I just purchased a new MiniDV camcorder and was thinking that maybe somehow I could also use it as a webcam. I've tried a couple different programs and they all seem to want to read a camera from a USB port. I have my camcorder hooked via a firewire port. I also have a USB connection on the camcorder that when I hook up to the computer only think I can get is the digital pictures that are on the memory stick. Its a Sony TRV17. Thanks for any info.