From: "Glenn Meadows" 

Not this camera (don't recall the number, but not on any Windows machine
I've tried it on.)

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Glenn M.
"Randy"  wrote in message news:421e7ae4{at}w3.nls.net...
> 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.
>>
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>> 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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