Connecting DV camcorder to pc

[Raify]

I'm trying to connect a Sony Dv camcorder to a Sony Vaio desktop via Firewire cable.

Sounds easy, should integrate nicely and I've got all the necessary software (Sony's version is Movie Shaker, seems like Windows Movie maker would do the same)

Problem is, when I connect the camcorder, nothing happens.

Is there something special I should be doing to get the pc to recognise the camera? I'm using XP, so thought it would be fairly painless.

Any suggestions warmly appreciated.

Nathan

[twister]

Yes, as a rule you should just be able to plug in a DV camcorder and have it recognised automatically. Does it show up in Device Manager? If not, or if it's listed with the yellow exclamation mark icon, this would suggest you've got a basic problem with the firewire connection somewhere, which you'll need to resolve.

On the other hand, you mention XP - would that be XP with SP2? If so, then getting it to recognise DV camcorders can be anything but painless... my Sharp DV camcorder, which worked flawlessly with Win2000 and XP SP1, was rendered completely useless by SP2. There is a fix (replacing certain SP2 system files with the older versions from SP1), the exact details of which are listed here:

http://forum.digital-digest.com/archive/topic/42557-1.html

Be sure to read the entire thread, there's some additional details further down regarding other system files that may need changing in addition to the ones mentioned right at the start...

>> Edited by twister on Monday 10th January 18:16

[Raify]

Thanks for the reply. I had already applied SP2 before I tried this

Nothing at all shows up in device manager! Except that the firewire port is working o.k.

[FourWheelDrift]

Apparantly there's a special update for Sony Vaio notebooks that fixes the problem, so I understand. It's not an uncommon problem to find Sony DV's not being recognised on Sony Vaio's.

One on here?

www.css.ap.sony.com/VAIO/download/CatDD.asp?Cat=VAIO%20Notebook

PS This website isn't very Firefox friendly either so you'll have to use Microshaft Poxplorer.

>> Edited by FourWheelDrift on Monday 10th January 17:22

[voyds9]

Is it turned on (the camcorder)

[Raify]

voyds9 said:

Is it turned on (the camcorder)

Yep, tried it in all it's modes: Player, Camera and Memory...