how do i load videos onto a computer?

Question

ive been trying to load different videos that ive shot with both a digital camera and a digital camcorder but i cannot tape in the right format to load onto Windows Movie Maker. It is really frustrating me and i need to find a way to put high-quality video onto the computer in order to edit it and make a full length music video... thanks for the suggestions

p.s. i dont have much money to spend on hardware or software so although i want as many suggestions as possible...i need to keep costs at a minimum...thanks

Answer 1

Ok, this is what u need to do,
Most of the camcorders do not have the facility for USB streaming And i think you are trying to load video using USB cable. You need firewire cable. Firewire is the most popular, reliable and faster way to transfer large video files to the computer.

You need to check if you have these:
1. A firewire port in your computer (costs £10 approx)
2. A Firewire cable (usually not supplied with camcorder, costs £5 approx).
3. A video editing software (best for starters : Pinnacle Studio DV costs about £50 including the firewire port).
4. Oh also, a DVD burner or a CD burner.

I always use Pinnacle Studio DV software. It is really really easy but there are many others available too (more expensive ones for professional use).

With pinnacle studio DV, you can Add sound effects, title, remove the original soundtrack, add special effects, movie transition effects and many many more.

So once you are ready and have all the above requirements, just connect one end of the firewire cable to you camcorder and other to the computer, open the pinnacle studio DV (or windows movie maker which is supplied with Windows XP to download video - it doesn't give u much facility though), once the video is downloaded, just edit the video if you want, or just burn directly to DVD using Pinnacle studio DV software. You don't even need to use your DVD recording software.

I hope this helps. If you are stuck, leave your question on a feedback link of my website http://www.sentosajaipur.com and I will answer it ASAP. Oh also you need to leave your email address so that i can reply to you.

Minimum cost as possible.

Also with pinnacle software, you can load the videos taken from a digital camera, edit them, combine them with the video from you camcorder and finally you can burn DVDs. or CDs.