Transferring from Panasonic VDR D-200 to MiniDV and editing from MiniDV

I've got to edit a project (it's due Monday). The raw footage is on a Mini DVD-R in a Panasonic VDR-D200 and I need to transfer it to MiniDV in my SONY DCR-TRV18. Once that footage is transferred to MiniDV, will I be able to import it into Pinnacle Studio 12, and then edit it? Looking forward to hearing back soon. Thank you.

I need some help on this issue, please.

You really don't need to transfer it to miniDV. You just need to rip the DVD and then transcode the footage into an editable format. I recommend DVD Decrypter or DVD Shrink. They will get your footage off the dvd and onto your PC. You can then use something like MPEG STREAMCLIP to encode it to a more editable format. Depending on what editing software you use, you may be able to import mpeg2 and even VOB files directly. But understand that you're already starting with compressed footage, so the resolution quality will not be as good as if you had shot native with MiniDV tape and captured to your PC. And thinking that using miniDV will avoid that won't help as the best it can be is MPEG2.

To Those who've answered this:

First and foremost, sincerest apologies for the delay in getting back to you - Fatherhood and Work have kept me away alot lately from checking back on this. Given the immediacy of that inquiry, I went ahead the day after I posted that question, and after doing a bunch of phone calls, bought a USB 2.0 cable and imported the footage into Pinnacle Studio 12 (not the best editing software, but it will hold me for the time being, as I hope to get a Mac soon with Final Cut Pro) and was able to finish the project. Thanks again.

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Thanks for posting it and Good luck!