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    camcorder to laptop

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by ejdur22, Mar 10, 2008.

  1. ejdur22

    ejdur22 Newbie

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    i have just purchased a laptop and i wish to connect my camcorder to it i previously used firewire but the laptop has no firewire port and windows movie maker does not recognise the camcorder when connected via a usb cable can anyone help please. i am running windows vista thanks
     
    ejdur22, Mar 10, 2008
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  2. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    Does your laptop have a pcmcia or a express card slot?
    if it has one or the other than you are in luck

    you must determine which port your laptop has before buying the firewire add-on card.

    Here are some gadgets which you can look into getting

    pcmcia to large firewire port:
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815104238

    pcmcia to large and small firewire port:
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815123006

    expresscard to firewire:
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16839328006

    I hope this helps

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Mar 10, 2008
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  3. ejdur22

    ejdur22 Newbie

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    thanks k-tron it looks good i have an express card slot i will try your suggestion
     
    ejdur22, Mar 11, 2008
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  4. ejdur22

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    installed a firewire 1394 express card laptop recognised it and installed drivers but windows movie maker still wont detect my video camera when i connect it any more help please
     
    ejdur22, Mar 16, 2008
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  5. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    Go into control panel, and click on add new hardware, your camera or your expresscard adaptor should come up. Then it will ask you for the software, if it found the adaptor, than install the appropriate driver for the adaptor. If the camera is found, install the driver for the camera.
    Usually the drivers are on a cd, which came with the adaptor or the camera.

    If the adaptor did not come with a driver cd, than it should be picked up by windows automatically.
    Sometimes windows does not pick hardware up on the first time, so hopefully running add new hardware, the system will scan and find that you installed a new piece of hardware.

    Good luck,

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Mar 16, 2008
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  6. The_Observer

    The_Observer 9262 is the best:)

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    Movie maker has trouble in accepting some camcoders.For a sony one I used,had to installa sony software that came with it.
     
    The_Observer, Mar 17, 2008
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