Hi All,

A buddy just bought a MiniDV camcorder (Panasonic PV GS32) and he wants to know how to x-fer the video from his camcorder to his PC. I know it's a firewire interface, so I assume he'll need a firewire card. The other question is software -- does he need any software to download video off of this thing, or will Windoze XP recognize the camcorder as soon as he plugs it in?

Do the MiniDV camcorders produce a format that can just be burned onto DVD or CD, or will he need software to do that....

I've never played around with this stuff before, which is why I'm asking

Thanks!