guys come on, its a firewire camera! USB has no access to the MiniDV tape.
What you need to get is a Firewire PCI expansion card. This means that you open your computer and manually have to install it.
I own this exact same card, it comes with a cable so its all you should need - plus its only $14.99: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1026754&CatId=510
I connect it through the computer through USB and the computer only recognizes it as a SD card (because the pictures are stored on an SD card) but I can't get the computer to recognize it as a camera. Any advice?
Wrong... I know of many cameras that also offer USB video streaming. My Sony, for example, has USB and Firewire. USB is only 1.1, so the video is 352x240...guys come on, its a firewire camera! USB has no access to the MiniDV tape.
Wrong... I know of many cameras that also offer USB video streaming. My Sony, for example, has USB and Firewire. USB is only 1.1, so the video is 352x240...
But I do agree with firewire. USB 2.0 or not, Firewire is the way to go.
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Maybe that camera is different, I have not researched it, but I know some do support USB streaming.
I connect it through the computer through USB and the computer only recognizes it as a SD card (because the pictures are stored on an SD card) but I can't get the computer to recognize it as a camera. Any advice?