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Originally posted by wcc
I have another question for you guys out there. I have a digital camera with a CF memory card. I can download the movie and do whatever I've wanted to so far. So I dug out the camcorder. Not real old (Canon ZR45) can take crappy digital pics and movies on those mini DV tapes. How do you get those movies from that mini DV Tape on the computer? Then when I do can I clip out scenes and modify them in "MovieMaker" like I could with the movies from the memory card?
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I downloaded the ZR45 manual from
Canon to check out that camcorder (I remember thinking about buying that model at one time) and found out a couple of things.
First, there is a USB cable that came with your camera that will allow you to download the pics/movies that you shot on your CF card to your computer.
Then you can play around with Movie Maker (you may need to download the Storage Driver at the above link if you don't have the original CD).
Secondly, for the video that you've shot to tape, you will need a FireWire cable in order to transfer it to your computer.
On the front of your camcorder, under the lens, there is a DV port.
You'll need a 4-pin to 6-pin FireWire cable to transfer the video (
it looks like this).
Get the cable, connect 'em up and you're in business.
Keep in mind that you'll need lots of hard drive space for the video you transfer - DV takes 13GB per hour of footage.
Good luck!