a laptop - There are only 3 USB ports that's the only downside - but you can be very, very cheaply usb hub - other then that I highly recommend this laptop for the money
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Correct. FireWire is only used for connecting a camcorder or external hard drive.