What Video Capture Software can I use to capture video to my computer from my Mini DV camcorder?
I have a Sony camcorder that uses Mini DV for storage and I want to save my home videos to my computer. I have the USB cable for it, but I need a software to capture my videos to a standard MPG or MP4 format.
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You can capture the video using Windows Movie Maker, but regardless of which app you use you should capture the video via firewire rather than USB – if your PC hasn’t already got one you’ll need to install a firewire card. They’re cheap, easy to install and readily available. You’ll also need a firewire cable.
Once everything’s connected you can capture and edit the video with Windows Movie Maker (it should already be on your PC) and save it as DV-AVI (it’s under Save on My Computer, Best quality show more choices, Other settings) before converting it to your final format.
"standard MPG or MP4 format" covers a lot of possibilities, from MPEG-1 to H.264, but Super should be able to do what you want. Commercial editors will give you a better choice of output formats, so the conversion shouldn’t be necessary. If you want to make a DVD, have a look at DVD Flick.