Re: Canon XM2 video Camera software


david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
I bought a Canon XM2 video camera second hand, but it came without any
software to transfer video to the computer via firewire.

I managed to download the drivers for USB from the USA Canon website
but I am now looking for the software to do the firewire transfer. I
belive this is called the 'Digital Video Solutions Disk' ?

Does anyone know where I can obtain this disk, or if it is needed to
transfer the video to a computer. I know that I can transfer it via a
stereo video cable but I want to do a digital transfer.

Many thanks.

David

If I'm not mistaken you don't need any special transfer software for
firewire. It's an IEEE regulated protocol, so it's standard
everywhere. There aren't even drivers for it, it's that standard.

You should be able to use any software that can capture or has "Device
Control". If you have Premiere or Premiere Pro or Vegas or any of a
number of other software offereings out there. Heck Windows Movie
Maker comes free with Windows, you can use that if you want.

No softawre should be necessary.

Tom P.

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