camcorder should work fine - under the condition that the video captured by your GS31 was captured under SP mode and not LP. If captured under LP mode, there *could* be issues - and you might be locked into another Panny.
My camera records video fine but the firewire port on my GS31 is dead. I was wondering if I could buy a cheap used mini dv camera that has a firewire port to use just for capturing the video that I have on the DV tapes that were recorded on my GS31? Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
Tim

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