Can you copy your tapes to a computer? - Canon ZR40 Mini DV Digital Camcorder

With a bit of luck you may be able to find some adapters to allow a plug into the Line IN port of the computer.

Here is a site that appears to have the Grundig manual if you register ( its free). There may also be some very knowledgeable people there that you provide the info you need.

Yes...you can copy any format to play on a computer.

I Think the cable you mean is a Fire wire cable.

Camera's and tapes, I take it its a mini DV tape movie camera.

Assuming so, on the spine of the DV cassette there's a small plastic slider, open = protect, close = write. I can only think of this as being the issue.

If it is a software problem, to be honest, wouldn't even copy to PC, I'd copy to a dvd recorder with a hard drive, edit it there then burn to dvd.

Is it possible to find an old computer running an old version of Windows, and then to connect the tape-drive to that computer, and then to copy the files onto a folder on that computer?

Then, if that computer has a network-card, you can "share" that folder, so that all computers on your network can then access that "shared" folder, i.e., to copy the files, and then to burn them to a CD-recordable.

Yes it can. Just simply insert a blank tape and then pres copy button and it will copy what you want it to copy.....welcome

Connect you usb to the usb port. go to my computer and then click 2 times on your usb external tape drive.copy all the data and paste it anywhere on the computer.Hence the drive is backed up

No,this can be done only copyright materials through the VHS box converter run through a computer with a programs call copy decoders programs.Than u can copy VHS copy protected matrials.Than u reburn it back to DVD disc.So this require alot of work,time and money so not worth it to copy commercially VHS tapes to DVD Disc.

If you have a Zennox or similar USB Cassette Player/Digital Converter, go to www.clifford-james.co.uk and you will find a link to the User Manual on the Home page

if the tapes are store bought movies (on vhs) you will need to buy a copy guard eliminater...you dvd recorder was made not to record copy protected materal

This is actually simple to do. Connect the line out on your tape player to the line in on your computer. Then download a free program, from the net called Audacity at http://audacity.sourceforge.net/. The program is totally free and works great. Some recording studios use this program. In the middle of the main Window on Audacity set it to record from Line in. This is from the small drop down menu next to the little microphone icon. Then hit the record button on Audacity and play your tape. You can record each song individually or you can record the whole side of the tape at once and separate the tracks when you save them. You can even use this program to clean up the sound on your recordings. I have transferred many of my tapes and records to CD using this process. I hope I have been helpful and good luck