Converting Sony DV videos to laptop windows

clarisse-s wrote on 9/8/2023, 8:26 PM

I am having the same problem. I am going to try some of the the solutions suggested and see if they work. I do not want to get a firewall but I am wondering is the ilink the cord that will plug into the extra space on the camera the looks like it m ay say dv. I used the mini usb to the usb on my laptop and I also used a video 8 but that is what did not give me audio. I am concerned about buying the ilink because if it does not come with the standard USB at the other end, how will I get it into my laptop. Is there an adaptor available. I could ot believe that the HUGE BEST BUY did not have any sophisticated equipment and I also called SONY and they said they do not deal with those SONY devices referrringt o my camcorder. I asked them, "Isn't this SONY? Did I call the wrong number?" They said it was SONY but basiclally too bad.

 

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AAProds wrote on 9/8/2023, 8:44 PM

@clarisse-s

Gday. Can you give us the model number of your Sony camcorder (it will be on the bottom) and the model number of your laptop and version number of Windows you have.

Do you already have the Magix Video Easy/Rescue Your Videotapes program and the capture dongle?

With that info, we can advise on how to proceed.

Do not buy an ilink (Firewire)-to-USB converter cable. They do not work and are a scam. It is not possible to convert DV (Firewire) to USB via a simple cable.

 

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All my forum comments are based on or refer to my System 1.

My struggle is over! I built my (now) system 2 in 2011 when DV was king and MPEG 2 was just coming onto the scene and I needed a more powerful system to cope. Since then we've advanced to MP4 and to bigger and bigger resolutions. I was really suffering, not so much in editing (with proxies) but in encoding, which just took ages. A video, with Neat Video noise reduction applied, would encode at 12% of film speed. My new system 1 does the same job at 160% of film speed. Marvellous. I'm keeping my old system as a capture station for analogue video tapes and DV.

System 1

Windows 11 v23H2 severely modified by Openshell and ExplorerPatcher

Power supply: 850W Cooler Master (should have got modular)

CPU: Intel i7 13700K running at 3400mhz, cooled by a Kraken 2x140mm All In One liquid cooler.

RAM: 64gb (2x32gb sticks) G.Skill "Ripjaws" DDR4 3200Mhz

GPU 1: iGPU UHD 770

GPU 2: NVidia RTX 3060Ti Windforce 8gb

C drive: NVME 500gb

Various other SSD and HDDs.

Monitor: 27"/68cm Samsung, 2560 x 1440, 43 pixels/cm.

MEP 2021 version 20.0.1.80

Movie Studio 2023 version 22.0.3.172

Magix Video Easy version 7.0.1.145

System 2

(Still in use for TV and videotape capture)

Windows 10 v22H2

CPU: i5-750 at 2670mhz with 12gb RAM

Onboard IEEE1394 (Firewire) port

GPU: ATI Radeon HD 4770 (512mb) which is ignored by MEP

Hard drives: C Drive 256gb SSD, various other HDDs.

Monitor: Dell 22"/56cm, 1680x1050, 35 pixels/cm

MEP 2021 version 20.0.1.80

Movie Studio 2023 version 22.0.3.172

VPX 12

emmrecs wrote on 9/9/2023, 3:50 AM

@clarisse-s

I would wholeheartedly agree with what @AAProds has told you! Especially the last paragraph; please do not be tempted to try one of those so-called Firewire to USB convertor cables/adaptors (however cheap they may be!).

I do quite a lot of work involving copying DV footage, from a variety of cameras, to computer via an iLink/Firewire connection but I have a desktop which includes an internal dedicated firewire connection card. I would not even consider doing such transfers without such a facility.

Also, Al asks about the program you have and whether it is Rescue Your Video Tapes. My understanding is that this is primarily designed for the conversion of analogue video recordings (e.g., VHS tapes) to digital files to enable editing and subsequent transfer to storage media like DVDs or Memory Sticks. Because your camera already creates digital files the analogue to digital conversion that RYVT does is not applicable, unless you are able to output from your camera an analogue signal, e.g., via RCA connectors (usually one video and two audio sockets). However, the "downside" of this is that your camera must convert its digital output to analogue and the RYVT dongle must then reconvert it to digital, with one generation of quality loss when compared with the original digital file on the camera.

Jeff
Forum Moderator

Win 10 Pro 64 bit, Intel i7 Quad Core 6700K @ 4GHz, 32 GB RAM, NVidia GTX 1660TI and Intel HD530 Graphics, MOTU 8-Pre f/w audio interface, VPX, MEP, Music Maker, PhotoStory Deluxe, Photo Manager Deluxe, Xara 3D Maker 7, Samplitude Pro X7 Suite, Reaper, Adobe Audition 3, CS6 and CC, 2 x Canon HG10 cameras, 1 x Canon EOS 600D, Akaso EK7000 Pro Action Cam

johnebaker wrote on 9/9/2023, 2:09 PM

@clarisse-s

Hi

Depending on the camera model, you should have a cable with a 3.5mm 4 pole jack like this with the 3 RCA connectors on the other end - as in second image

OR an i-Link to RCA, and S-video connector, if present.

If so then either of these plugged in to the appropriate port on the camera, should work with a USB converter with 3 or 4 connectors on it - 1 black (if present) and 3 RCA (cinch) sockets red/yellow and white.

HTH

John EB
Forum Moderator

VPX 16, Movie Studio 2025, and earlier versions 2015 and 2016, Music Maker Premium 2024.

PC - running Windows 11 23H2 Professional on Intel i7-8700K 3.2 GHz, 16GB RAM, RTX 2060 6GB 192-bit GDDR6, 1 x 1Tb Sabrent NVME SSD (OS and programs), 2 x 4TB (Data) internal HDD + 1TB internal SSD (Work disc), + 6 ext backup HDDs.

Laptop - Lenovo Legion 5i Phantom - running Windows 11 23H2 on Intel Core i7-10750H, 16GB DDR4-SDRAM, 512GB SSD, 43.9 cm screen Full HD 1920 x 1080, Intel UHD 630 iGPU and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB GDDR6)

Sony FDR-AX53e Video camera, DJI Osmo Action 3 and Sony HDR-AS30V Sports cams.

AAProds wrote on 9/9/2023, 9:20 PM

@johnebaker

an i-Link to RCA, and S-video connector, if present.

John, in the interests of accuracy, that is not an "ilink" connector; it is a proprietary analogue connector. The "ilink" term is used for a Firewire connection. 😉

All my forum comments are based on or refer to my System 1.

My struggle is over! I built my (now) system 2 in 2011 when DV was king and MPEG 2 was just coming onto the scene and I needed a more powerful system to cope. Since then we've advanced to MP4 and to bigger and bigger resolutions. I was really suffering, not so much in editing (with proxies) but in encoding, which just took ages. A video, with Neat Video noise reduction applied, would encode at 12% of film speed. My new system 1 does the same job at 160% of film speed. Marvellous. I'm keeping my old system as a capture station for analogue video tapes and DV.

System 1

Windows 11 v23H2 severely modified by Openshell and ExplorerPatcher

Power supply: 850W Cooler Master (should have got modular)

CPU: Intel i7 13700K running at 3400mhz, cooled by a Kraken 2x140mm All In One liquid cooler.

RAM: 64gb (2x32gb sticks) G.Skill "Ripjaws" DDR4 3200Mhz

GPU 1: iGPU UHD 770

GPU 2: NVidia RTX 3060Ti Windforce 8gb

C drive: NVME 500gb

Various other SSD and HDDs.

Monitor: 27"/68cm Samsung, 2560 x 1440, 43 pixels/cm.

MEP 2021 version 20.0.1.80

Movie Studio 2023 version 22.0.3.172

Magix Video Easy version 7.0.1.145

System 2

(Still in use for TV and videotape capture)

Windows 10 v22H2

CPU: i5-750 at 2670mhz with 12gb RAM

Onboard IEEE1394 (Firewire) port

GPU: ATI Radeon HD 4770 (512mb) which is ignored by MEP

Hard drives: C Drive 256gb SSD, various other HDDs.

Monitor: Dell 22"/56cm, 1680x1050, 35 pixels/cm

MEP 2021 version 20.0.1.80

Movie Studio 2023 version 22.0.3.172

VPX 12

clarisse-s wrote on 9/10/2023, 12:52 AM

I have already purchased two converters. I am not purchasing another. Thank you anyway.

johnebaker wrote on 9/10/2023, 1:49 AM

@clarisse-s

Hi

. . . . I have already purchased two converters. . . .

What are the make/model numbers of them?

From your original post it appears you have the i-Link connector to RCA plugs as in the image I posted above - is this correct?

 

@AAProds

Hi Al

. . . . in the interests of accuracy, that is not an "ilink" connector . . . .

That depends of your point of view - from the cables it is analogue, however from the cameras it is the iLink connector. 😉

John EB

 

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VPX 16, Movie Studio 2025, and earlier versions 2015 and 2016, Music Maker Premium 2024.

PC - running Windows 11 23H2 Professional on Intel i7-8700K 3.2 GHz, 16GB RAM, RTX 2060 6GB 192-bit GDDR6, 1 x 1Tb Sabrent NVME SSD (OS and programs), 2 x 4TB (Data) internal HDD + 1TB internal SSD (Work disc), + 6 ext backup HDDs.

Laptop - Lenovo Legion 5i Phantom - running Windows 11 23H2 on Intel Core i7-10750H, 16GB DDR4-SDRAM, 512GB SSD, 43.9 cm screen Full HD 1920 x 1080, Intel UHD 630 iGPU and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB GDDR6)

Sony FDR-AX53e Video camera, DJI Osmo Action 3 and Sony HDR-AS30V Sports cams.

AAProds wrote on 9/10/2023, 2:11 AM

@johnebaker

John, no, ilink is a Sony name for Firewire. A camera ilink ie Firewire connector/socket is this:

and plugs:

 

All my forum comments are based on or refer to my System 1.

My struggle is over! I built my (now) system 2 in 2011 when DV was king and MPEG 2 was just coming onto the scene and I needed a more powerful system to cope. Since then we've advanced to MP4 and to bigger and bigger resolutions. I was really suffering, not so much in editing (with proxies) but in encoding, which just took ages. A video, with Neat Video noise reduction applied, would encode at 12% of film speed. My new system 1 does the same job at 160% of film speed. Marvellous. I'm keeping my old system as a capture station for analogue video tapes and DV.

System 1

Windows 11 v23H2 severely modified by Openshell and ExplorerPatcher

Power supply: 850W Cooler Master (should have got modular)

CPU: Intel i7 13700K running at 3400mhz, cooled by a Kraken 2x140mm All In One liquid cooler.

RAM: 64gb (2x32gb sticks) G.Skill "Ripjaws" DDR4 3200Mhz

GPU 1: iGPU UHD 770

GPU 2: NVidia RTX 3060Ti Windforce 8gb

C drive: NVME 500gb

Various other SSD and HDDs.

Monitor: 27"/68cm Samsung, 2560 x 1440, 43 pixels/cm.

MEP 2021 version 20.0.1.80

Movie Studio 2023 version 22.0.3.172

Magix Video Easy version 7.0.1.145

System 2

(Still in use for TV and videotape capture)

Windows 10 v22H2

CPU: i5-750 at 2670mhz with 12gb RAM

Onboard IEEE1394 (Firewire) port

GPU: ATI Radeon HD 4770 (512mb) which is ignored by MEP

Hard drives: C Drive 256gb SSD, various other HDDs.

Monitor: Dell 22"/56cm, 1680x1050, 35 pixels/cm

MEP 2021 version 20.0.1.80

Movie Studio 2023 version 22.0.3.172

VPX 12