CANON MV630i MINI DV CAMCORDER DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERA USB - Transfering movies to computer?

Question

I have the above camera and i am wanting to transfer my movies from it to the compupter. I have had it for a 4 years. I recenlty brought this cable of ebay for it so i could trasnfer movies. "4-4 pin i.Link/Firewire/IEEE 1394/DV for Sony Canon JVC" . (link below)

I have software that came with the camera for transfering movies but when i plug the cable in my fireport (built into my Asus laptop) it does not find the camera. Any suggestion on how i can transfer the stuff i have filmed on my cam corder (which take tapes) to my computer would be great cheers

I have expanded the "Expand the IEEE1394 Bus host controllers" and then it re=install but no camera found. I am using Windows movie maker but it does not fine the camera. Please help someone!

Answer 1

you need to power on the camera and be sure it is in VCR or VTR mode. This will let the computer recognize it as a tape deck and you can then import from your tape.