when I transfer my digital camcorder (Sony digital 8) to my computer, the time on tape is missing, why?

I can see the date on tape when I play it on Digital camcorder, but when I capture it by microsoft movie maker or ulead, I can’t see the date on the finished avi file

Answer by nur w
i dont know your setup….but enable the menu date,time, on tv and also lcd

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Answer by Palladini
Find your manual, read it. It will give you what your looking for

Answer by T-man
i beleive that camcorder, is minidv, so if it can have stuff taken off it it would be with a firewire, but you gotta check and see if it has a port, your computer alos has to have the fire wire port

Answer by Iridflare
The TRV260 is a Digital8 camcorder so you have to transfer the video via firewire rather than USB – if your PC hasn’t already got one you’ll need to bed in a firewire card. They’re cheap, simple to bed in and readily available. You’ll also need a firewire cable.

Once everything’s connected you can capture and edit the video with Windows Movie Maker.

Answer by Andrew
The USB function on your camera is only used for transporting Pictures.
A Fire-wire cord would easily solve the conundrum, and you could then import into Windows Movie Maker, or whatever software you use.

Firewire cords don’t run you that much.
And if they do, I’m positive it is worth it.

Answer by lare
i don’t know what Sony was thinking, but this model was not full with a free ilink-firewire cord. these are generic, so you can buy them most any computer store including Staples. what is more vital at this point is whether your computer has or can be fitted with a ieee1394 port. you will need that, not USB, to transfer the digital video/audio. A few Sony digital8 camcorders came with USB transfer, but be glad this doesn’t. They have not upgraded drivers past Windows98, so those are worthless now.

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Presenting the Sony DCR-TRV103 Digital8 camcorder from 1999. This was the first in a series of camcorders from Sony which attempted to bridge the gap between analog and digital formats by recording DV-spec digital video onto standard Hi8 video tapes, and also offering playback of analog Video8 and Hi8 tapes, so you could still play your ancient analog tapes in your new digital camcorder (although it cannot record in analog). This model has outstanding low set alight sensitivity and has performed flawlessly for me, despite being a decade ancient. Even the original Sony battery still holds a charge very well. Unfortunately, Sony basically defeated the function of the Digital8 format by continuing to offer both analog Video8/Hi8 and digital MiniDV camcorders alongside their Digital8 camcorders for the entire time they were in production (1999-2006). The only other company which ever sold any Digital8 camcorders was Hitachi. Also, the larger size of the 8mm tapes prevented these models from ever becoming as small and set alight as MiniDV camcorders. Nonetheless, these Digital8 camcorders still have a following and they fetch a excellent resale value on sites such as eBay.