Capturing movie from dv camcorder

Hi there, do you know if I can capture the movie from my dv camcorder as many takes (as it was originally recorded) not as only one?

Steve,
I read the question as "Scene Detect," as it appears, so do you.
Also, to Janusz 001, Welcome to the forum.
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