Yes I know a camcorder would do heh. But not in this case. A friend of mine has to work away from his family and was looking to get them a camcorder. Neither of the kids nor his wife is going to then ...

I have some 11-year-old recordings on Mini-DV, recorded with a Canon Optura Xi A camcorder. I can't figure out how to transfer them to a PC. I'd be happy with just playing the videos on my PC screen ...