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Capturing video to pc without camcorder.

Hi there, i am stuck at a situation here, i want to capture my dv video cassettes to my pc using firewire, but i dont want to use my camcorder since i am using it all the time at weddings and dont have the time to capture the video from the camcorder directly to my pc, is there another way or hardware i could buy where i can put my dv cassetes in at let it capture while i am away? I dont want to buy another camcorder to do this! thank you for your help.

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Sans offline Verified User (1 year, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 57 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 3 months ago (10 hours, 49 minutes after post)

You need either a dv deck or a camcorder. I use a deck to avoid putting hours on my camera.

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super_ritchiebaby offline Verified User (1 year, 11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 9 #
Greenock, V4, GB | 1 year, 3 months ago (19 hours after post)

There is only 2 ways to get video from DV Tapes

sansceriph wrote:
You need either a dv deck or a camcorder. I use a deck to avoid putting hours on my camera.

Try transferring it late at night and by morning it will be done and ready to edit when you get time. The camera will be frre again too ?

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OldRogue offline Verified User (1 year, 3 months) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 3 months ago (4 days, 1 hour after post)

Well I own a dv deck, and I have to you, they ain’t cheap! The quickest and cheapest way to capture digital video, is to buy a second, but really cheap dv camera, since it doesn’t have to do anything other than transfer video.

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Franciskamichael offline Verified User (1 year, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 3 months ago (6 days, 3 hours after post)

i am currently using my camcorder, but it messes up the heads when you capture to much on the same camcorder, its like doing 2 weddings in the same day then, if you get what im saying…

i tried looking for dv decks on ebay, but had no luck! i looked on google and they are selling for over a grand!!! way too expensive. i bought myself another camcorder with firewire, waiting for the delivery now, thanks for all the help.

cheers

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