Lee Hunter Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 Can anyone confirm successful DV camcorder capture with firewire on Windows 7 32 Home Premium? Was any "work around" necessary? Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Hunter Posted November 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 Sure looks like Lee is using the Tip of the Iceberg posting method Open your Device Manager before you plug in the Firewire. (Win-Pause – pick Device Manager) Then plug in your Firewire. Do you see the camcorder added to your Device list? Before: After: Jim, Thanks so much for your reply. Following your instructions to the letter resulted in no difference. My Panasonic PV-GS250 does not show up. It did show up in Vista, whch is what prompted my question. I have received a reply from Panasonic that they had no plans to create Windows 7 drivers. Do you have any suggestions as to which other drivers I could try?. Is there any "program compatibilty" alternatives for drivers? Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggrussell Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 Since this camcorder is a standard miniDV tape camcorder, the driver is built into Win7. Even when you connect it using USB to transfer the still images, win7 shouldn't have an issue. For troubleshooting, doyou have another firewire cable to try? Do you have more than one firewire port on the computer? Try all ports. Can you try using the camcorder on another computer or laptop? As long as the camcorder does not show up in Device Manager, no software will be able to use it. The OS must recognize the camcorder first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_Hardin Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 As Gary said, it is a Firewire connection and the beauty of Firewire is that it has always worked!!! But for some reason yours is not being seen by the PC… Gary's idea about using another cable is good. Also do you have any other PC to check it on? It could be your 1394 controller is the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggrussell Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 I have no problem capturing HDV with firewire using Win7 HP 32bit and Creator 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_Hardin Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 Sure looks like Lee is using the Tip of the Iceberg posting method Open your Device Manager before you plug in the Firewire. (Win-Pause – pick Device Manager) Then plug in your Firewire. Do you see the camcorder added to your Device list? Before: After: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Can anyone confirm successful DV camcorder capture with firewire on Windows 7 32 Home Premium?
Was any "work around" necessary?
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