If you wish to capture video recorded with a camcorder into your computer, you would need to convert it into MPEG or MPG digital files in order to turn them into a digital technology compatible with those which your computer would read. Therefore, you would need a device which could achieve this objective and take this step before you are able to actually capture files with computer.

Many of these digital capturing devices would allow its users to capture audio as well as video and edit them together. This way, if you have captured video and wish that it has music or any other sounds; you can easily do so by capturing such audio files in different audio tracks, and then edit them in any way you might wish. These devices would allow you to learn what steps to take in order to achieve your capturing goals through their user’s manual and you could learn all capturing possibilities it would bring through instructions as well.

The quality of a video which was shot by using infrared illumination is not same than quality of a video shot under sun light, but it still can be very good and surely is very helpful. Without this kind of systems, recording at night can be a very difficult or expensive task to achieve.

Recording at night or under complete darkness conditions could involve use of very powerful light sources which can be bought for this activity in particular. Using these artificial light sources implies some difficulties such as having to carry them and being careful with them since they can brake easily, but video shot by using them can be of a high quality when they are properly used.