Upload video footage from your camcorder to your computer, without expensive tools.
It doesn't take an extremely fast computer or any expensive equipment to upload videos to your computer. Chances are, your computer is equipped with just the right tools to handle the job. With the help of your computer's FireWire or video capture card, and Windows Movie Maker, you can quickly and efficiently upload videos from a camcorder to your computer.
Instructions
1. Load your video tape into the camera. Set your video camera to "playback" mode, then cue up the video tape to the point where you'd like to begin uploading.
2. Install your video camera's software driver on your computer. After the software has installed, connect your camera to your computer via either FireWire or an analog video cable, such as composite video or S-video. The analog cable type you use will depend on the video ports you have on the camera and your computer.
3. Launch the Windows Movie Maker application on your computer. Click on the "Capture from Video Device" option, located under the "Task" heading in Movie Maker. The Video Capture wizard will appear.
4. Enter a name for your video in the first field of the wizard and select a folder location to store your video, using the second field. Click "Next" to continue to the "Capture Method" sub-menu. Select the first option to upload the whole video tape, or the second option to capture only parts of the tape. Click "Next" to continue to the "Video Capture" sub-menu.
5. Click on the "Start Capture" button and hit "Play" or "Playback" on your video camera to begin uploading your video. Click the "Stop Capture" button to end the upload. Your video files will be stored in the folder location you designated in the previous step.
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