MINI-DV CAMCORDER VIA FIREWIRE...

[eckoviscon]

Good Day.

Just wanted to ask : What should normally appear under imaging devices on device manager if a dv camera (regardless of brand/model e.g. SONY - TRV22, JVC - GRD70U, etc.) is connected via firewire to a computer running on win98se to confirm that said camera is properly recognized by the computer?

Any info will be highly appreciated.

tnx

[troyvcd1]

I dont think anything shows up. You just need a capture program to start capturing but windows does not show that a device is connected.

[Innershield]

I am not sure about Windows 98, but on Windows XP my Sony TRV-740 shows up in the device manager as "Sony DV camera" under imaging devices when connected via firewire.

[solarfox]

Generally, under Win98SE it will say something like "Sony DV Camera" under Imaging Devices once the camera is recognized on the Firewire port. At least, it does with my TRV103 Digital-8... (And with a borrowed Canon miniDV I used a while back, it came up with "Canon DV Camera", so presumably it does pick up some kind of detailed device ID when you connect the cable to the camera.)

[j_b]

same thing with my jvc 5000. It says jvc dv camcorder. If I hook up a standalone pioneer burner via firewire, it says "unknown device", but still captures.

[eckoviscon]

Good day gentlemen.

Thank you very much for the time and info.

I was just wondering why in my system running win98se, the firewire card is properly recognized as 1394 bus controller but under the imaging device list, only a small icon of a videocamera is displayed.
And whenever I check on its properties no particular brand/model of any sort of unit is listed but it says that "This device is working properly" I tried to open scenalyzer to verify if it's possible to capture, but it seems that it was not detected. Also in premiere 6.5 I opened the capture window went to device control settings to check its status but it says offline.

Again, my sincerest apology if this inquiry has been posted before, but I only wanted some info and assistance because I entirely depend on this forum.

More power.