Hi SBN!<br /><br />Your DigitalVideocamera stores the recording in a raw and rather space-comsuming format (on tape). You need to transfer it to your puter by some interface - most often the IEEE1394 / Firewire is supported and most DV's are recognized by this without drivers.<br /><br />Once on the puter you use a program to tweak the file size by compression and picture quality (by clever algorithms) to a compromise where the size is acceptable.<br /><br />There are several programs around for this - even freebees. As video editing is a major business to some (TV, film- and movie makers etc.) there are also pro software ($$$$$$!!). Pinnacle for one is pretty good value and are available both as standalone software and bundke with grabber-card if you need it (for videos not supporting IEEE1394 you can grab the ordinairy signal from S-VHS, BNC or COAX by connecting to the grabber card as you would to a TV).<br /><br />Mail me Tuesday and I'll get you a copy of a freebee that does the trick. Compression to max without spoiling the quality.<br /><br />By making it a file format known by ie. Windows Mediaplayer you allow most pc's to display it from file.<br /><br />Note, however, that even the best compression will leave massive files so keeping video sequences short is vital.
Thanks UU and I will.<br />This info is for my daughter and I don't think she will have any kind of software to do this but we will see after we talk Tuesday.
I didn't think it was going to work, but I tryed it my my didital camra and was able to do. It went on my computer just like a regular picture does, and then it played useing the quicktime software that I already have downloaded of the net someone along the line, I can email the video too, but he whoever I sent it to have has have "quicktime". Their isn't any sound, though.
