I have a Sony DCR DVD 201 and I purchased an IEEE1394 card, where on the camera do I hook this up? I can't find how to connect from my camera to my notebook. Thanks a million in advance for any help
I did a search on this camera and found a review: http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/Sony-DCR-DVD201-Camcorder-Review.htm From what I read, there is no firewire port on the camera, only a USB port.
Thanks very much for your repsonse Frank, I appreciate it. I have another question though, if there's no firewire port, does that mean I'm unable to hook my camera up to my PC?
Reading down through the article: "Through its USB port, the Sony DCR-DVD201 can feed directly into a computer, which allows for playback of footage and stills with the included ImageMixer software. Additionally, the Sony DVD201 can import video to the computer without finalizing the disc itself; in order to play DVD-R/RW on conventional players, the discs must be finalized on the camcorder. Unfortunately, Sony’s included software follows suit with offerings from other DVD camcorder manufacturers; its options are few and, relative to the camcorder’s convenience, hard to access. Editing is very basic, almost comparable to on-camera editing, and exporting to other file formats is cumbersome." The USB port is located here: "Located on the right side, above the mode dial, is the DC-in. The USB port is located just below and slightly to the left of the viewfinder. The remote jack is located to the right of the viewfinder, and a mic input jack and an audio/video input/output rest on the front of the camcorder, under a protective panel. Also, there is an intelligent accessory shoe located on top of the machine, an improvement on the Sony DVD101’s cold shoe." So, you can't use a firewire connection and the supplied software is not all that great. As long as you can capture the video in some form you can edit it with a variety of programs. I actually looked at one of these cameras but ended up getting a mini DV. I'm wondering why you just couldn't put the camera DVD in your computer drive. I'd try it. From what I'm reading the camera produces DVD-Video compliant discs that can play in a DVD player. Those kind of files can be edited. Depending on your editing software some conversion may be in order though.
