Re: Sony Camcorder
From: Graham Hughes, MVP Digital Media (graham_at_simplydv.co.uk)
Date: 06/11/04
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Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 18:34:15 +0100
To check if you have 1394 connection.
Start
control panel
system
hardware
device manager
In the list you should see
ieee1394 bus host controller
or something very similar.
This means you have a firewire connection on the pc, next we need to find
it.
see here for pictures of firewire ports.
http://images.google.com/images?q=firewire&ie=UTF-8&hl=en
The first picture shows a 6 pin port.This is what most pc's have, although
laptops and cameras have a 4 pin port. which can be seen by looking at
picture 4.
Picture 2 shows the difference in how the cable looks for 6 - 4 pins.
Click on the pictures and you may get larger versions.
If you have a firewire port and then can locate it, it's just a matter of
buying teh correct cable to match the ports on the pc and the cam. Most good
pc shops or camera ones will do these leads, also easily available on the
net.
Graham
-- Graham Hughes MVP Digital Media www.simplydv.co.uk "Royalscotty" <Royalscotty@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6F30279B-3CB7-44CE-99CA-B1A625EE256D@microsoft.com... > Thanks I appreciate your help. I did finally find the cd and installed the software but cannot get it to work.(I 'm in my second flush of youth ) I don't understand how I connect to the port required to make it work (ieee 1394 ) I am using a hub to make it easy for me to use various devices so I tried using the USB option in the programme but it runs for a moment and then shuts down. ......Thanks anyway > > "Graham Hughes, MVP Digital Media" wrote: > > > If it's video you want to download then use a firewire cable to a firewire > > connection on the pc, sony call this i-link and it's also known as ieee1394. > > Open up movie maker and folow the instructions. If you don't have XP, (or > > ME) then you won't have MM installed and you'll need other software. > > If it's stills, use the usb cable and windows explorer to copy the stills > > across. > > If you want to use usb for video, good luck, but you'll need the > > installation cd for the programme with which to do it. Could try sony's site > > to see if they have a download. Be aware the quality is very poor compared > > to firewire. > > Graham > > > > -- > > Graham Hughes > > MVP Digital Media > > www.simplydv.co.uk > > "Royalscotty" <Royalscotty@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > > news:2DD89949-4B35-4669-B5F4-00E67B68E3B7@microsoft.com... > > > I have mislaid my sony installation cd and cannot set up my camera to > > download onto my hard drive..Any help would be appreciated > > > > > >
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