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In article <alpine.DEB.2.00.1210041836400.10419@sghcrg.sghcrg.pbz>,
 barbie gee <booger@nosespam.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 4 Oct 2012, Kristian M Zoerhoff wrote:
> 
> > On 2012-10-04 12:43, barbie gee wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, 4 Oct 2012, Kristian M Zoerhoff wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 2012-10-04 10:31, barbie gee wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Anybody have/use one that they can recommend?
> >>>>
> >>>> This would be to grab video off of an older camcorder, to a PC.
> >>>>
> >>>> I don't know a thing about this stuff, other than it's some cables, some
> >>>> drivers, and maybe some software to get the job done.  And, some of the
> >>>> low end devices capture at only a really low resolution.
> >>>
> >>> It would be nice to know WHAT CAMCORDER you have so we can figure out if
> >>> it has USB on-board or not.
> >>
> >> It's a Sony DCR TRV8/TRV10.
> >> It has firewire, but whose computer has firewire?
> >
> > My ThinkPad does.
> 
> and, lo and behold, my desktop in my home office has one, too!
> 
> Now we have to be sure she actually HAS the firewire cable that fits with 
> the camcorder.  The literature says it's some kind of "special" cable... 
> Of course, back in 1999, I'm sure it was.  At least the business end of 
> the cable I saw in the manual is standard fireware to the computer.
> 
> Software!  Windows Movie Maker!
> oh what have I gotten myself into...
> ;-)

It's a "Special" cable only in that the camcorder uses a mini connector while 
the other end is a standard firewire connector.
-- 
Yours,
Tom