how to transfer camcorder video to dvd using usb connection?
If your camcorder has a USB connection (usually you will require a mini USB to standard USB cable, then you can connect your camcorder to the computer using this cable, turn on the camcorder, and open an aplication for importing the contents of the camcorder into the computer. the camcorder should have included a disk with this software. if not, visit the manufacturer’s website and download it. once the video is imported into your computer, the same software should be capable of compressing the video into mpeg-1 format that you can burn to a DVD. otherwise, you can use a 3rd party software such as Nero. If your camcorder only has a firewire interface and you do not have a firewire port on your computer, then you can buy a cheap firewire interface card from almost any computer store like Fry’s and they are very easy to install.