Streaming from an HDV Camera to my computer!

[Martig]

Hey everyone! I'm not sure if I'm posting in the right section, as this seems mainly to be about downloading from websites, but I thought I'd give it a try.

I have a Canon HV20 HDV camcorder, and I hook it up to my laptop using firewire (4 Pin-4 Pin). I was wondering if there was any way that anyone could think of that would allow me to not only see, but display what my camera sees.

For instance if I'm pointing my camera out of my window, I want to be able to see what my camera can see, but on my computer, AS its happening on the camera.

If anyone can point me in the right direction of how I could do this, I would be ever so grateful. Thank anyone very much in advance!

[guns1inger]

If you have the camera output as DV you should be able to use WinDV's preview window to watch what the camera is passing through live.