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Originally Posted by jdiwnab
Converting files usually means lose of quality. The best thing to do it to import the movies again from the camera using a commersial video editing software. Some Pinnacle software will do this. My burner came with Ulead. Ulead lets me import the video off of the camera at full speed though firewire (i-Link). It automatically separates into scenes and puts them in order. If you are fimilar with iMovie, it is similar. BTW iMovie works good too. It sounds like you are using Windows Movie Maker. WMM does movie editing, too, but I don't like it. It will also burn stuff.
Most video editors will let you import video from an external camera. You might need extra hardware to import TV and VHS/commersial stuff like it.
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This procedure is definitely the best option. For the highest quality, you'll need an IEEE-1395 (Firewire or iLink) connection from the camera to your computer. Pinnacle Studio has the ability to import footage directly from a camera using the IEEE-1395 connection. If you have a IEEE-1395 port on your computer and the camera, plug it in and Windows plug-n-pray should pick it up. Select 'open in Studio' and it will be good to go. Otherwise open studio, go to the import screen (the first tab). If you don't see a picture of a camera with vcr-type controls, go to set-up and edit the capture device to be a DV Camcorder. The rest should be relatively simple. PM me if you have any more questions!