I have a Sony DCR DVD 201 and I purchased an IEEE1394 card, where on the camera do I hook this up? I can't find how to connect from my camera to my notebook.
"Through its USB port, the Sony DCR-DVD201 can feed directly into a computer, which allows for playback of footage and stills with the included ImageMixer software. Additionally, the Sony DVD201 can import video to the computer without finalizing the disc itself; in order to play DVD-R/RW on conventional players, the discs must be finalized on the camcorder. Unfortunately, Sony?s included software follows suit with offerings from other DVD camcorder manufacturers; its options are few and, relative to the camcorder?s convenience, hard to access. Editing is very basic, almost comparable to on-camera editing, and exporting to other file formats is cumbersome."
The USB port is located here:
"Located on the right side, above the mode dial, is the DC-in. The USB port is located just below and slightly to the left of the viewfinder. The remote jack is located to the right of the viewfinder, and a mic input jack and an audio/video input/output rest on the front of the camcorder, under a protective panel. Also, there is an intelligent accessory shoe located on top of the machine, an improvement on the Sony DVD101?s cold shoe."
So, you can't use a firewire connection and the supplied software is not all that great.
As long as you can capture the video in some form you can edit it with a variety of programs.
I actually looked at one of these cameras but ended up getting a mini DV. I'm wondering why you just couldn't put the camera DVD in your computer drive.
I'd try it. From what I'm reading the camera produces DVD-Video compliant discs that can play in a DVD player. Those kind of files can be edited. Depending on your editing software some conversion may be in order though.
