Why doesn’t my pc recognize my camcorder when it is plugged into firewire?

Question by Mark: Why doesn’t my pc recognize my camcorder when it is plugged into firewire?
** I have recently installed a firewire card and the OS has recognized the hardware & tests show it is operating normally. My PC has Win XP SP3, however when I attach the camcorder to the firewire & activate Windows Movie Maker, it fails to recognize the camera after clicking on “capture video from device.”
*** I have also used the Device Manger (Control panel/system/hardware), and expanded the IEEE1394 bus controllers and deleted it. Reattached the camcorder (power on in playback mode), and restarted the PC. After rebooting, the OS recognized the new hardware and I have activated the Win Movie Maker program, clicked on Capture Video From Device and received the error message, “Camera device not found.”

++ How do I resolve this problem & make the PC/software recognize my camera??

Best answer:

Answer by snowwillow20
Did you put your camcorder in playback mode? Since you are using firewire, then I assume your camcorder is minidv, if not, then you don’t need firewire. Windows Movie Maker is not compatible with many camcorders. WMM supports video files asf, avi, dvr-ms, m1v, mp2, mp2v, mpe, mpeg, mpg, mpv2, wm,and wmv you might have to convert the files http://www.handbrake.fr/ free converting program.

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