Coms not detecting Videocamera?

Question

I'm using a Canon MVX250i videocam, i'm having a problem of the videocam not being detected by my Wins laptop and Mac. It's rather strange, i do admit there's no driver (for the videocamera) in both OS but it should at least detect it under My Computer as an external device. I tried Canon wedsite for the driver but it's seem to be down. Please advise. Is there any other programs that could detect my camera or what are the possible problems that caused my videocam not to be pick up?.

Answer 1

The Canon MVX250 is a miniDV tape based camcorder.

USB won't work.

Connect the camcorder's DV port to the computer's Firewire port with a firewire cable. USB won't work.

Your Macintosh - if built in the last 10 years - probably has a Firewire port. The firewire cable you need has a 4-pin jack to plug into the camcorder and a 6-pin jack to plug into the Mac.

You did not tell us what Windows machine you are using - most do not have a IEEE1394a port.

Firewire, i.Link, DV and IEEE1394a are all the same thing.

Answer 2

If you have a mini dv (cassette) camcorder….

Your dv camcorder needs a firewire connection (ieee 1394) in order to download video, your PC probably did not come with a firewire port, so you will have to buy one and install it, since most computers (except possibly brand new) don't come with a firewire port, your camcorder did not come with a firewire cord so you have to purchase a cord too. Your camcorder did come with a USB cord and that is used for downloading stills from your camcorder. Make sure your camera is in playback mode.

The fine print in your manual makes reference to firewire (ieee 1394) connection.