A friend of ours has several videos on his camcorder, a Panasonic PV-DV910, that he wants to transfer to his computer. We tried connecting to several computers with OS Windows XP to Windows 10, and nothing worked. Did live chat with Panasonic, no drivers available. Couldn't find a Mini DV reader on Amazon. Any suggestions?Allow me to attempt to help.
I write 'attempt' because I use Apple Macs. There are two other names for DV cables & connectors, IEEE1394 and Firewire.
On Mac laptops, there used to be Firewire ports, which I've used successfully to transfer DV data into the Mac using a program called iMovie. On the newer Macs, there is no Firewire port, per se. Instead, one buys a Firewire-Thunderbolt adapter and plugs it into the Thunderbolt port. I've done that, too. Perhaps you can do an Internet search using one of DV's synonyms to find a match with your PC equipment? Good luck and please let me know via this Topic if you are successful.
If I understand you are trying to transfer MiniDV tapes to digital. If you have the camera the tapes were recorded on or even another MiniDV camcorder, most of them have ports like lev29 was talking about and on a Mac you can plug the camera into the computer and transfer the content using iMovie.
You can then edit and save to a digital file, play back and write to a DVD if that it what is wanted. You would not need a video card or extra player. Not sure on Windows how that could be done, but should be possible. If not possible on Windows without add ons, I would find a friend with a Mac to transfer the video, or if possible, leave the dark side and switch to Mac! No drivers needed for Macs.
I have a similar (??) problem, I have a Canon Mini DV camera, of which I'm quite happy with. I download to the pc using a pinnacle movie box and associated software, that was fine with XP, but when I upgraded my pc's it would not work so I have to retain a pc running XP, Pinnacle do not have updates for Win 7 I use a diamond 500 (similar to pinnacle). Its output is not comparable to mini dv original, but using the svhs input, it is not too shabby, especially since we are talking about old family pictures on a relatively fragile medium (tape). For higher quality (selected tapes) pro-services is the way to go. Diamond works with W7 (64) and perhaps more recent windows too. I have a similar (??) problem, I have a Canon Mini DV camera, of which I'm quite happy with. I download to the pc using a pinnacle movie box and associated software, that was fine with XP, but when I upgraded my pc's it would not work so I have to retain a pc running XP, Pinnacle do not have updates for Win 7Please forgive me, as I'm really not trying to laud the benefits of Macs over PCs (since I have heard of examples, admittedly rare, where a PC has the upper hand,) but it's like Mr.
T once said, ' I pity the fool who' wastes a pristine digital signal source by converting it to analog so that a Pinnacle-type device can input it into another digital device! I'm assuming that this Pinnacle device is similar to the one I use exclusively for transferring original analog video sources to a computer, as it lacks a digital input. I use a diamond 500 (similar to pinnacle). Its output is not comparable to mini dv original, but using the svhs input, it is not too shabby, especially since we are talking about old family pictures on a relatively fragile medium (tape). For higher quality (selected tapes) pro-services is the way to go. Diamond works with W7 (64) and perhaps more recent windows tooLike Vice-Presidential running mate Senator Lloyd Bentson once said to Senator Dan Quayle in 1988, 'S-VHS, I knew Digital Video, I worked with Digital Video.
S-VHS, you're no Digital Video!' I'm not criticizing your use of an analog source as a means to preserve your family photos and videos at the time; I suffer much from the same predicament, BUT your comparison to the OP's situation is invalid. Because in her friend's case, the original source is DIGITAL! Unless your diamond 500 has a Digital Input, it's as worthless as a Pinnacle for solving the OP's problem.
Please forgive me, as I'm really not trying to laud the benefits of Macs over PCs (since I have heard of examples, admittedly rare, where a PC has the upper hand,) but it's like Mr. T once said, ' I pity the fool who' wastes a pristine digital signal source by converting it to analog so that a Pinnacle-type device can input it into another digital device! I'm assuming that this Pinnacle device is similar to the one I use exclusively for transferring original analog video sources to a computer, as it lacks a digital input. Get it?!Please forgive me, as I'm really u not /u trying. Perhaps I didn't make it clear, yes, the ORIGINAL device (my Canon DV) is analogue, so I transfer via the Pinnacle to DIGITAL on the pc. Sorry the camera is called a DV (??) but it records on a small mini tape??No kiddin'.
Yeah, a Digital Video tape! I own a Canon DV camcorder as well (bought it in 2002.) It's digital! Newsbob is correct. That's why I think it's a shame to make an analog copy from it when there are alternatives. The following is not intended to be supercilious, bigalw; rather, merely to edify you given your apparent lack of understanding regarding digital vs analog.
A DVD video contains digital video (and presumably digital audio, but let's ignore that for the time being); however, IF the means of recording the video was done via an ADC (Analog-to-Digital) converter at any step in the transfer process, THEN the DVD's content has gone through being Analog. I refuse to believe your Canon DV camcorder does not have a Digital Output on it! Plus, I bet this output is referred to as 'DV' or 'DV out.' But it sounds like you used the Analog output, which consists of a mini plug that contains two analog audio channels on one composite video channel.
A friend of ours has several videos on his camcorder, a Panasonic PV-DV910, that he wants to transfer to his computer. We tried connecting to several computers with OS Windows XP to Windows 10, and nothing worked. Did live chat with Panasonic, no drivers available. Couldn't find a Mini DV reader on Amazon. Any suggestions?The following link from a vendor's page, titled FIREWIRE CONNECTOR GUIDE (IEEE-1394 CONNECTOR - FIREWIRE速, I.LINK速, DV) may help you to purchase the appropriate cable and/or adapter: As you'll see, Firewire connectors come in 3 different shapes. Hey, sleepy, are you a physician? If so, what kind?
Or are you a master of sleeping?:-D 8-).
I recently purchased a new iMac G4 with all the bells and whistles using OS X.2 (Jaquar). I thought having the newest equipment would allow me to download movies from our palmcorder using iMovie on the Mac. Unfortunately, the iMac does not support our particular camcorder, Panasonic PV-DV910. On the web, it shows our camera being hooked and working. I'm confused.
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Is there or is there not a driver for running this on OS X? I've called both Apple and Panasonic and they say to ask Microsoft for the software driver. Well, is there one? Mickey Stevens 5/11/2002, 17:00 น.