Hi there,

A real newbie here on DV camera and firewire connectivity. I just bought this new Firewire 4pin-4pin cable and I hooked it up with my Panasonic NV-GS55 and my notebook.

However, I'm not getting any reaction whatsoever... i'm not sure if it works like USB where the notebook will detect a new device and install the necessary drivers or I'm doing something wrong. I tried the DV camera in both recording and playback mode

Notebook - Windows XP Pro

Help !

Thank you.

same here..im also using panasonic digicam, but can't transfer
i have created 1 thread my self
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=444117&hl=
but till now still din get any responses:(

Usually WinXP will recognize the connection. But sometimes ........!!!!
Try these...

1.) Check if cable is faulty.
2.) Is firewire port ok? Meaning... driver is installed.
3.) Try capturing with other softwares.
4.) Try DVCam on other PC.

5.) What format are you trying to capture? avi.....mpeg..1/2/4....?

mine is panasonic oldies NV-GX7, also using 4-pin to 4-pin to my laptop (xp home), no connection problem even without install the bundled drivers. try to recall do u do anything on your os like disabled some of the services (services.msc)?

1. I have two cables ... so technically ... I doubt that the cable is faulty ....

2. Does the 1394 Connection appearing in the Network Connections qualify that the firewire port is working ? Technically shouldn't be faulty as well since I am using the notebook pre-installed with default software

3. I know it works with the USB cable that came with the camera ... i don't know what software I can use because I can't even detect the camera

4. I tried on two seperate brands with the same response .... cannot detect the camera

u have to try with other PC. if not working also, means ur dv cam got issue. it should be auto detected.

1. Ok..two cables...I guess not faulty.
2. Technically, should be working but sometimes....(unexplainable reasons)
3. With USB, I dont use and never tried.
4. Have you tried other softwares like Ulead Video Studio, Pinnacle Studio 9, Sony Vegas....
Let me know.

Install the driver first before connect the DV cam. Reboot your pc and connect the DVcam. Read the manual first.

I've rebooted the PC many times after installing the drivers ... still cannot detect the video camera ...

The manual is the first place to read ... but not really much use since it doesn't help much ... I've dropped an e-mail to Panasonic Customer Center ... hopefully they can come back with a solution to the problem

Make sure ur firewire driver is installed.

And make sure u on ur videocam in playback mode if not mistaken, rewind it to the place u wanna start capture.

Try other software like WinDV, google it, very easy to use.

Hmmm .... ok .. will try the WinDV and see how it goes

Did you unable the firewire connection in the connect to ----> show connection?

OK .. i've tried the WinDV but still doesn't work because it says that the video device cannot be found .... apparently I need to get the camera detected before any of this will function ...

The Firewire connection in the network connections is already enabled .. i've even tried disabling and re-enabling it again ... but still cannot work ... really frustrating camera

I think you will need to check with the service centre already .. it shouldn't be that difficult to connect to the computer....

Yea.... I just got a response from Panasonic Customer Center ... gave the exact same advice as above ... hahahha ...

nm ler ... i'll try to buy another firewire cable just to confirm that the cable is faulty ...

can I connect one PC to another PC via the firewire and detect automatically ?? that's the fastest way I know to test the cable.

It is best to try it out with another pc. See the problem is from pc or the DV cam.

or if you know any friend with a Apple Mac with a FireWire port you can try on their machine. OSX detects almost all camera without installing any drivers. Just fire up the Imovie software and see if it detects your camera. Hope this helps.