Sony DCR-HC62 reviews: Sony camcorder

Here’s a list of the questions other shoppers have asked owners of the Sony DCR-HC62

1. How do I transfer video pictures form DCR HC62E to PC. Purchase made in India. There is no installation CD in the pack.
   
   A shopper asked on 18 Sep 2010
   1. Hi I take it you mean video you have recorded. What you need is a firewire cable (IEEE1394) and a firewire socket on your pc. The socket is on the back to the left of the power point. (not the USB on the Left hand side). You then need some software on your PC. Windows movie maker will do if you have nothing else or something like Nero Vision which is part of Nero. You can then "import" from the camera to the PC and edit your video to remove all the rubbish bits you will inevitably have. You then have a choice of what you do with the video. (with XP and Movie maker you do not have the option to burn DVD from it . You have to use some other software. ) Also you need plenty of space on your hadr drive as the resulting .avi file will be large. If you need further please post back.
      
      Neil replied on 25 Sep 2010

       
2. Hi, Is it necessary for a firewire to transfer the video to the computer? My laptop doesn't have a firewire or i link. Is it not possible to transfer using USB? Please reply asap. I am leaving on a trip and I wanted to make sure that my video could be transferred.
   
   Soli asked on 29 Sep 2010
   1. Hi Sorry for the delay in replying but I have never used the Sony software and needed to install and try it first. Unfortunately it would appear as I thought originally that the only use for USB connection is in fact to download Still images taken and stored on the Memory stick. Any video will need to be imported to the computer via the firewire/ilink cable into some sort of software like the examples I gave or in fact the Sony Picture Motion Browser. And with a laptop the advice I was given was that it should be a pretty fast one or the transfer of video woukld suffer from dropped frames. Remember 60 mins of downloaded dv will take up about 13gb
      Sorry if I am the bearer of bad news. I suggest you take plenty of blank cassettes and sort it out when you get back like I do.
      
      Neil replied on 29 Sep 2010

       
3. dear i want to ask if it can be used as a web cam so i can do a video conference ??
   
   
   Thanks
   
   Mohamed asked on 28 Mar 2011
   1. Sorry can't help with that one. Would very much doubt you can use it as a web cam because of the connections required. It would be easier and cheaper to buy a web cam which is for the purpose
      
      Neil replied on 29 Mar 2011

       
4. I want to transfer vidoe to hp lab top would please help me
   
   mulat asked on 13 Dec 2011
   1. i would love to help but i have exactly the same problem i cant get the camera and the lap top to communicate i used to copy to sony hdd recorder but now it wont connect wih it while it did i put the photos and videos on discs and loaded these to the laptop i think the image quality is excellent the only problem is connectivity
      
      alex replied on 13 Dec 2011

       
   2. To transfer video from camcorder to PC you need to use a firewire cable plugged into the DV socket on the cam (bottom left on the cam below the battery) to a firewire port on the computer. You cannot transfer via USB. There should be software on the software disk to identify the cam to the PC. If you do not have a firewire port on the computer you will have to find a work around for that. Once you are connected this way, the PC will identify the camcorder and allown you to capture the video from the tape using some suitable software (e.g. Windows Movie maker or Nero Vision) you can then edit and burn as a DVD or whatever else you want to do. I have not had a problem at all with it. as long as you connect in this way.
      
      Neil replied on 14 Dec 2011

       

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