Minidv Digital Camcorder
Posted on Friday, February 25, 2011 in Photography
I have a JVC GR-D347u "digital camcorder". What cord and software do I need to save its movies on my computer?
It has miniDV video cassetes and I believe a DV cord. All I have are USB outlets on my computer.
Connect the DV port on the camcorder to the firewire port of the computer using a firewire cable. Firewire, IEEE1394, DV and i.LINK are all the same thing.
USB will not work. USB-firewire cable/converter adapter things will not work.
The camcorder needs to be in "Play" or "VCR" mode. Microsoft MovieMaker will "Capture" the video (if it does not, try WinDV). Apple iMovie will "Import" the video.
If you do not have a 1394 port on your computer, hopefully you have an available expansion slot (PCMCIA or ExpressCard) so you can add one.
If there is no expansion slot so there is no way to add a firewire port, you can get an analog/digital bridge (like those from Pinnacle - the Dazzle). Video quality will not be as good as a DV transfer.
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