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  1. 11th May 2008, 09:45 AM #1
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    Camcorder File transfer

    Ok dopey question time again.
    Have a JVC , hard disk cam corder.
    When we were o/s took a heap of photos and video on it, ( yes it takes photos too, magic stuff)
    I managed to get the photos of it and copied and burnt to disc, prtty easy almost the same as doing the phtos of a digital camera.

    Now i want to get the video off it, using these stupid producer programs , i can only get a frame segment off at a time, a real pain,( with 5 weeks of footage) then the program only lets me do so much, no even enough to fill a dvd disc. I have tried 3 times on 2 computors and stil can;t get it right.

    Is there anyway to copy them as they were recorded, straight onto a file or burn direct to a disc. Similar to copying videos.

    I have read the instructions, still gibberish to me, none of which works the way it says.


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  2. 11th May 2008, 09:51 AM #2
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    John,

    I'm assuming that the camera has both a USB and a DV connection. If so, you should be able to plug the USB connection to your PC and see the camera as just another drive, which then you could just copy and paste the files.
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    windows vista also comes with a videosuite that if you have a firewire connection you jsut hook it up and it will slave the camera to the software suite you then hit the transfer button and it copies it across in some instances if the camera isnt completely compatable (or its an older tape unit) it will play back the movie as it records it in the format of your choice on the pcs HD.
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    Really depends on how they store the video, and I'm not familiar with JVC. However, most DV camcorders just use AVI files, which should be visible if your computer mounts the camcorder as another drive. Then, copy the files off (Usually 1 file per recording session, unless they are split because of size) to the PC and edit from there.

    The final step is to encode to DVD format, as you want to do all editing in native format first. Windows Movie Maker, and 100 other programs can do all this for you, but I always find it easier to have the source files on the PC, nice and safe, then work with a copy.
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    I have a HDD/DVD unit that I copy straight onto and burn DVD same as the days of VHS. But I can't edit much before it suffers brain drain.
    On the PC I currently use windows movie maker and import straight from the device, but this isn't ideal either, it's glitchy no matter what quality settings I've tried so far, maybe my PC needs more ponies.
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    many thanks you all make it so simple, I have tried the usb connection a few times, but it only opens up the producer program, for the transfer, but then it may be me too,
    I'll work through each suggestion and see how i go,
    the main computor has Xp on it,
    the laptop has vista
    had the same problems with both.

    thanks again

    john

    ps, failing that i'll take it into the local photo place.
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    Is your camera AVHCD?
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  8. 12th May 2008, 08:45 AM #8
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    thats technical talk,
    don't know what that means,
    its a GZ-MG20AA model.


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  9. 12th May 2008, 09:43 AM #9
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    Its the format file it records in, I cant find any infor in relation to that camera and it being AVHCD so I'm guessing its a older model and the problem may lay with a software conflict. Have you reinstalled the CD provided?
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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnE View Post
    many thanks you all make it so simple, I have tried the usb connection a few times, but it only opens up the producer program, for the transfer,
    That's probably just the Windows associated action for when it sees that device (Which can be changed, BTW). However, once it fires up the program (Indicating it is seeing the device) just switch back to an explorer window and see if a new disk drive has appeared. If so, have a look on it and see what files you can see, and if you can copy one over to your main drive so we can have a play with it from there.
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