Transferring Mini DV analog video camera to AVI using Avermedia 310b card

[Schraga Mor]

Hello,
I have installed an Avermedia CE310B card on my desktop. My goal is to transfer Mini DV tapes to AVI/ MPEG 4 format from an old analog Canon video camera.
When I play the mini DV tape on the camera it plays good including sound.
The issue I have is that the video played on my desktop screen is flickering and bad quality.
Any help with understanding how to solve this issue would be great.
Thanks!

[aedipuss]

you are aware that miniDV is digital right? the only real way to transfer the digital info off the tape is using a firewire card in the computer and a firewire cable connecting to the cam. only 8mm and h8 tapes were analog.

[Schraga Mor]

Thanks a lot for your answer aedipuss!
Could you kindly recommend which card I need have on my PC?

[aedipuss]

what you need is firewire port. if you have a desktop/tower computer you should be able to buy a ieee1394 firewire add in card. without knowing what computer, type of motherboard, and available slots i can't recommend what card, but here's a listing of available ones on newegg. com https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?d=firewire+card