Help with camcorder and movie maker

notakid

Hello Everyone

My son wants to make movies to post on you tube. We have a digital camcorder VP-D70 Samsung but no lead to fit to computer. Its a small DV 4pin.

Also can anyone tell me of any good software he can buy to help him edit his movies?

Many thanks

albertross_2

Does your computer have a firewire card or input?

Donnie

Connections

Connector Types:
1 x composite video/audio output ( mini-phone 3.5mm )
1 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire/i.LINK) ( 4 PIN FireWire )
1 x S-Video output ( 4 PIN mini-DIN )
1 x microphone ( mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm )

How do you propose to connect it to the computer?

Once over that hurdle, I'm sure that we can come up with software suggestions.

Free software;

notakid

Hi
Thanks for the replies
The connection is
1 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire/i.LINK) ( 4 PIN FireWire )

I have no idea how to connect it to the computer as I tried to buy a lead a couple of years ago and had no joy! Also there is no driver with the camcorder.

I've just brought my son a dell laptop details are below

Item No. Description Quantity Unit Price Net
210-17061 Inspiron 1501 Turion 64 X2 TL56 (1.8GHz, 512K) 1 379.00 379.00
200-44996 List N03153A- BSD 1501 (4) 1
230-10055 15.4" Wide Screen XGA TFT Display: 1280x800 1
235-13024 Free Nylon Carry Case 1
239-11745 Save £120 (ex VAT) 1
340-14089 UK/Ireland - Power Cord 1
340-14095 English - System Documentation 1
340-14200 Inspiron Resource DVD - Vista (Diagnostics & Drivers) 1
370-11933 Memory Dual-Channel 2048MB (2x1024) 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM 1
385-10276 Not Included Floppy Disk Drive 1
400-13074 120GB (5,400 rpm) Hard Drive 1
429-12461 Power DVD 7.0 - Vista 1
429-12462 Roxio Vista - Creator / MYDVD 9.0 1
429-12463 Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive 1
450-11244 AC Adapter 65W 1
451-10384 4 Cell 29WHr Primary battery 1
460-10209 Carry Case Large Nylon Black (L44xW33xH12) 1.4kg 1
490-10592 ATI Radeon Xpress 1150 256MB HyperMemory 1
530-10762 UK Modem Cable and Adapter Internal V.92 Data, Fax, Voice Functions 1
555-10880 Dell™ Wireless 1390 802.11b/g Mini-PCI Card (for AMD Processors) 1
583-11393 UK/Ire - (QWERTY) - Internal Keyboard 1
613-10361 Software Drivers 1
619-10905 English - Vista Home Basic 1
630-11001 English Microsoft Works 8.5 (Word Processor, Database) with Recovery CD 1
640-10280 UK Internet Service Provider (Orange & Tiscali) 1
640-10395 English Adobe Reader 7.0.8 1
640-10535 Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI - 60 day trial 1
640-10537 Corel Snapfire Starter Edition 1
640-10551 Dell Support 3.2.2. - Vista Only 1
650-10792 English McAfee Security Centre 8.0 - 30 Day Trial Version 1
680-17530 No Warranty Upgrade 1
680-17531 Base Warranty 1
680-17532 90 Day CAR (Collect and Return) 1

Moneymaker

I realise this is no help to the O.P. but for anyone wanting to buy a PC that comes with free movie software, I'd recommend a Mac (new or used). Since about 2000 all Macs have come with "iMovie" which is really easy to use and to burn DVDs. I do all my holiday movies (and you-tube stuff) with it. I have a Sony DCR-HC22E camcorder (which wasn't even listed as compatible). I bought a Firewire lead from Jessops but there are much cheaper places.

albertross_2

Not sure if the 1501 has firewire, but a 6400 (about £50 more) has, and you don't need a driver, you just plug a firewire lead (sold just about anywhere, Curry's etc), into the port, and moviemaker will pick up the camera and import the video.

notakid

Looking through the specs it doesn't seem to have a firewire.

Could I buy a program like Dazzle? Would that give me the right leads?

albertross_2

Have you got the laptop yet?

Dazzle is a plugin thing. Plugs into usb, and has composite and s-video inputs, which aren't as high quality as firewire.

Donnie

Don't think quality is an issue for YouTube. It will be fine.

If you are going to be using it at home, better to buy this; http://www.amazon.co.uk/GSA-E20N-External-USB2-0-Writer-Capture/dp/B000NNS2X6

Donnie

If there is a spare PC card slot, this is the option for the best quality; http://www.allmacshop.co.uk/?page=proddetail&prod=15929 (Just an indicative link)

I'm assuming PC Express.