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Re: Is firewire to usb cable ok for connecting DV videocamera (firewire) to my PC (usb) ?

Author
10 Mar 2007 1:21 AM
smsradius
Just for the records, I got one of these Firewire to USB cables from
ebay for $.99 and plugged it into my Sony DCR HC38. The computer
actually runs Server 2003 which is not supported by the Sony USB
driver, but nevertheless, all I got was an 'USB Device not Recognized'
error. The Sony Motion Browser does not recognize anything, either. I
will keep looking for a driver for this cable, but without such a
driver imho this cannot work.

Author
12 Mar 2007 2:28 PM
Ray S
smsradius wrote:
> Just for the records, I got one of these Firewire to USB cables from
> ebay for $.99 and plugged it into my Sony DCR HC38. The computer
> actually runs Server 2003 which is not supported by the Sony USB
> driver, but nevertheless, all I got was an 'USB Device not Recognized'
> error. The Sony Motion Browser does not recognize anything, either. I
> will keep looking for a driver for this cable, but without such a
> driver imho this cannot work.
>

Have you actually tried to use an applicatin to capture from the camera?
Expecting server 2003 to just lay it down like you were plugging in a
thumb drive may be expecting too much.