Newbie! How to transfer from MiniDV to Computer. Help!

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From: Jamn (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/23/04


Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 08:56:02 -0700

Photos on the memory card in your camcorder are indeed
transferred via USB but the video on the tape must be
transferred via Firewire cable to your computer. My JVC
MiniDV camcorder did not come with a firewire cable so it
had to be purchased separately. I bought a 4pin to 6pin
cable to accomplish the transfer. After cabling camcorder
to firewire port on computer, set camcorder to "Play" mode
to capture the video into Movie Maker. Have fun.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi, I have just bought a JVC Digital Mini DV and I have
recorded some stuff
>on it, I want to download or import or whatever the
recorded stuff to my
>computer to edit it, but I don't know how, nothing seems
to work. I have a
>USB connection and have connected that to the computer I
also downloaded some
>software that came with the camera called Imagemixer but
I can't seem to get
>it to transfer from the camera to the computer. When I
switch the camera
>from Video to Memory a F: drive comes up on the computer
but it is empty, no
>files? But the recorded images are on the tape in the
video camera??? How
>does this stuff work???
>.
>



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