Sony DCR-TRV18 MiniDV and WinXP Pro SP3

[zoomie]

Hello videohelp forums members, Im new to this and could use some help please! Ive searched but cannot find a solution to this problem Im having.

Plugging the camcorder into a fresh install via firewire and the PC is not finding all the drivers.

Device Manager > Imaging Devices AV/C Subunit (has an exclamation mark)

when I right click that and select "update driver" a hardware update wizard starts and clicking "next" to "install the software automatically (recommended)" results in:

There was a problem installing this hardware:

sony DV camcorder

An error occoured during the installation of this device

Any ideas folks?

[zoomie]

Also tried to "update driver" and "reinstall driver" with XP Pro CD in tray with same result.

[edDV]

Is the camera detected?

There is no driver to install normally. IEEE-1394 and DV format are supported natively by XP. Try a capture with Windows Movie Maker.

[zoomie]

Formatted PC to SP2 turned off PC, plugged in camcorder, switched it on to 'VCR' turned PC on and after windows had loaded the detection and all that worked. Have been successful with capturing a tape onto hard drive.

[edDV]

I've had no problem with DV capture using SP3.