Can my DV camera be connected via laptop's USB?
Already bought Firewire to USB cable, but device is not recognised.
Have downloaded Legacy drivers, installed, but 1394 drivers are not listed in Devices Manager.
Same on Win 7 and Win 10.
Thanks!
Can my DV camera be connected via laptop's USB?
Already bought Firewire to USB cable, but device is not recognised.
Have downloaded Legacy drivers, installed, but 1394 drivers are not listed in Devices Manager.
Same on Win 7 and Win 10.
Thanks!
Hi,
Please check if the following article could help:
https://www.studio1productions.com/Articles/Firewire-1.htm
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Thank you Anne!
A very detailed and helpfull article, but dissapointing...
As i understood, i do not only need a cable (witch i own) and Legacy drivers (witch i have installed), but i also need some piece of hardware (PCI or Firewire cars). It might be a solution for a tower PC, but i am not sure if it is realistic for my new laptop (which, by the way, i have chosen mostly for video editing and works fine with my newer HD camcorder - USB connected).
Capturing from my older mini-DV SD camcorder was made through Firewire, but to my old tower PC, witch was equipped with a very old Pinnacle DV500. At those early times, capture and editing was possible through hardware like this... I still have the Pinnacle, but not the PC...
Thanks anyway!
If anyone has solved a problem like mine, please contribute...
Have you tried inserting to a different USB port?
You need to Turn on the camera and set it to "VCR" or "PC Connect" mode.
You have to download drivers and application from the support site of the manufacturer which must be compatabile with your OS.
You may check the camera with another machine if possible.
I really appreciate people who are using time and knowledge to answer questions. Thanks!
No, it's not this kind of problem. I have used all USB ports (3.0 and 2.0). Though my laptop "understands" that something has been connected to the USB port, it doesn't recognise the device, even if my videocamera is on.
After having searched a lot in forums, i found out that it is a known problem to Microsoft, after Win XP. Keen users are suggesting to download the Legacy 1394 drivers. I have done this, located the drivers and installed them. My Win10 recognises them as installed.
So, still the problem is that the Devices Manager shows no 1394 drivers.
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