Does your computer and camcorder have firewire? USB 2.0? If it does, you can upload the video from your camcorder to your computer. There are many programs to use to capture the video from your camcorder. Your Sony HandyCam should have come with one. Once uploaded, you can convert to any format you want. You can also burn onto a dvd-r/+r.
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