transferring video onto computer

[Static42]

I have to make a movie of myself for one of my school classes, and so my friend let me use his video camera for it. Now that I have it taped, I'm wondering how I transfer the video onto my computer. I would like the video to be in .avi format so that I can use Avisynth and VirtualDub to edit it. I tried using Windows Movie Maker, but the quality was horrible when I looked at the video. So, what other options do I have to get the video onto my computer?

[JohnnyMalaria]

Presumably you have already tried importing with Windows Movie Maker (WMM)? If so, I assume you have a DV camcorder. If that's the case, the poor video quality is because you are most likely creating a WMV format file with settings optimized for web/email distribution. In WMM, you need to tell it to output to DV format AVI files. If you do that, the quality will be the same as the original.

[olyteddy]

You can use VirtualDub for the capture, iirc.