In: Camcorders
9 Apr 2010I have a Sony Digital Camcorder Model DCR-TRV340. If I save video on the memory stick you can only have 300 by 200 resolution. Is there anyway to record video with the regular tape and then transfer it to a pc with higher resolution?
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1 Response to Can I use my digital camcorder to get high resolution video on my pc?
Little Dog
April 9th, 2010 at 7:24 am
Yes, if your computer has a firewire port or an available expansion slot so you can add one.
The Sony DCR-TRV340 is a Digital8 camcorder and has a DV port. DV, i.LINK, IEEE1394 and firewire are all the same thing. The DV format video is high quality, standard definition, video. USB won’t work and USB to firewire cable/converter things won’t work. USB is used for transferring stills from the memory stick.
Link to the camcorder’s manual:
http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/model-documents.pl?mdl=DCRTRV340
Download the operating instructions. See page 191 for details on i.LINK. See page 206 for the location of the “DV in/out” port (next to the USB port under the flap on the left side of the camcorder).
Cool camcorder… AV-in (most camcorders no longer have this), LANC (for a wire remote – keeps shake to a minimum when using a tripod – or if you mount the camera to a crane and you can zoom or focus or even take a still without touching the camera – and better than the wireless remote because you do not have to be in front of the camcorder to use the LANC), mic input, NightShot (infrared emitter built-in for zero light video capture), viewfinder and LCD panel, headphone jack for monitoring audio being recorded, a focus ring for manual focus control, interval recording for time lapse stills…
When the camcorder is correctly connected to the computer with a firewire cable, and the camcorder is in “Play/Edit” mode (on the power switch), Launch MovieMaker and “Capture” the video. Sometimes MovieMaker throws up for some reason – try WinDV (free download and use – no watermarks) for the transfer, then drag the transferred file to the Capture Area in MovieMaker… then drag to the timeline and edit…