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camaro1185

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i am trying to get the video footage from my trip on to my computer, although when i open pinnacle studio or windows movie maker and hook up the camara (its turned on and stuff) it doesnt even reconise that there is anything hooked up.....are there drivers or something that i can download.....i need help i need to get this footage captured......the reason why im baffeled is that i have done this many times on the computers at school.
 
do you and the school have different os (operating system).. that can be why.. or is it via usb? make sure your usb is working also.. if there is a driver.. your best option is to go that route.. what type of DV video camera is it
 
it goes through usb and the camara is a sony dv video cam. the camara didnt come with any cd with drivers is it possible they were forgotten. the camara is HI8 what is the best other option i have if i cant get it to work....i have also tried usb capture cards with very little success. as for the opperating system i have tried this camara on all 3 of my comps. one has win2000 and the others have xp.
 
camaro1185 said:
the camara didnt come with any cd with drivers is it possible they were forgotten.
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maybe.. did you check their website if it had any or searched for a driver?
camaro1185 said:
as for the opperating system i have tried this camara on all 3 of my comps. one has win2000 and the others have xp.
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so im guessing the one at school is either 2000 or xp..
camaro1185 said:
it goes through usb and the camara is a sony dv video cam.
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what is the camera called specifically? cause there are many SONY DV video cams..
 
i am currently at college and dont have the camara here with me....i hope that it works.....thanks everyone for the help...if it doesnt work i will be posting something else in the near future....thanks again.
 
camaro first off it does have firewire most sony cam do check web for spec and look for 1 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire/i.LINK). Maybe thats way you been having problem with it your school has it hooked up by firewire. Second I don't think it has usb 2 so just stick to firewire youll get a better quality video.
 
first since your connecting via usb you will need a driver as said above. if you have a dv camara it should have a 4 pin firewire port on it. buy a firewire cord for 7 bucks USD that is a 4 pin to 6 pin if you have a 6 pin firewire port on your computer. firewire dosent require drivers. it might help, ive never used pinnacle with usb so i wouldnt know about that. firewire is my only reccomendation. less dropped frames too
 
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