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DVD Camcorder
I'm like, ripping my hair out.
My dad bought this DVD camera, & it's really hard to figure out.
It's a hitachi.
Mult format.
DVD-RAM/DVD-RW/DVD-R
SD Card
16:9 Widescreen recording
16x Optical Zoom
240x Digital Zoom
RAM Campatible.
I took it to this Farm Aid thing I went to the other night, & some dude ODed & we got it on tape, and I want to get it up on the internet because my friends want to see the cops & stuff. I know that's kinda morbid, but it's really interesting, the whole CSI thing.
So anyway, I've been trying since Sunday Morning to upload this thing onto the computer. I downloaded the CD software that came with the camera but it still isn't working. I just can't figure out how to work it. The manual is so hard to understand. It's for like computer geniuses. Can anyone help me out?
Greatly Appreciated.
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Hi there,
I am sorry nobody was able to answer this. As I just found it, I would like to address it for anyone who might find it via the search engines.
If you are still having trouble, I can probably help you, if you will provide the model number, so that I can look up the manual for that specific one.
I looked at a recent model, just to see what the manual for Hitachi DVD Camcorders looks like these days. Their choice of terminology is not very good, that is for sure. :-(
The key is to know which area of the manual to pay attention to. You want to be able to export video to a format you can edit on your computer. The choice you want, of those offered, is MPEG2.
With that in mind, here is the manual section of interest. Follow the steps exactly as given and all should be well between you and your Hitachi camera:
To capture in MPEG2 file format
1 Connect to PC the DVD video camera/
recorder in which a DVD-RAM/DVD-RW
(VR-mode) is loaded.
2 Start up DVD-MovieAlbumSE.
3 From the DVD-MovieAlbumSE screen, select
the thumbnail of the program from which
you wish to create a DVD video, and rightclick
it to execute “Export”.
4 The “Program Export” screen as shown on
the right will appear: Perform settings for
export.
For settings on “Resolution” and “Audio” in
the “Export Mode” box, choose the options
with “Recommendation” displayed: If other
options are chosen, it will take more time to
export. If you change the folder name in
“Destination Folder” column, you can also
change the folder in which the exported file
will be stored.
5 Click the “Start” button.
6 When export is complete, the screen shown
below will appear: Choose “No”, and then
click “Close” on the “Export a title” screen.
MPEG2 files will be stored in the export
destination folder specified on the “Export a
title” screen in step 4.
... It may be Greek to you, but when you are done, you will have a video file you can load into your video editor of choice, and export in DiVX or some other web-ready standard.
All of this assumes you have the model with a USB connection. If you have the one without the USB connection, you will have to rip the video off the DVD.
You can try a tool from:
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... for that. You can get a free trial of most of the DVD ripping tools:
Xilisoft DVD Ripper 4.0 (The recommended tool by most sites I could find on this problem, just because it is easy)
Xilisoft DVD Copy Express (Probably not, since you don't really want a copy)
Xilisoft Video Converter 3.1 (Maybe your best choice for ripping video from the discs made by your DVD camcorder)
I don't know if you or anyone else will be interested in doing more than just ripping the video, so I included a few options there.
While I am doing links... here is the Hitachi DV camera page:
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... Here is the list of manuals for Hitachi CamCorders:
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... select the drop-down for "Digital Camcorder."
It only lists manuals for the following models, so if yours isn't among them you will have to write/call Hitachi for help. (mostly for other people who might have lost their manuals.
Brand Model Number Description
HITACHI DZBX31A DVD Camcorder
HITACHI DZBX35A Camcorder
HITACHI DZGX20A Camcorder
HITACHI DZGX20MA DVD Camcorder
HITACHI DZGX3100A Camcorder
HITACHI DZGX3200A Camcorder
HITACHI DZGX3300A Camcorder
HITACHI DZHS300A Digital Camcorder
HITACHI DZHS303A Digital Camcorder
HITACHI DZMV100A DVD Camcorder
HITACHI DZMV200A DVD Camcorder
HITACHI DZMV230A DVD Camcorder
HITACHI DZMV270A DVD Camcorder
HITACHI DZMV350A DVD Camcorder
HITACHI DZMV380A DVD Camcorder
HITACHI DZMV550A DVD Camcorder
HITACHI DZMV580A DVD Camcorder
HITACHI DZMV730A Camcorder
HITACHI DZMV750MA DVD Camcorder
HITACHI DZMV780A Camcorder
HITACHI DZMV780MA DVD Camcorder
... Good luck!
DN.
P.S. Here is the tale of someone overcoming a similar situation with a Sony DVD camcorder and no way to get the video off the disc:
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