View Camcorder on Laptop/Desktop

[ghiatti]

How can I view on my laptop/desktop the video from a Camcorder connected by firewire? Like when you connect the camcorder to the TV.

Thanks for helping

[Will Hay]

Do you mean watch, or transfer to your desktop/laptop for editing/veiwing/burning?
If its the latter you need software capable of 'capturing' the source from your camcorder via your firewire card/cable.
Look at the following three...
1) DVIO : free, no preview window, no editing facilities
2) Scenalyser : not free, preview window, no editing facilities
3) Pinnacle Studio : not free, preview window, editing facilities
Also, try the guides on the left of your screen, they're very good.
This one here, might interest you.
You'll find a load of them right here.
Will

[ghiatti]

Thank you. I mean just showing the tape on the computer and not on the TV. No editing.

[rhegedus]

If you're using XP, you should be able to watch in windows explorer - it should be listed as a device - but you won't get any sound.