Can somebody PLEASE HELP ME WITH MY CAMCORDER!?

Question

I have asked this question like 300 times and no one is really giving me any proper answers...I bought an older model sony camcorder model number dcr-hc15e...i bought a firewire cable and installed a firewire port to my pc....the camcorder picks up that it is plugged into my pc but when i go to use a program like windows movie maker to record the mini DV footage from it says that "there is no device connected" Can someone please tell me why it isnt working...and please before you answer dont say "d'uh did you install the port properly....or...."did you install the software that came with the port/camcorder" im not stupid!! Thanks in advance to the non-moronic people who answer my question :)

Answer 1

Have you tried a different editing program?

Windows Movie maker supports these kinds of files.

 Audio files: .aif, .aifc, .aiff .asf, .au, .mp2, .mp3, .mpa, .snd, .wav, and .wma

 Picture files: .bmp, .dib, .emf, .gif, .jfif, .jpe, .jpeg, .jpg, .png, .tif, .tiff, and .wmf

 Video files: .asf, .avi, .m1v, .mp2, .mp2v, .mpe, .mpeg, .mpg, .mpv2, .wm, and .wmv

Answer 2

d'uh did you install the port properly?

Try to find a computer tech that can help you because nobody can help you without looking at the computer itself