how do i put a video from my camera onto my computer?

anonymousanonymous
in Consumer Electronics

so i got a new camera, and i want to start making and editing videos on my camera. only thing is that when i upload my pictures/ videos onto my laptop (which isnt some fancy like.. macbook pro) it just shows up as these little triangles made of squares and theyre 'flash player files'. also when i click on them its just blank, no video, nodda thing. how do i convert these into a format my computer will see? does that make sense? thankkksss! its a canon powershot sx 500 is by the way

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  • gordon-wood_60b63c84644d7gordon-wood_60b63c84644d7

    I'm pretty sure the Canon PowerShot family of cameras captures .AVI files. For playback, you need something more than the QuickTime player included with your Mac.

    Options:

    Download and install Flip4Mac. The free plugin allows QuickTime to playback AVI, WMV and some other (normally) Windows specific media files.

    Download and install VLC Player. It can also playback AVI, WMV and some other (normally) Windows specific media files + MTS, MOV and bunches of others.

    If you want to edit these files from you camera in iMovie, post a new questions.

  • adrian-williams_60b63c85a71aaadrian-williams_60b63c85a71aa

    in case you have a mini dv (cassette) camcorder…. Your dv camcorder desires a firewire connection (ieee 1394) with the intention to acquire video, your laptop probable did no longer comprise a firewire port, so which you will could purchase one and set up it, because of the fact that maximum computers (different than in all possibility type new) do no longer comprise a firewire port, your camcorder did no longer comprise a firewire cord so which you're able to purchase a cord too. Your camcorder did comprise a USB cord and that's used for downloading stills out of your camcorder. make useful your digital camera is in playback mode. Use a solid modifying software.

  • snowwillow20snowwillow20

    Windows Movie Maker and Windows Media Player do not support all video formats, you might have to convert it, but download VLC player. It plays all video formats.

    Free players http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ http://www.apple.com/quicktime/

    Try these free converters http://www.squared5.com/ http://www.handbrake.fr/

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