Newbie here, totally lost

Discussion in 'Digital camcorders' started by Noreen, Jul 17, 2004.

  1. Noreen

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    I have a Sony DCR DVD 201 and I purchased an IEEE1394 card, where on the camera do I hook this up? I can't find how to connect from my camera to my notebook.

    Thanks a million in advance for any help
     
    Noreen, Jul 17, 2004
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    fasfrank, Jul 21, 2004
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    Thanks very much for your repsonse Frank, I appreciate it.

    I have another question though, if there's no firewire port, does that mean I'm unable to hook my camera up to my PC?
     
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    Reading down through the article:

    "Through its USB port, the Sony DCR-DVD201 can feed directly into a computer, which allows for playback of footage and stills with the included ImageMixer software. Additionally, the Sony DVD201 can import video to the computer without finalizing the disc itself; in order to play DVD-R/RW on conventional players, the discs must be finalized on the camcorder. Unfortunately, Sony’s included software follows suit with offerings from other DVD camcorder manufacturers; its options are few and, relative to the camcorder’s convenience, hard to access. Editing is very basic, almost comparable to on-camera editing, and exporting to other file formats is cumbersome."

    The USB port is located here:
    "Located on the right side, above the mode dial, is the DC-in. The USB port is located just below and slightly to the left of the viewfinder. The remote jack is located to the right of the viewfinder, and a mic input jack and an audio/video input/output rest on the front of the camcorder, under a protective panel. Also, there is an intelligent accessory shoe located on top of the machine, an improvement on the Sony DVD101’s cold shoe."


    So, you can't use a firewire connection and the supplied software is not all that great.

    As long as you can capture the video in some form you can edit it with a variety of programs.

    I actually looked at one of these cameras but ended up getting a mini DV. I'm wondering why you just couldn't put the camera DVD in your computer drive.

    I'd try it. From what I'm reading the camera produces DVD-Video compliant discs that can play in a DVD player. Those kind of files can be edited. Depending on your editing software some conversion may be in order though.
     
    fasfrank, Jul 22, 2004
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