The capture software might be able to start playback automatically. Once you've got capture/editing software (such as possibly WMM), you will need to start capturing with the software and then hit play on the camcorder. You typically won't see a device detected by Windows itself when you plug in the camcorder, that's just how the Firewire camcorder interface works. Many camcorders don't come with any MiniDV capture software, I know my old GR-DVL530U didn't.
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Windows Movie Maker includes this capability I think. Most video editing programs that support DV video can capture over Firewire from a MiniDV camcorder. I will also look in the manual for it and see what it says.Īh ha, I see an article that Windows movie maker will allow you to use it. I will look some more and see if I can find the driver(s) for it. Been using shark007 for 15 years on numerous PC's on XP, Vista, 7, 8 and 10.Ĭomplete guide on using WMP and using the shark007 advanced setup using FFDShow if you choose to do so.Įven to just recognize and copy the video files to your PC, you once again need a driver to connect the camcorder to the PC. There is no malware AND YOU WILL NOT HAVE ANY ISSUES EVER. Select windows media player as default for audio and video Scroll to bottom, right click on WMP and Pin to task bar. In the 32 bit settings app select the box shark007 suggested settings.Ĭ:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs Install shark007, close out 64bit settings app. Install shark007 advanced codec pack and play everything even 4k videos in windows media player. This will most likely help you in that area. Then you have video files that might have an un-popular file format, which I am not sure with yours, then you will need a codec pack to be able to watch them. And they claim the adapter to USB don't always work either. I would never buy a FireWire device to begin with.
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and then you may have an issue with a driver not for windows 10.īut for example, if you do find a driver or driver/software to install that is for older windows version such a XP or 7, then you can install using compatibility mode and it should work just fine.īut the articles I read from comments, there was a lot of people that stated they had problems and i think this was on earlier versions of windows.
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camera drivers are TWAIN drivers located in C:\Windows\Twain_32. The main key is that it has to load a driver to recognize the camera. Since these are bundled, they are free - WinDV is free to download an use, too. iMovie is bundled with MacOSX - you will import the video. Sometimes MovieMaker has issues - download and use WinDV for the importing Windows XP SP2) or newer is bundled with MovieMaker - you will "capture" the video. When the camcorder is connected as indicated and in "Play" mode, your video editor can import the video. If your computer has no firewire port, hopefully it has an available expansion slot so you can add one. USB won't work, and USB-to-firewire converter/adapter/bub/cable things won't work, either. Refer to page 30, "Connecting to a computer".įirewire, DV, IEEE1394 and i.LINK are all the same thing. Imported is not "DV" format, but a more compressed (lower video quality) format. USB streaming will likely not work - and the video Connect the DV port of the camcorder to the firewire port of your computer with a firewire cable. I did not find any drivers as it looks like it was for XP anyways.