How to import videos from a sony ccd-trv615 camcorder into the computer?

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soccerluvr

I have an old sony ccd-trv615 hi8 camcorder and recorded a video for my project. I want to edit it with my windows movie maker but I don't know how to import the videos from the camcorder into the computer. Can someone please help me?

Thank you

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Aunsoft Final Mate, a great and useful camcorder assistant software, has everything needed to directly capture/backup AVCHD (*.mts, *.m2ts), AVCHD Lite, AVCCAM, NXCAM, TOD, MOD recordings from Hard Disk Drive/SD Card Camcorders to PC, to import, edit and create spectacular movies on a timeline. It is also powerful enough to play/convert native 1080 60p/50p footages and Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.

Export/convert edited camcorder video to other editors (Sony Vegas, Adobe Premiere, WMM, Pinnacle Studio, etc), media devices (iPad, iPhone4, droid x, nokia n8, galaxy s, hdtv, projector, etc), or common formats (mov, avi, wmv, mp4, mpg, mpeg-2, etc) with the high quality and least amount of clicks. Ultra extreme performance with support for NVIDIA® CUDATM and Intel while encoding.

you can google it and have a try .

Any recommendations for converting Hi8 videos to digital video I can watch on my PC?

ZX3R

I have a bunch of old video I recorded on my Hi8 camcorder. I'm switching over to digital and don't want to loose my old video. Is there an expansion card with software I can find that does it?

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I bought a device from circuit city for about $70, made by pinnacle. They are pretty well-known for these kinds of products and so far it has worked really well. I converted over a lot of hi8 stuff and was very pleased. If you do it in mpeg2 it doesn't even take up that much space. I'd probably stick with pinnacle, but shop around and find one that fits your specific needs. Here's a cheap one I found:
http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Pinnacle-Dazzle-DVD-Recorder-230100033/sem/rpsm/oid/150878/catOid/-12973/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

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How do I hook my camcorder to a computer?

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joli334

I have a Sony video Hi8 camcorder and I want to put the tape on my computer so I can edit the film with Windows Movie Maker. Do I need a firewire? If so, I'm not familiar with them and don't know where to put it. Could I possibly use a usb cord?

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No you cannot use a firewire or USB with a standard Video Hi8 camcorder.

Depending on exactly which Sony Hi8 camcorder you have you will either have some yellow/white/red RCA connectors on the camcorder - or you will have a single socket and will have been supplied with a lead to plug into it having the yellow/white/red RCAs on the end. If your camcorder does not record stereo sound then you will not have the red connector.

Then there are quite a number of ways you can do it .

You could use an analogue capture card in your PC and connect the yellow/red/white RCA connections from your camcorder to it and capture direct as mpeg.


You could use an analogue to USB converter like this :-
http://www.brickhousesecurity.com/ad02a....
and connect it to your PC via USB although I have to say I have never found one of those that works very well.


You could use a digitiser - see here :-
http://www.simplydv.co.uk/reviews/av_dig...
and convert the output from the camcorder to digital and connect to your PC via firewire.


Or if you have a digital camcorder as well quite a few of them (Check the spec) can be used as a digitiser by connecting the VHS to the camera AV input and the firewire output to your PC

Which ever option you choose you will also need some sensible capture and editing software on your computer - I would suggest you go and have a look at :-
http://www.ulead.com/runme.htm


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How do I capture video from my Sony Hi8 camcorder?

Jill S

I have a Sony TRV128 Hi8 video camcorder. I am trying to figure out how to put the videos onto my computer. I have tried a few types of connections, but the computer does not recognize the camcorder. The camcorder does not seem to have a firewire port, although it does have S video. Thank you!

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Any computer wud ONLY import/upload DIGITAL video/files. It wud require then that your ANALOG Hi-8 video shud first be converted to DIGITAL. Check this out..
http://www.altoedge.com/usbcapture/index.html

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