Sony Handicam DVD help

[kb-zxr]

I have one of these cameras, and the videos record onto little DVDs. Is there any way of getting the videos off the disc onto your computer hard drive as they seem to be integrated into the menu, like a film DVD.

Is specialist software required?

Thanks, Kurt

[Silver]

That's so they're in a format that standard DVD players can read. The videos are the files that end in .vob.

Have a look here for some general advice:
https://www.digital-digest.com/

I use a piece of software called FlaskMPEG to encode DVD files as MPEGs, AVIs etc.

https://www.flaskmpeg.net/

I've never used those DVD-burning camcorders - can't they record to tape at all?

[kb-zxr]

Thanks for that info. By the looks of them they only record onto DVD. Its not really mine you see, its my dads

Quality of video and sound is ace though, I well recommend them. Just gotta figure out how to mount it to my tank

[Stew]

The camera should come with USB cable and some software "ImageMixer Ver.1.5 for Sony DVD Handycam". From there it's very easy to import the movies from the camera to your PC. They save as MPEG2 movies.
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[0ni]

CD players haven't skipped for a few years

They all come with far better mechanics now along with memory buffers before the stuff is written to disc so it should be good
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[kb-zxr]

Thats a good point Chris, I think Oni's right, as it records to its little hard drive first, then you can review it - if you like it - save it, if not delete. Its all pretty funky stuff, its just getting my head around it.

Silver - Im having some editing some editing problems - im sending a PM in a sec mate


Thanks, Kurt

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