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Question about a videocamera connection to a firewire port on PC

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Justorq

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Hi I have a sony camcorder and I'm trying to connect it to my computer's firewire port and it doesn't seem to work. I just recently bought a firewire pcmcia card for my laptop and when I hooked up my camcorder to the laptop ... it worked. Now my question is why doesn't it work on my PC, but it works on my laptop.

Thanks for your answers
Justin
 
yeah they are working ... I tried connecting it to a friend's computer and the connection still doesn't work
it only works on the laptop. Why would it work on the laptop and not on a desktop computer ???
 
You will need software to capture via firewire on your pc.

Edit: Not sure if windows xp has native capture thru windows movie maker. I'm on 2000
 
Are you using WindowsXP?

This is a very basic freeware DV capture utility: DVIO

DVIO captures and sends both AVI Type 1 and Type 2 video files to and from your IEEE 1394 videocamera without the need for converting between multiple files types.

What do I need?
Videocamera with IEEE 1394
IEEE 1394 enabled PC
Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000, XP
Latest Microsoft patches from Windows Update
The latest Microsoft DirectX
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both the laptop and pc have windows XP (pro) the laptop works fine ... the pc doesn't even recognise that the camera is connected ... the pc also has a ATI AIW 8500DV 64MB and i tried connecting the camera through the firewire port on the card and it still doesn't work
 
What kind of firewire card is it? Or is it built into the motherboard? (and if so, what kind of motherboard is it?)

Also, this should probably be in Technical Support. Just for future reference. 😛
 
Do you see the firewire in device manager ? It may be disabled in BIOS. Have you ever connected any other devices to the 1394 before ? Is the port soldered to the motherboard or connected via in cable ?
 
No, i don't have any other firewire devices, so i can't check if other things work ... but firewire is recognised in the device manager on both PC's
(mine and my friend's) tested. So I know for a fact that it's enabled in the BIOS ... I use an extra bracket for my firewire plus the port found on my ATI AIW 8500DV. My friend's PC has the firewire on a bracket too.
 
Do yo have any other Firewire devices you can hook up to the PC, just to make sure the Firewire port really works?
 
no i don't and none of my close friends have neither
but i can assure you that it's recognised in the device manager
 
no i don't and none of my close friends have neither
but i can assure you that it's recognised in the device manager
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It doesn't matter if it shows up under device manager when it doesn't work. There are several possibilities. 1) There might be a conflict somewhere (which I don't think is the case). 2) Your Firewire card (or built-in one) could be defective.3) Your camcorder DV connection is defective (ruled out since it works with a laptop). 4)Finally, maybe your PC Firewire and the camcorder just don't like each other (incompatible). In order for you to rule out 1, 2 and 4, you need another Firewire device or another Firewire card to test out. You can also check out your mobo's BIOS and/or jumper settings. SOme mobos have the option of providing (or not providing) power thru the Firewire port, so if there's a setting like this, you can experiment and see what happens.
 
In general, camcorder Firewire connections are designed for 4-pin receptacles at the computer end - that is, they do not require power. All necessary power is provided by the camcorder or digicam.

This is why many laptop built in 1394 ports are 4-pin, and regular Firewire devices, such as external drives, etc., require their own power bricks.

You may just have a compatibility problem<U>.</U>
 
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