I have finally bought a camcorder to record the precious moments of becoming a father to triplets. I will be wanting to edit the footage and then burn it to dvd to pass onto family members.
The miniDV camcorder I have bought has a 4 pin firewire port, to allow transfer to pc. this is where my questions lie.
1. Transferring from miniDV tape to PC HDD, how much space is this going to require for 60 mins of footage?
2. Is my laptop going to be powerful enough? Spec below
Dell inspiron 1501
Windows Vista Basic
1.6 Ghz AMD Turion 64x2
1GB Ram (2x512MB)
Onboard graphics.
HDD split over 3 partitions -
A= 44Gb 15GB free
B= 19.8GB 15.8GB free
C= 10.8GB 10.6GB free
Will be getting a PCMCIA firewire port as none in-built
3. Should I be looking at getting an external HDD to cope with the files generated?
4. Do I need specific software or will Windows Movie Maker suffice? If specific software is required, which package would be best for novice users?
I appreciate any responses to this thread.
The miniDV camcorder I have bought has a 4 pin firewire port, to allow transfer to pc. this is where my questions lie.
1. Transferring from miniDV tape to PC HDD, how much space is this going to require for 60 mins of footage?
2. Is my laptop going to be powerful enough? Spec below
Dell inspiron 1501
Windows Vista Basic
1.6 Ghz AMD Turion 64x2
1GB Ram (2x512MB)
Onboard graphics.
HDD split over 3 partitions -
A= 44Gb 15GB free
B= 19.8GB 15.8GB free
C= 10.8GB 10.6GB free
Will be getting a PCMCIA firewire port as none in-built
3. Should I be looking at getting an external HDD to cope with the files generated?
4. Do I need specific software or will Windows Movie Maker suffice? If specific software is required, which package would be best for novice users?
I appreciate any responses to this thread.