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HELP Converting Mini DV Tape to my pc ????

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Old 31-12-2008, 2:05 PM   #1
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HELP Converting Mini DV Tape to my pc ????

I am wanting to transfer my mini dv tapes to my pc, i have a sony dcr hc90. i was to told to download the picture bridge software but there are a number of different versions can anyone help
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Old 31-12-2008, 5:41 PM   #2
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Re: HELP Converting Mini DV Tape to my pc ????

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I am wanting to transfer my mini dv tapes to my pc, i have a sony dcr hc90. i was to told to download the picture bridge software but there are a number of different versions can anyone help
Its not what i would recamend,there are plenty of cheap software that are fine for mini dv.
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Old 31-12-2008, 8:18 PM   #3
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Re: HELP Converting Mini DV Tape to my pc ????

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I am wanting to transfer my mini dv tapes to my pc, i have a sony dcr hc90. i was to told to download the picture bridge software but there are a number of different versions can anyone help
To capture from tape to PC via fire wire, You can simply use Windows Movi Maker or WIN DV ( both free)
To actually edit the footage, as suggested above you can do better than "picture bridge" ( what ever that is?)
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