Transferring Recorded Material - Canon MD215 Manual

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Transferring recorded material

To transfer recorded material to a computer, you will need a firewire cable. There are three
main connections, as pictured below:
3 Pin
The cameras have a 3 Pin socket. What connection you will need on the other end will depend on
the socket on the computer you plan to use. Most Information Commons desktop machines will
need a 3 Pin - 6 Pin cable, whereas the Information Commons laptops will need a 3 Pin - 3 Pin. If
you plan on using your own computer you may need any of these, or may not have Firewire at all.
If in doubt please ask a member of staff.
Firewire Cables for IC laptops and desktop machines are available as "additional items"
when you book your camera via MyRooms&Resources, or separately as "IC Accessories"
To capture the material you would use editing software such as Windows MovieMaker, Adobe
Premiere, iMovie or Final Cut Pro. The details vary of how you would do this - see
www.shef.ac.uk/cics/creativemedia/ for Quick Tips guides for these programmes, that will give
detailed instruction on how to do this.
Note - Capturing from tape takes as long as the footage you want to capture - if you recorded an
hour, for example, it will take an hour.
For more information see www.shef.ac.uk/cics/creativemedia
6 Pin
The cable attaches to the camera in the socket
labelled DV (circled), under the LCD display
monitor, with the other end attaching to your
computer.
9 Pin
.