How do I upload videos from the camcorder?

Q. Hello, I have recently acquired a Samsung SCL810 camcorder but I don't exactly know how to upload videos to my computer. I have an S-video cable hooked into my computer and into my camcorder but It didn't come with a CD-rom or any interfaces. Im not really looking any "special effects" I just want to upload me playing guitar to youtube. Any advice would be greatly appreciated Thanks! Oh and I am on a serious budget so please no $200 something crazy interfaces please!

A. The Samsung SCL810 is an analog, Hi8 tape, based camcorder. There is no "direct" connection from that camcorder to a computer. This is not a digital camcorder. Digtal tape based camcorders use miniDV and digital8 tape.

You did not tell us which computer, but chances are about 99.99% that the s-video connection is video out only. Not 2-way and not inbound to the computer (many laptops use this to connect to a projector).

To get video from that camcorder into the computer, an "analog/digital converter" or capture card is needed. Connect the camcorders AV cables (s-video is video only so remember to connect the audio cables if you choose to use the s-video connection - but don't connect the yellow composite video connection to anything) to the A/D converter or capture card. The low-end A/D converters connect to the computer with USB, the better ones connect with firewire; the capture cards use a PCI slot. See Roxio, Hauppauge, Pinnacle (Dazzle), Canopus, Black Magic.

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What camera/camcorder should I buy for YouTube?

Q. I'm going to start a YouTube channel and I was wondering what kind of camera/camcorder I should get? That one of my questions should I get a camera or a camcorder and what's the difference? I would like 1080p and and super slow motion which is 120fps but 60 fops would do. I need to be a ble to attach a shotgun microphone to it, and definitely need to be able to attach a tripod to the camera! There are so many cameras/camcorders out there that it is just to hard to look through all of them. Please answer I'm trying to get it ASAP.

A. Lol, never buy a flipcam, it seems like you are just starting out so don't worry about slow motion and shotgun microphones because those are really expensive, start out with something decent and work your way up. Look at some cameras here and pick up one that you are comfortable with spending your money on: http://store.sony.com/c/Sony-Handycam-Camcorders/en/c/S_Video_Camcorders .

If you want something with a microphone input and no slowmotion then get this http://store.sony.com/p/Sony-16GB-Full-HD-Projector-Camcorder/en/p/HDRPJ380/B#features.

If you want a slow motion camera but no mic input, then get this http://www.amazon.com/Canon-PowerShot-Stabilized-Wide-Angle-3-2-Inch/dp/B0075SUJ4W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1374878910&sr=8-1&keywords=slow+motion+camera

If you want both, get this http://www.amazon.com/Sony-HVR-HD1000U-Definition-Camcorder-Optical/dp/B0010T7J18/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1374879041&sr=8-6&keywords=slow+motion+camcorder

Don't worry all of them support tri-pods.

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What is the best software to edit videos and put on DVD for a camara that creates m2ts files?

Q. I have a Sony Camcorder and right now I am converting the m2ts files that it creates to the supported format for pinnacle studios. The conversion takes a long time so I am looking to skip the conversion step.

A. I think your trying to create a "classic" dvd, possibly with menus? The problem is that your m2ts files are probably high definition, and old fashioned DVD is not. Your software has to reduce the resolution of your video to convert to standard DVD "vob" files, which can be a slow process. But you may not necessarily need to reduce the definition of your files to an old outdated format (and why would you want to?)?

Most newer DVD and BluRay players recognize video files with the HD type compression format (AVI files compressed with either h264, xVid, etc...). In other words, if you use a conversion program to instead convert your files to HD avi, they may play directly in your player by just burning them as files onto a DVD disc. A good (and free) program that does this easily is the freeware program Freemake. It will will combine, merge, and save multiple files into a single HD file if desired. Think it will also burn them for you onto a DVD. Check the following two links out, think they'll help:
http://ezvideoedit.blogspot.com/2012/10/joining-merging-splitting-cutting-and.html
http://ezvideoedit.blogspot.com/2012/10/free-video-converter-software.html

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How do I turn a firewire port on an iMac into a video input from a camcorder?

Q. I running ProPresenter software on a 2012 iMac with two firewire ports. I want to use the live video integration and want to run the HDMI output from my camcorder into the firewire port. But I can't get it to be recognized as a video input? I am not sure if I need a special piece of hardware, but have a firewire to HDMI converter.

A. No doable, IEEE1394 port or equivalent only take DV signals, not HDMI signals.

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