How to import FS200 videos to Windows 11 computer

[MikeVincent]

I have posted before & got no answer. I guess Cannon's attitude is "to heck with you, buy a new camera even though yours still works because all Cannon cares about is milking more money out of customers". 
my Windows 7 Pro computer died & I had to get a new Windows 11 computer. Now I have a problem because I can't get videos off my Cannon FS200 camera and put them on my new computer. I get that the FS200 is retired, but that should never stop users who still have a working FS200 from being able to export videos from their camera to their computer. Is there anyway to get my videos from my FS200 exported to my Windows 11 computer? I'm so pissed I'm considering never buying Cannon again. 
There is NO REASON Cannon should ever stop keeping software working for older cams since that costs them nothing, but it costs customers lots of money to buy new cameras. 

[MikeVincent]

sadly the only solution is to buy a different aftermarket program that will do it since the factory software doesnt anymore with Win11. I can get the video off the card , but without the software its only 480p, where the software had an auto upgen that brought the imported video up to HD quality in MP4 stereo. 

[FabianStoffels]

Thanks Mike wich programs do you recommend 

[shadowsports]

Respectfully, the issue from the very beginning of this thread's creation was trying to make a 16 year old camera work with a modern operating system.  Hardware cannot be supported in definitely.  This is not limited to Canon.  Apple, Microsoft, Google, etc...  does not (can not) support hardware after about 10 years.  The primary reason is parts availability.  Canon doesn't manufacture every single part they use to build their products.  Canon and others can only support a product for a reasonable period of time, and once parts are no longer available they can't repair them.  Software architecture is the same.  It changes.  Canon doesn't have any control what Apple or Microsoft is doing.  They develop a new operating system that has different hardware requirements, architecture, Etc and suddenly a 15-year-old camera or it's software won't work, or is not compatible with it.  Canon doesn't have any control over this.  

Movie Maker was discontinued after windows 10.   Windows 11 came with clip champ.  Clip champ is comparable to movie maker, in fact it's better.  However it doesn't support analog video any longer.  Why because it's not an industry standard today.  It supported analog video for a period of time, but Microsoft decided to stop supporting it.  Canon didn't have any control over this.  

One needs to be reasonable and adjust their expectations.  You decided to stop using your Windows 7 computer in favor of one capable of running Windows 11.  Hardware and software cannot be supported indefinitely.  Canon is stuck in the middle and has no control of other manufacturer's decisions. 

Some great free movie editing options are clip champ, DaVinci Resolve free, Cap Cut, iMovie, etc.  Except for DaVinci Resolve which is a professional editor you kind of get what you pay for.  If you want basic editing, transitions, and captions, a free product can work great.  If you want professional features, then a paid option might be a better way to go.  DaVinci Resolve Studio, Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro... are examples.

[kvbarkley]

Also, just FYI so it is captured here, Apple MacOS Tahoe no longer supports FireWire, so that even if a Canon app wanted to import DV over FireWire, it can't.

[MikeVincent]

Respectfully this whole situation would never have happened if someone had the forethought in manufacturing to just simply have the camera save the file as mp4 stereo on the SD card instead of needing to have the file converted when imported. Then for the life of the camera you wouldnt need any software you could just plug the camera in to the computer & transfer files and be done. 

[MikeVincent]

I dont recommend any because I dont know which are available. I just know a friend was able to import the vids for me using some program he had that he said he paid a few hundred dollars for. I'm not paying that for a program when I could get a new cam for that lol