video from camcorder to pc.....

[oceaneer]

OK, never done this before. The wife recently purchased a miniDV camcorder and would like to be able to download/capture the footage to the pc, edit a little, then burn it to a cd.

I see firewire "kits" with card, cable and s/ware for various prices. On the order of $50 - $100 could anyone suggest a reasonable solution?

We are talking basic home movie stuff here, a little edit, a little email clip or still shot to the grandparents, nothing Spielberg.

Thanks

[Technoid]

Ask in Desktop video and one of the pro's will give you an exelent answer

I can only say that any card that bundles a ulead product is the way to go

[Kurt]

Originally posted by Technoid
Ask in Desktop video and one of the pro's will give you an exelent answer

I can only say that any card that bundles a ulead product is the way to go

or Pinnacle Studio 7. It's _very_ easy to use. You can either buy it separately or bundled with a firewire/dv card. If you don't already have firewire on your pc, buy the bundled version (there are sometimes compatibility issues with cheap dv cards and windows ).

[High_Jumbllama]

There's always this but it isn't cheap.

[Gurm]

The DV issue is less of an issue now than it was a year or two back. Before the newest generation of software came out, you had to worry about whether there were the right capture drivers for your Firewire port for Windows (long story). But with newer versions of Windows (ME, XP) and better drivers and newer software, this is now largely a non-issue.

Just get the best software you can in your kit.

- Gurm