Transfer from Mini DV tape to PC...

[gesmyth3429]

Firstly - apologies in advance if my question appears somewhat 'dumb' - I'm not the most techy person in the world!

I have a digital video camera recorder (model: Sony DCR-PC101E) and wish to transfer the content of my mini DV tapes to my PC (Dell with Windows Vista).  My camcorder is about 8 years old and my PC about 3 years old.

I understand that if I buy an iLink cable to connect the camcorder to PC I will be able to transfer the DV tape content to the PC in an effective manner....

My question - does/would my computer have the necessary driver for the camcorder? (I have Windows Movie Maker installed).  If not - where/how do I obtain the correct driver for my (8 year old) camcorder?

Your help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

[petercorker]

I have a DCR-PC8E and have only a firewire (IEEE1394) cable. This plugs into a firewire port on an adapter I have added to my PC. I can then transfer the video from camcorder to PC using third party software (I use Roxio 2010 pro) and create a DVD. I would have preferred to use USB but can only find information for connection using IEEE1394. Not sure if this helps or not.

[turnell]

Your Camcorder should have cables. Your PC will be running with USB port.

i Check your camera output system.

2 Check your computer input system.

3 If your iLink cable connects to camera and computer then both of them should talk to each other.

Sorry i'm into PC but i use Appple Mac.