Transferring video through firewire?

Question

my cam corder didnt come with a software disk but had a firewire cable. i made a video, plugged it in, and it didnt come up with the options as usual, it did nothing. then, when i went into windows movie maker and asked to capture from a video device it says that it cant do it because there was a problem starting the device. what does this mean? please help, this video is very important! how can i get the video onto the pc and onto movie maker? it isnt being recognised?

Answer 1

you most likely need to put the camcorder into VCR or VTR mode so that the computer can recognize it.

Answer 2

Try this :-

Go into Device Manager (Control Panel / System / Hardware)

Expand the IEEE1394 Bus host controllers, right click on your  device and uninstall it.  If it's not there to start with, you've got a problem!

Shut down your PC.

Connect the camcorder, switch it to play and reboot your PC.  You should see messages coming up as the card and then the camcorder are detected.