Recently experimented with installing a FireWire card on a Windows 10 computer and using WinDV to rip and convert the video content on a MiniDV tape to a digital format.
This article provides the step-by-step instructions to convert a MiniDV tape to a Digital file format (AVI).
Here is the link to the article:
Ripping MiniDV to Digital Format
Enjoy 🙂 !!!