Re: OT Firewire problem

Catman? He'z just ziz guy, you know?

> Mungo "two sheds" Toadfoot wrote:
>
> > I've posted this in uk.comp.misc but I know there's a lot of clever
> > buggers here and this group's busier anyway...
> >
> > I got myself a firewire card and have slotted it into the pc, which
> > has recognised it. XP didn't make a song and dance about it like it
> > usually does ("'ERE! YOU'LL NEVER GUESS WOT I FOUND IN YOUR PC!?"),
> > the card has just appeared in the device manager.
> >
> > I've plugged in the cable which came with the card, one big end,
> > t'other small,
> > and plugged the other end into my DV camcorder but that's as far as
> > it goes - the camcorder isn't "seen" and doesn't appear in Movie
> > Maker; just my webcam as before.
> >
> > I noticed that the card has two large external sockets, one
> > internal large socket, and one small external (4 pin) socket. The
> > camcorder has a 4 pin output so do I need a 4 pin to 4 pin cable or
> > is there something I've not done?
>
> You will probably need the drivers for the camera

Can't see that. I've just plugged my DV camcorder into the firewire
port, XP goes "bingly bing!" and pops up a dialog asking me how do I
wish to save the video?

Haven't installed any video software yet.


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