i have a problem connecting my camcorder to my computer?

when i connect my ieee (firewire) cable to my computer and my camcorder, nothing happens. i opened up windows movie maker and clicked on import/ from digital video camera and says that no camcorder can be found.by the way, my camcorder is a panasonic PV-GS39 and uses a minidv cassete. please help!

you’re right…PV-GS39 is a miniDV vcam w/c should be firewire- connected to a pc to capture (copy) video from tape using a video editing app like wmm.

However, you chose wmm ‘IMPORT’ which applies only to files (video/ music/ voice) , whereas, on tape is a video stream when on playback.

Try instead to click on CAPTURE from video device to capture video stream while the vcam is on playback. wmm shud contol the vcam operations.

This entry was posted on Sunday, December 27th, 2009 at 4:18 am and is filed under problem connecting. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

3 Responses to “i have a problem connecting my camcorder to my computer?”

insane_mad_maniak on December 27th, 2009 at 9:32 am

when you are on the player on the camcorder, go into the menu, and search through it to find a option to turn the Firewire link on in the camcorder.
References :
midknight_6 on December 27th, 2009 at 10:15 am

You may need to update your drivers!! Try the Panasonic support site for your camera model for the drivers and peruse the FAQ’s while your there.
References :
TiddiVisual on December 27th, 2009 at 10:56 am

you’re right…PV-GS39 is a miniDV vcam w/c should be firewire- connected to a pc to capture (copy) video from tape using a video editing app like wmm.

However, you chose wmm ‘IMPORT’ which applies only to files (video/ music/ voice) , whereas, on tape is a video stream when on playback.

Try instead to click on CAPTURE from video device to capture video stream while the vcam is on playback. wmm shud contol the vcam operations.
References :

Art Connecting