> My Sony PC9 records on mini DV tapes.  A friend of mine would like to get a
> segment of my recording.
>
> The camcorder comes with a AV cable (single pin plugs into the camcorder and
> three RCA plugs on the other side 1 video 2 audio) and I can plug this into
> my VCR and dub it onto a VHS tape, but he does not have a VCR player.  So
> that's out.
>
> Now there is a USB cable that goes from the camcorder to my computer's USB
> port, but that only allows me to see the memory stick content, I cannot play
> a recorded mini DV tape and send the movie over this way.
>
> Next I do have a IEEE 1394 FireWire cable but one end of it plugs into the
> camcorder the other side I think needs to plug into a port from a FireWird
> card which I don't have, but my laptop do have a 1394 port which is
> identical to the port on the camcorder.
>
> So it looks like I would need to either get a cable which has the make
> IEEE1394 on both ends or somehow figure out a way to connect the 3 pin AV
> cable using some other adaptor.
>
> Can someone shed some light on what is the best way?  Once I get it onto the
> computer than I can press a DVD for my friend.
>
> Thanks,
>
> MC

"Gene E. Bloch" <spamfree@nobody.invalid> wrote in message
news:mn.8ad07d638a7ca325.1980@nobody.invalid...
> On 3/15/2006, miamicuse managed to type:
> > My Sony PC9 records on mini DV tapes.  A friend of mine would like to
get a
> > segment of my recording.
> >
> > The camcorder comes with a AV cable (single pin plugs into the camcorder
and
> > three RCA plugs on the other side 1 video 2 audio) and I can plug this
into
> > my VCR and dub it onto a VHS tape, but he does not have a VCR player.
So
> > that's out.
> >
> > Now there is a USB cable that goes from the camcorder to my computer's
USB
> > port, but that only allows me to see the memory stick content, I cannot
play
> > a recorded mini DV tape and send the movie over this way.
> >
> > Next I do have a IEEE 1394 FireWire cable but one end of it plugs into
the
> > camcorder the other side I think needs to plug into a port from a
FireWird
> > card which I don't have, but my laptop do have a 1394 port which is
> > identical to the port on the camcorder.
> >
> > So it looks like I would need to either get a cable which has the make
> > IEEE1394 on both ends or somehow figure out a way to connect the 3 pin
AV
> > cable using some other adaptor.
> >
> > Can someone shed some light on what is the best way?  Once I get it onto
the
> > computer than I can press a DVD for my friend.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > MC
>
> Your laptop probably also has (or can download for free from Microsoft)
> Windows Movie Maker.
>
> So buy a FireWire cable with a four-pin connector at both ends, use WMM
> to capture the video to an AVI-DV file, and use WMM to author a DVD.
>
> If you don't have a DVD burner on the laptop, use your network to
> transfer the file to the desktop PC and use another download of WMM to
> burn a DVD on the desktop PC.
>
> BTW, an OHCI-compliant FireWire card can be had for around $10 to $20
> (or more, if you wish to waste money), so maybe you can add this to
> your desktop computer and thus save the cost of the 4-pin to 4-pin
> cable (which is probably less than $10!).
>
> Otherwise, it gets trickier :-)
>
> If my understanding of WMM is wrong, let's rely on someone who knows
> better to correct me. Or try it yourself and learn empirically :-)
>
> HTH,
> Gino
>
> --
> Gene E. Bloch (Gino)
> letters617blochg3251
> (replace the numbers by "at" and "dotcom")
>
>

> "Gene E. Bloch" <spamfree@nobody.invalid> wrote in message
> news:mn.8ad07d638a7ca325.1980@nobody.invalid...
>> On 3/15/2006, miamicuse managed to type:
>>> My Sony PC9 records on mini DV tapes.  A friend of mine would like to get a
>>> segment of my recording.
>>>
>>> The camcorder comes with a AV cable (single pin plugs into the camcorder
>>> and three RCA plugs on the other side 1 video 2 audio) and I can plug this
>>> into my VCR and dub it onto a VHS tape, but he does not have a VCR player.
>>> So that's out.
>>>
>>> Now there is a USB cable that goes from the camcorder to my computer's USB
>>> port, but that only allows me to see the memory stick content, I cannot
>>> play a recorded mini DV tape and send the movie over this way.
>>>
>>> Next I do have a IEEE 1394 FireWire cable but one end of it plugs into the
>>> camcorder the other side I think needs to plug into a port from a FireWird
>>> card which I don't have, but my laptop do have a 1394 port which is
>>> identical to the port on the camcorder.
>>>
>>> So it looks like I would need to either get a cable which has the make
>>> IEEE1394 on both ends or somehow figure out a way to connect the 3 pin AV
>>> cable using some other adaptor.
>>>
>>> Can someone shed some light on what is the best way?  Once I get it onto
>>> the computer than I can press a DVD for my friend.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> MC
>>
>> Your laptop probably also has (or can download for free from Microsoft)
>> Windows Movie Maker.
>>
>> So buy a FireWire cable with a four-pin connector at both ends, use WMM
>> to capture the video to an AVI-DV file, and use WMM to author a DVD.
>>
>> If you don't have a DVD burner on the laptop, use your network to
>> transfer the file to the desktop PC and use another download of WMM to
>> burn a DVD on the desktop PC.
>>
>> BTW, an OHCI-compliant FireWire card can be had for around $10 to $20
>> (or more, if you wish to waste money), so maybe you can add this to
>> your desktop computer and thus save the cost of the 4-pin to 4-pin
>> cable (which is probably less than $10!).
>>
>> Otherwise, it gets trickier :-)
>>
>> If my understanding of WMM is wrong, let's rely on someone who knows
>> better to correct me. Or try it yourself and learn empirically :-)
>>
>> HTH,
>> Gino
>>
>> --
>> Gene E. Bloch (Gino)
>> letters617blochg3251
>> (replace the numbers by "at" and "dotcom")
>>
>>
>
> Thanks,  I bought a 4 pin to 4 pin cable that now connected my PC9 cam to my
> laptop.  However I am not sure what I should do next.  When I plug in the
> PC9 using the memory stick option, it pops up automatically and I can copy
> files off the drive.  When I plugged in the PC9 now in the normal VCR or
> video mode, nothing comes up on Windows XP.  I do have the built-in 1394
> port so I assume I will not need a PCMCIA Fire-Wire card?
>
> I also have the IntorDV and PhotoDV software but I am not sure I need to
> install them yet.  I think I need some drivers may be?  Someone I need my
> laptop to recognize the hardware before I can do anything further?
>
> Reading PC9's instruction manual says nothing other than "consult computer
> software when interfacing with a computer".
>
> Help!!!
>
> MC