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How do I get a video off my Video Camera, on to my computer?

How do you get video off a video camera to your computer?

  • I have a JVC GR-D870U Video Camera, and I have to record a project for school. I want to upload it to my computer so I can edit it, how do I get it on my computer? Would I need a cord? If so what kind? Help is greatly appreciated, thanks.

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    Most cameras use a Firewire cable. Yours does too. Ensure that you have a firewire interface on your computer and that you have a firewire cable. If you don't have these, you will need to buy them. Put your camcorder in play mode and plug it into your computer using the firewire cable. Windows Movie Maker works great for capturing video from your camera into DV AVI format or WMV format onto your hard drive. Choose DV AVI if you plan to edit the movie. If you're using a Mac, use iMovie. DV AVI files are about 12 GB per hour. The USB connector is only for transferring still images that you've captured onto your memory card.

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i googled it and you can use either firewire or usb...then just plug into computer, turn on camcorder (with tape rewound), and your comp should autoplay a list of video softs...if not open one (if ur on windows then your comp came with a program called movie maker which you can use to capture your video and do basic editing on. most likely your camcorder came with a usb cable.

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