topic Rif.: dcr-hc44e in Camcorders

dcr-hc44e

zottejos — Sat, 05 Apr 2014 19:09:19 GMT

Hi Guys (and Girls)

hope somebody can help me with this:

In 2006, i bought a sony handycam DVR DCR-HC44E, we bought it when my wife was pregnant, and made DVR-recordings troughout her pregnancy, birth and first couple of years of the life of our daughter.

After a couple of years, we started to record digitally and no longer used our handycam

I didn't use my camcorder for 5 or 6 years, and only last week, i remembered i have 50-60 tapes of my kid. I wanted to show her those movies, but was unable to get them onto my PC/DVD/memory card. The screen on this DVR is only 2,7", so it's not really suitable for a movie night.

I searched the web for a long time, but all methods described are long outdated, the links no longer work, the versions of the software and my OS no longer match,...

Can anybody help me out? I'm running windows 7 pro, there are no firewire-ports on my PC, just USB. I don't expect the highest quality (i understand you need a firewire port for this), just some viewable movies in whatever digital format is available

thanks!

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jan2011 — Sat, 05 Apr 2014 23:15:08 GMT

Without a firewire port is not so easy and economical!

Viewing on TV via A/V connecting cable is so easy, but editing?

Warning! No cable (fake!!!) USB to Firewire exists!

An expensive solution is Pinnacle Studio MovieBox USB(about 100£, capture device + software)

Here a video on YouTube:

And on Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pinnacle-Studio-MovieBox-Ultimate-Coll/dp/B005ZNPNEK/ref=pd_sim_sbs_sw_h__1?ie=UTF8&refRID=12RGQ30S5G0ZM048ZWMH

Jannis

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zottejos — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 08:19:15 GMT

Thanks for the effort you put into this post so far... Since the movies are rather important to us, we will consider buying a movie box...

I do have to compare the prices and delivery delays between buying a PCI firewire card for my desktop and a moviebox

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maottel — Sat, 05 Dec 2015 10:14:39 GMT

The product in not for sale anymore.

What should you do now. I have many tapes I would like to copy to my PC

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Marino.Manolo — Sat, 05 Dec 2015 12:09:07 GMT

Hi @maottel,

if you have an ExpressCard Slot in yours PC search with Google: "ExpressCard FireWire" and "FireWire Cable 4 to 6 pin"

If you haven't an ExpressCard Slot search also: "USB ExpressCard Adaptor"

You have to buy these products for connection between video camera and an recent computer.

Manolo