From: "Randy" 

That's odd-XP-preSP2 recognized my Canon DV camera without a hitch.

Canon seems to be rather dodgy driver-writers.

"Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
news:421e0de3$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Came with all Windows XP versions I believe.  Works OK.
>
> I've found the ability of Windows to identify video cameras, either
> Firewire OR USB to be pretty dismal.
>
> Shelley has a Cannon, that has Firewire I/O on it.  Plug it into a PC,
> that has XP-Pro, and a Firewire card installed (yes, the card works,
> handles HD's just fine), but the camera is not recognized, no "New
> Hardware Detected" message, at all.  Check the Cannon site for
"drivers"
> or special stuff needed for Windows, and they show "works with
XP", and
> their tech support says the same thing.  Tried it on several machines, no
> joy.
>
> Plug the SAME cable into my G3 in the studio, and iMovie pops right up,
> allows me to control the camera from the onscreen transport buttons,
> imports the video, just as simple as can be.  On the old G3 300Mhz
> machine, the video was pretty choppy being displayed, but I've since put
> in the Accelerator card, and now have an 800 Mhz G4, and it's smooth as
> silk on the newly "invigorated" box...
>
> YMWV though, so hopefully, it will be a simple plug/play.
>
> --
>
> Glenn M.
> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
> news:421dd74c$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> Windows Movie Maker? I think it came with sp2 but it's a free download
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/default.mspx
>>
>>
>> "Jeff Shultz"  wrote in message
>> news:pan.2005.02.24.05.18.52.31418{at}shultzinfosystems.com...
>>> Okay, my dad just bought a Gateway M320 laptop (on my recommendation).
>>> It
>>> comes with firewire and even has a built in slot that will handle the
>>> memory cards from my parent's Kodak digital camera.
>>>
>>> In the next couple of days I'm going to hook their DV camera to the
>>> firewire port... and I have no idea what is going to happen.
>>>
>>> The goal is this: download whatever is on the DV tape so the tape can be
>>> reused. Convert this to MPEG for storage on CD-R's for eventual
>>> compilation onto DVD's.
>>>
>>> Does Windows XP Home come with anything that is going to help with this?
>>> I've got DVD writer software (it's on my home box, the laptop only has a
>>> DVD reader, CD-R/RW drive), but I need to know how I'm going to get the
>>> data from the DV Cam to the hard drive, and from there do very basic
>>> editing and saving to other media.
>>>
>>> I'm not looking for a full-blown professional editing studio - not only
>>> do
>>> I not need the power, we probably couldn't afford it, and I know darn
>>> well
>>> my dad couldn't use it. As the man says, "Free is a very
good price."
>>>
>>> Recommendations?
>>>
>>
>>
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