Copying from Camcorder to DVD??
 

I was having a clear out earler and i came accross an old Sony DV digicam, I hadn't seen or used this in over 10 years so i charged up the batteries, found some old mini DV tapes and me and Mrs UKBL started to watch our old tapes and boy did it pull on the heartstrings.

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The batch of old tapes i found were of my 2 kids aged 1 and 2 at the time. I think i spent the best part of the evening watching those tapes, mrs UKBL was crying her eyes out :eek:

Which got me thinking wouldn't it be nice to copy the old tapes onto DVD's and give them to Family ;)

You may laugh but i've never tried to copy video to my PC and then onto a DVD, so what do i need to do and is there any special equipment you need??

The Camera has the follow sockets

S video out
DV out
A/V out
LANC

By luck my PC has an S Video socket too!!

Surely it can't be as easy to just connect the two??

Do i need any special software I'm running Vista

Thanks for your help :D

I have a dvd burner included on my computer. Just check your computer for the same, and if it does, then you get the easy way out. Otherwise, I think it's a much longer process. I used to have a program that did it but that's in storage in another state

Thanks, Would i damage the camera or the PC if i just connected them via the s-video sockets?? I have a dvd burner on my pc, it would be nice if it could pick up the camera ;)

I'm not 100% sure. I would probably say no as far as damaging anything. I've never used S-Video before on anything. I've always dealt with the USB side of things