I have recently bought a Canon MV830i and would like to copy my video
footage to my PC, and then burn to CD. There appears to be nothing in the
manual or on the accompanying CD (Canon Digital Video Software) telling me
how to do this (it's all about using the USB cable to dump stills), can
someone enlighten me please?

TIA
tim

Do you have XP with MovieMaker, and a Firewire (DV) cable attached to
the camera ? Turn on the camera in playback mode, start MovieMaker and
see if you can get anywhere from there.

Cheers - Neil

On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 18:00:18 +0100, "tim"
wrote:

I have recently bought a Canon MV830i and would like to copy my video
footage to my PC, and then burn to CD. There appears to be nothing in the
manual or on the accompanying CD (Canon Digital Video Software) telling me
how to do this (it's all about using the USB cable to dump stills), can
someone enlighten me please?

TIA
tim

On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 18:00:18 +0100, "tim"
wrote:

I have recently bought a Canon MV830i and would like to copy my video
footage to my PC, and then burn to CD. There appears to be nothing in the
manual or on the accompanying CD (Canon Digital Video Software) telling me
how to do this (it's all about using the USB cable to dump stills), can
someone enlighten me please?

Connect the Firewire port on the camera to a Firewire port on your
computer. Run a video-editing program. Windows Movie Maker (supplied
with Windows XP) will do. Put your camera in playback mode and
follow the instructions in the program to capture video.

It's so simple that the manual can't really say much more than "you
can dump video down a Firewire link".

Do you have XP with MovieMaker, and a Firewire (DV) cable attached to
the camera ? Turn on the camera in playback mode, start MovieMaker and
see if you can get anywhere from there.

I have the first 2, but not Firewire; it won't work with USB then?
TIA
tim

On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 18:00:18 +0100, "tim"
wrote:

I have recently bought a Canon MV830i and would like to copy my video
footage to my PC, and then burn to CD. There appears to be nothing in the
manual or on the accompanying CD (Canon Digital Video Software) telling me
how to do this (it's all about using the USB cable to dump stills), can
someone enlighten me please?

Canon don't seem to make manuals freely available online, unlike many
other manufacturers. But I found a spec sheet which includes:

Connectivity
PC connectivity is fully supported. Use the DV in/out connecter to
upload and download your digital movies and digitise videotape with
the built-in converter. JPEGs and up to 60 minutes of Motion JPEG are
stored direct on MMC or SD memory cards for upload via USB.

This confirms that digital movies use the Firewire port (they call it
the DV in/out).

If your computer doesn't have a Firewire port, you can add one quite
cheaply. I don't think the famous £15-including-cable deal from Dabs
is still available :-) But you shouldn't have to pay much more.
Don't be seduced by a £80 bundle including a low-end video editor. It
won't be any better than Windows Movie Maker.

One warning. You're very limited in your scope for dv editing unless
you have a reasonably new and powerful computer.

"tim" wrote in message
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Do you have XP with MovieMaker, and a Firewire (DV) cable attached to
the camera ? Turn on the camera in playback mode, start MovieMaker and
see if you can get anywhere from there.

I have the first 2, but not Firewire; it won't work with USB then?
TIA
tim

Most DV cameras have a webcam streaming mode using usb1/1.1. We are talking
low quality quarter size videos. For full quality DV video you need
Firewire.

"John Russell" wrote in message
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"tim" wrote in message
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Do you have XP with MovieMaker, and a Firewire (DV) cable attached to
the camera ? Turn on the camera in playback mode, start MovieMaker and
see if you can get anywhere from there.

I have the first 2, but not Firewire; it won't work with USB then?
TIA
tim

Most DV cameras have a webcam streaming mode using usb1/1.1. We are
talking low quality quarter size videos. For full quality DV video you
need Firewire.



PC World have a 6 port (4 external, 2 internal) firewire card with cable for
about £17.

"John Russell" wrote in message
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"John Russell" wrote in message
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"tim" wrote in message
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Do you have XP with MovieMaker, and a Firewire (DV) cable attached to
the camera ? Turn on the camera in playback mode, start MovieMaker and
see if you can get anywhere from there.

I have the first 2, but not Firewire; it won't work with USB then?
TIA
tim

Most DV cameras have a webcam streaming mode using usb1/1.1. We are
talking low quality quarter size videos. For full quality DV video you
need Firewire.



PC World have a 6 port (4 external, 2 internal) firewire card with cable
for about £17.

Crumbs I only fitted this card to a PC 2 months ago and they have changed
their stock! The now have a 3 port card + cable for £9.99!

It's so simple that the manual can't really say much more than "you
can dump video down a Firewire link".

Indeed, but shame they don't bother to put that in it (or at least don't put
it anywhere obvious, as I haven't found it to date!)

Thanks for answering the question folks, I now have to trot out and get a
Firewire card ;o)
tim

On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 00:51:52 +0100, "tim"
wrote:


It's so simple that the manual can't really say much more than "you
can dump video down a Firewire link".

Indeed, but shame they don't bother to put that in it (or at least don't put
it anywhere obvious, as I haven't found it to date!)

I bet it's in there somewhere! Pity Canon don't let us download
manuals.

Your camera will have the little 3-pin Firewire socket. Don't forget
to get a suitable cable or adaptor.


Thanks for answering the question folks, I now have to trot out and get a
Firewire card ;o)
tim