Mini DVs from a US camera

quad_red

Hi folks,

Would be grateful for a few pieces of advice. Got married last summer and my sis in law got some lovely video from the day on her American Mini DV camcorder. She was to convert the footage to DVD and send it over.

But.... her camcorder no longer works. So she's sent me over two Mini DV tapes (Mini DV ME 60 DVM60 60/90 Fujifilm).

I need to get them transferred to something I can work with. Two questions:

1) Will the tapes be a wonky format/region cos it's from a US camera?
2) Could ye recommend a reliable service in Dublin that would convert them to disc for me?

Been meaning to do this for a while but the impending little arrival in a few months (the *next* big thing) is lighting a fire under my ass to get the wedding stuff sorted out

Thanks a million,
Quad

stunt_penguin

Can't recommend a service, however although the format *may* slightly differ from the cameras that you'll find over here (in that they'll be NTSC standard, rather than PAL) there shouldn't be too much of a problem getting most cameras to play it back.

Forest Master

PM me - I'll do it for free. I have a Sony DSR11 that can play the tapes, and a standards converter. In D17.

quad_red

jacson wrote: »

Use a programme such as Ulead VideoStudio - you take your miniDVDs and put them one at a time in the DVD tray of your PC - making sure they sit in the little central depression of the tray. (you may need to 'finalise' the DVDs in your camcorder.)

Not sure I'll be able to get this

http://www.freefoto.com/images/04/12/04_12_12---Mini-DV-Digital-Video-Tape_web.jpg?&k=Mini+DV+Digital+Video+Tape

into this

http://assets.gearlive.com/blogimages/gallery/macbook-aluminum-unboxing/015-macbook-2008-unboxing_medium.JPG

quad_red

Forest Master wrote: »

PM me - I'll do it for free. I have a Sony DSR11 that can play the tapes, and a standards converter. In D17.

Legend!