How to transfer video from camcorder to my computer?

[imported_K3N]

May some please tell me ?

I have one of those A type USB cords that allows me to connect my camcorder directly to the pc... Some people have said that Adobe premier is a very good program. my main question is how do i use that particular program to transfer the video data on the to my harddrive?

i used the program that came with my sony camcorder and it was very crap video quality....

 

[Quasmo]

have to use firewire, then premiere should pick it up as a device.

 

[Anubis]

if useing premier just go to file - Import find your camcorder and pull in the video

 

[mercanucaribe]

Pretty sure the MPIAA doesn't let you do that.

 

[xanis]

USB is only good for transferring still images. If you want to transfer video you're going to need Firewire.

 

[Qacer]

From my experience, the USB port of your camcorder is only used to transfer photo snapshots to your PC. If you want to transfer video, you'd have to use the Firewire port. However, it may depend on your camcorder. What kind of camcorder do you have?

I have a Panasonic PV-GS300 camcorder with both USB and Firewire ports. The Firewire port is the only one that is used for video transfer.

Give these instructions a try:
http://www.ehow.com/how_2005440_camcorder-pc-ieee1394.html

and this one

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1003438

 

[imported_K3N]

Originally posted by: Anubis
if useing premier just go to file - Import find your camcorder and pull in the video

It cant find it..

I have two camcorders at my disposal

Sony HandyCam DCR-HC20 and the other (dont know the exact Model No.) is a JVC camcorder with 32X optical zoom (larger than my sony handy cam).


SO all i need is a firewire plug?


BTW do i need to install some sort of driver on my computer so that Premier can recognize it when i hook up the fire wire plug.... Thanks for the help guys..

 

[kevinf2090]

but if your camcorder is hard drive based then usb should be ok

 

[imported_K3N]

the camcorder im using uses cassettes to store the data