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record directly to computer

by antipickle Oct 31, 2007 10:10PM PDT

Can someone tell me which camcorders are able to record directly to a computer or what specs I would look at to see if they can?

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Any FIREWIRE camcorder can do this.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Nov 1, 2007 12:46AM PDT

Just add this software -> WinDV.

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Agree... of course, this presumes your computer
by boya84 Nov 1, 2007 2:36AM PDT

has an available FireWire port (adding FireWire is generally easy to do if you have available expansion slots...)

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