topic What cable to connect to PC? in Camcorders

What cable to connect to PC?

pearcw — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 08:40:12 GMT

I have a DCR-HC26E which is not recognised by my Microsoft Surface Pro. DO I need a different cable?

Re: What cable to connect to PC?

Anonymous — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 18:15:13 GMT

Hey there,

I look into this, and hopefully a community member will get back to you soon.

Best wishes,

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darkframe — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 20:51:13 GMT

Hi @pearcw,

well, I'm using a Windows 10 PC but have got no experience regarding those Surface tablets.

Anyhow, even on a desktop PC you will most likely might have problems connecting such a rather old camera (13 years old or so) via USB. Simply spoken it'll be hard to find any working USB driver for a rather new operating system working together with such an old camera. That'll most likely be the reason for your problem.

You might have a chance when installing and using PlayMemories Home on your tablet. Sorry, can't link you to the download page as I'm always re-directed to the German site. Anyhow, I neither know whether you'll be able to install it on your tablet nor whether it would really solve your problem, sorry.

Cheers

darkframe

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Blencogo — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 08:34:05 GMT

Support for USB transfer finished with Windows XP.

You will need to transfer using the AV Cable supplied with the camera and shown on page 33 of your manual here:

https://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/support/res/manuals/2659/26598121M.pdf

You will need to buy a ‘USB Video Capture Device’ to connect the AV Cable to a USB port on your PC. There cost around £20 - try Amazon.

There may be some help available here:

https://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/support/camcorders-tape-camcorders/dcr-hc26e

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IamNic — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 13:07:54 GMT

Hello @pearcw and @Blencogo,

I too would recommend to get a so called "video grabber".

I though would recommend the one from Magix, since it also comes with a very easy to use video editing software: https://www.magix.com/gb/video/rescue-your-videotapes/

- Nic