I need to make a video for a school project, and my video camera is not USB compatible. I need to somehow get this video from the tape, onto my computer, so that I can edit it. Any ideas or methods known that I would be able to able to achieve this with?

 

 

 

The camera:

 

 

 

SONY Digital Handycam

 

120x Digital Zoom

 

Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar

 

DCR-TRV11 NTSC

 

 

 

Yeah I have no idea what any of that means, but maybe you do... :mrgreen:

 

 

 

Thanks... :oops:

Hmm. Luckily, I've been doing a fair bit of work with cameras and transferring stuff onto PC quite recently.

 

 

 

First off, check for one of these:

 

 

 

USB

 

 

 

 

DV

 

 

 

 

S-Video

 

 

 

 

Find the right cable and the right port on your PC. (USB if you it does actually turn out to be USB compatible/firewire for DV/S-Video for S-Video).

 

 

 

Edit: Just realised that you didn't actually mention connecting it up.

 

 

 

If you already have a method for connecting it, then (provided you're running Windows XP) click Start>Programs>Accessories>Windows Movie Maker. When it opens, click file and then click capture video. Choose your camera at the next prompt and click next. Choose a file name and directory, etc. On the next screen, choose the settings you want. (These should be straightforward enough). On the next part, set the camera (Using the camera not the PC :P) to playback and click "Start Capture" on your PC. Start playing the video on the camera and it should record onto your PC.