Is it a DV cam or not? how do I capture this?

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  1. ChrisMike

    ChrisMike Member

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    More confused then before.

    1) I have an 5 year old Canon ZR Mini DV recorder. With it I have a docking station that offers V/A and S plug. No USB or Fire Wire. It does a have a mini DV terminal connection to connect it to another DV cameras for recording/playback. I tried NVE 3, Virtual Dub, Win DVD Creator, Win DV and I did try as my last attempt fire wire, but no go, not even close, my OS does not even recognize the camera. Can you advise how I can capture these videos onto my DVD's, later I will try to incorporate those video clips into my dvd slide shows. Each tape is no longer then 35/45 minutes.
    2) Capture my VCR tapes to DVD's, that should be fun!!. I can't wait for that high blood pressure.

    Build in 2004
    Win XP Pro SP1
    40G HD
    AMD Processor 1666
    Asus A7V8X-X Motherboard
    VGA Card: AG200T8-D64 with Xarbe 200 CPU
    Belkin 3 port Fire Wire PCI

    Thanks,

    Chris
     
  2. TPFKAS

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    The docking station onlyt exports analog video. You can use it to capture through an analog capture card. Don't know which type of ZR it is, but I would be surprised that it does not have a DV connection (Firewire) on the camera itself.
    Here a basic article about video capturing:
    http://www.digitalvideoclub.com/basics/transfer.php
     

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