how do i transfer digital video mini-cassette to computer??

[KaneKungFu123]

i bought a camcorder that records on mini-cassettes. how do i transfer this to a computer so that i can burn it to a CD?

[pryor15]

firewire cable that should have come w/ the camera. upload it into some generic video editing software. it should tell you the rest from there.

Use the JFGI protocol

[KaneKungFu123]

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firewire cable that should have come w/ the camera. upload it into some generic video editing software. it should tell you the rest from there.

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this is what is confusing me.

IEEE1394 Fireware.

my camera didnt come with one. i dont see where on my notebook it would go, based on the picture in the book.

[Jersey Nick]

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firewire cable that should have come w/ the camera. upload it into some generic video editing software. it should tell you the rest from there.

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this is what is confusing me.

IEEE1394 Fireware.

my camera didnt come with one. i dont see where on my notebook it would go, based on the picture in the book.

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The cable almost never comes with. If you don't have a firewire input on the laptop, you should be able to get a cable that will convert firewire to USB2. If you don't have at least a USB2 connection on your laptop, you may be up the creek.

[KaneKungFu123]

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firewire cable that should have come w/ the camera. upload it into some generic video editing software. it should tell you the rest from there.

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this is what is confusing me.

IEEE1394 Fireware.

my camera didnt come with one. i dont see where on my notebook it would go, based on the picture in the book.

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The cable almost never comes with. If you don't have a firewire input on the laptop, you should be able to get a cable that will convert firewire to USB2. If you don't have at least a USB2 connection on your laptop, you may be up the creek.

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is there somewhere on my computer (like control panel) i can look to see if i have USB2?

hopefully if this one doesnt have it, my other one at hme will, that one has diresct entry for SD memory card.

[Jersey Nick]

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The cable almost never comes with. If you don't have a firewire input on the laptop, you should be able to get a cable that will convert firewire to USB2. If you don't have at least a USB2 connection on your laptop, you may be up the creek.

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is there somewhere on my computer (like control panel) i can look to see if i have USB2?

hopefully if this one doesnt have it, my other one at hme will, that one has diresct entry for SD memory card.

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You may be able to tell from the device manager list under system in the control panel. If the home PC is new enough to have an SD port, there's a good chance that it has a fire wire input, USB2, or ideally a video "S" cable input.

[KaneKungFu123]

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or ideally a video "S" cable input.

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does this look like a 'spade' with a square hole at the base and four dot holes at the top?