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Is a Canon Vixia HV30 a good camcorder?

Canon Vixia HV30 mini DV camcorder mini DV to computer...HELP?!?

  • How can I get my video onto the computer?! This is the one I bought... http://www.amazon.com/Canon-HV30-Definition-Camcorder-Stabilized/dp/B00114PN1U/ref=pd_bxgy_e_img_b

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    ALL miniDV camcorders connect to a computer using a firewire cable to connect the camcorder's DV port to the computer's firewire port. Check the HV30's manual - in the section, "Connecting to a computer". Firewire, IEEE1394 and i.LINK are all the same thing - The only thing USB is used for is transferring stills off the memory card. If your computer does not have a firewire port, hopefully it has an available expansion slot so you can add one. The next issue will be video editing application compatibility. You did not tell us which computer you are using. MovieMaker can't deal with HDV format video. Sony Vegas and Adobe Premiere float to the top. For the Macintosh environment, iMovieHD '5 was the first version to be able to deal with HDV when the Apple Intermediate Codec is in stalled. The current version is iMovie '09.

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If you have a mini dv (cassette) camcorder…. Your dv camcorder needs a firewire connection (ieee 1394) in order to download video, your PC probably did not come with a firewire port, so you will have to buy one and install it, since most computers (except possibly brand new) don't come with a firewire port, your camcorder did not come with a firewire cord so you have to purchase a cord too. Your camcorder did come with a USB cord and that is used for downloading stills from your camcorder. Make sure your camera is in playback mode. The fine print in your manual makes reference to firewire (ieee 1394) connection.

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