How to Download Videos to a Computer From a Samsung Digital Camcorder

By Julius Vandersteen

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After you shoot videos with a Samsung digital camcorder, you may want to download them to a computer so you can view them on a large screen with your friends and family. Other reasons to transfer videos to your computer are so you can edit them into a movie project, burn them to a DVD, post them on a video-sharing website, or email clips to a friend.

Step 1

Touch the "Menu" tab on the camcorder, then touch "Connectivity Setting," and then "USB Connect." Select "Mass Storage" so you can plug the camcorder into a computer and browse its contents like a mass storage device.

Step 2

Connect the built-in USB plug on the Samsung digital camcorder to a USB port on your computer, or plug one end of the camera's included USB cable into a port on the camera, and the other end to a USB port on your computer if your camera doesn't have a built-in USB plug. An icon representing the camcorder as a mass storage device will appear on your desktop.

Step 3

Double-click on the camcorder icon on the computer desktop to open it. Browse for the folder named "Video," and then open it.

Step 4

Drag the video files from the camcorder's folder to a folder on your computer to copy them.

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