Re: HELP ! IEEE 1394 & Camcorder

I use firewire capture a lot from cameras, deck, dvbridges with no issues.
I would suggesting trying to find out who make the firewire chipset and see
if that manufacturer has a reference driver you could install. Its a shot
in the dark but might work.

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Bryan Socha
MSMVP - Media Center
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp

"Chad" <Chad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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This is a widely documented problem with no well documented solution.
Most
digital video users reported problems with firewire connectivity after
installing SP2 for XP. It's reported that the firewire drivers that came
with this update slowed the data transmission way down to 100 from 800 or
400
depending on your device.

Some have been able to reinstall the old drivers but this is tricky as XP
replaces them with new versions upon each reboot. The source cab files
then
have to be renamed so XP doesn't find the new drivers to keep overwriting
the
old ones.

Regardless I've tried everything and have been unable to get my Sony TRV19
to work with several Windows versions now. Even going back to 98SE and
2000
have not worked while the camera shows connectivity via the IEEE1394
interface.

I've yet to scrub the rest of the posts here but if anyone has ideas
please
shoot them here. I'm about at my wits end with this after weeks of work
on
this problem.


"LatinGuy" wrote:

I've just purchased a Dell XPS600, Pentium D with Windows Xp Media
Center Edition.

When I connect my digital video (DV) camera to my computer by using an
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE) 1394 cable,
a bubble pops up under my task bar saying "New Hardware Found" then the
Install Wizard pops up asking to located the driver in the CD. Once I
locate the .inf file and press next, Intall Wizard replies "No Hardware
Installed.
I called Dell and after 3 hour I found out they don't have a clue about
drivers. So to get me off the phone they tell me that I must call the
manufacters of the cameras and get new drivers.
That did'nt work.
I've tried several ways to install this driver (downloading updated
drivers, trying to install through Device Manager, etc...) and still no
luck.


The two cameras I have is SONY DCR-TRV18 and Samsung SDC103.

Is there anyone else having this problem? or am I just losing it?




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