[straygoat]

Hello

I have a Sony DCR-404 (not 404E) and wondered if anyone out there can help me get video from it onto my PC. I want to edit the footage I have recorded, but I don't know how to get it onto my PC as this model has no USB cable (or port).

Can anyone tell me what cable I need (or explain how to get my footage from the DVDs to be read on my PC? I can play the DVD on my PC but can't access the files in Windows Movie Maker.

Thanks

Craig

[redsox_mark]

You don't need (can't use) a cable... you need to use the DVD itself.

The problem is Windows Movie Maker doesn't handle MPEG2 files. You need additional software to be able to read and edit the video files, as well as author a DVD.

My favourite is Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platimum
http://www.sonymediasoftware.com/pro...ct.asp?PID=408

There is a free trial but for liscencing reasons it doesn't include MPEG2 support, so you will only be able to do so much with it without purchasing it.

There are others; Womble, Ulead, Pinnacle..

With Sony Vegas, you simply load the DVD into your drive and tell it to "open DVD camcorder disc". With some software you would need to place the .VOB files on the timeline.

DVD Videos consist of a VIDEO_TS directory with a number of files, the media itself is in .VOB files.