best way to transfer only the miniDV audio

[dreamer]

 heyguys
i recorded a jazz gig and wanted to know the best
way to transfer just the audio portion of it onto an audio media..
i transferred to minidisc SP MODE and it
sounds amazing and im happy with it but its still compressed.
im thinking of doing it into  Hi-md on PCM mode ( 90 min on 1GB disc ) to retain
the PCM uncompressed quality.
but is there a better way other than thru computer ( wav/ flac /shn  and all that )? 

got other Questions but i'll save them for later.
thanks ahead of time.

[bconnolly]

So you have a miniDV tape and you just want the audio?  Why don't you hook up the camcorder to your PC via firewire and just capture the audio and not the video?

[beefstew]

im thinking of doing it into  Hi-md on PCM mode ( 90 min on 1GB disc ) to retain
the PCM uncompressed quality.

that would work

[dreamer]

yea you're right firewire is the way to go but the thing is  i dont have a firewire input on my computer nor do
i have audio inputs.i know...im behind as hell but im upgrading this year.
im no diehard and still newbie on alot of areas technically.
only thing i got going for me is an MD boombox ( non hi-md ) that has one AUX IN ( single  stereo plug in ) which
isnt saying much.

i now rely on my sony HC21 miniDV cam for the audio ever since my microphone for the hi md broke.
amazing . no clipping nor distortion which i thought would happened.   

i  guess Hi-md is it then. i just worry about playing music on
the same portable player i record with ( wearing the head down )   
THose Sony guys are taking too long with the hi-md decks... if it even comes out.

thanks for the fast reply guys.
love this site

[BayTaynt3d]

If you can't do FW, some cameras have USB2. Does yours? You could rip the PCM via USB (or FW) and get a perfect EXACT copy of the AUD, so that's the preferrable way for sure, but if you can't do that, then going line-in is better than nothing.

[TNJazz]

You can get a firewire card AND a cable on Ebay for around $20 if you look around.