Using my DV camcorder with Windows XP

[Guest]

Hi,

Before asking anything specific, could anyone recommend an understandable
book or books on th subject? I have an older JVC camcorder that took
wonderful pictures, but at the time, transferring and editing them into
useful films seemed too difficult or time-consuming. Now I have Windows
XP-Professional and a good computer, both with most bells and whistles. I
have a bunch of older manuals and some specialized software, other than MS
Movie Maker, too.

I want to be able to edit my DVRs into usable films that I can transfer to a
DVD and give away or show.

I want to use the camcorder for conversations on the Internet and found the
little camcorders sold in all the stores to be awful quality and easily
broken, so I hope the good JVC camcorder will work to transmit live, realtime
video to the PC and that I will be able to chat, or whatever is done, to
talk to others.

Similar to above I would use the above direct connection to the PC, to
record, instead of having to record first on tape and then transfer this to
the PC for use.
This, I am not sure can even be done.

If you have suggestions on reading, I will be able to get started and forego
any detailed questions now.

Your help is appreciated. If I should be posting on another group, please
tell me which one.

Thanks, George

 

[John Inzer]

Hi,

Before asking anything specific, could anyone recommend
an understandable book or books on th subject? I have an
older JVC camcorder that took wonderful pictures, but at
the time, transferring and editing them into useful films
seemed too difficult or time-consuming. Now I have
Windows XP-Professional and a good computer, both with
most bells and whistles. I have a bunch of older manuals
and some specialized software, other than MS Movie Maker,
too.

I want to be able to edit my DVRs into usable films that
I can transfer to a DVD and give away or show.

I want to use the camcorder for conversations on the
Internet and found the little camcorders sold in all the
stores to be awful quality and easily broken, so I hope
the good JVC camcorder will work to transmit live,
realtime video to the PC and that I will be able to chat,
or whatever is done, to talk to others.

Similar to above I would use the above direct connection
to the PC, to record, instead of having to record first
on tape and then transfer this to the PC for use.
This, I am not sure can even be done.

If you have suggestions on reading, I will be able to get
started and forego any detailed questions now.

Your help is appreciated. If I should be posting on
another group, please tell me which one.

Thanks, George

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If you search Google for:
"camcorder as webcam"
You'll find some useful ideas.

And, I think you can record directly
from your Camcorder to your computer
if you install a TV Tuner Graphics Card:
Some examples:
http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-3001_7-5141977-1.html

Maybe the following articles will
get you started on your DVDs.

Movie Maker 2 - Importing AVI Files
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-Importing-Video-AVI.html

Turn your Movie Maker 2
video into a DVD
http://tinyurl.com/4k97d

Wojo's Web...DVD Creation
http://tinyurl.com/g64gb

Burn a Movie Maker Project to DVD
http://tinyurl.com/644me

How do I make a DVD
http://www.rehanfx.org/faq.htm

Windows Movie Maker Forums
http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/forums/

Movie Maker 2 and DVD Burning Software
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-DVD.html

Burning DVDs With Windows Movie Maker 2
http://tinyurl.com/jqfz

How do I save my movie as a
DV-AVI file in Movie Maker?
http://tinyurl.com/8ktlw


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[Mac]

I have an older JVC DV camcorder which sadly has damaged a recording-to-tape
head, but I have been successful at using it as a high quality webcam (for
both sound and video) via a firewire connection... and also to broadcast
with Windows Media Encoder.

You might need to take out any DV tape and switch it to DSC mode. It did
take me some fiddling around, but I have learned to power on the camera,
then reconnect the firewire cable at the PC end and it works...

Which Model do you have?