Well i belive it all depends on what type of camera you mom has, and what format, the camera saved the movies as. If the camera has a tape, most likely you have to record real time (press play on camera and record through computer). If the camera has a USB port which you can connect to your computer, and stores via a flash drive or somthing of that sort you might be able to just copy the file. This all really depends on what type of camera you have. If the camera does use the tape method, then you can use a coax input, rca inputs through your video card. You will need a way to input the video though. I believe the adobe premier is for editing the footage after it is on your computer. Good luck!