I posted on a board above but it might have been in the worng place. What I need help with is. I have 4-5 tapes made on a Sony DCR-TRV22 mini Cam. My problem is I don't know how to attach my cam to my computer and then transfer the videos over to my computer. nor do I have any video editing software to edit and then burn a DVD. I do have a DVD burner but have never tried anything like this. I was hoping for some help/advice in what I need to do and buy (cheap) that will do all of this for me. Thanks for your time and trouble.
Unfortunately, the only video cam capturing/editing software I am mostly familiar with is Edius Pro. If you read the guides on Canopus' site, it should be pretty easy to use. You can also download a 30-day trial from there. Sorry I can't think of any free ones to use.
i have USB on the computer and I have an s-video too. the cam has S-video, and Audio/video port for RCA type cables (yellow,red, and white) and it has a firewire type pulg in too. something like the very small square one. it came with a cable that has USB on one in and that smaller plug on the other. I have pluged in everything I can find and my computer will not see the camera. I have windows movie maker and even with the program up and running and I plug in the camera and play a tape it will not see it.
i suggest Avery Lee's 'Virtual Dub', Sony Vegas (dL the trial version for starters) or Corel VideoStudio X2. I use CVX2 myself. The trial version for the program can be found at http://www.corel.com One thing i wanted to ask, is yours a digital or analog recorder? Based on you having tape on it, i'd say it's probably analog.
