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How ironic...this free simple program did the trick.

by Latsop Apr 21, 2005 10:47AM PDT

I have a Sony DCR-HC40. I bought a firewire card and cable so I could copy my home videos to my PC. I must have tried five different commercial programs and ran into problems like sound, choppy frames, or just didn't work at all.

Then I found this free little program called WinDV, and bingo, worked like a charm.

Now, I just need to figure out how to transfer the AVI files to DVD! (^8

Here's a link if you want to check it out.

http://windv.mourek.cz

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WinDV + ...

by cyman Apr 22, 2005 4:17PM PDT

Yes,
WinDV is a great small program for capturing video from a DV camera, but you will need a "comercial program" to burn DVD's.
Actually, AVI files from WinDV will become a DVD only if you use some of video editing software afterwards (Roxio, ULEAD Video Studio, Adobe Premiere ...).

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Burning to DVD...

by Latsop Apr 23, 2005 4:25AM PDT

Hmmmmm...okay, thanks for the tips.

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