Question on using firewire to capture to hard disk

[tnc1]

I have a firewire connection on my computer but no software to go with it. I would like to capture my DV cam avi files directly onto my hardrive without changing them with compresseion or losing any quality using the firewire. I want to keep the great quality of the avi files and bring them into Cinema Craft to encode into a DVD.
What software program should I use to do this? Any suggestions? I dont want to lose any quality from the download, to the time I encode into my Cinema Craft encoder. So many programs capture and use compression but that just adds to the loss of quality. I have plenty of hardrive and fast enough processor and Ram to do this. Again my aim is to capture from DV cam using just plain firewire onto my harddrive which I plan to convert in CCE to a dvd format. No loss of video quality is important.
Thanks for any help, this site is awesome for newbies.

[Nolonemo]

Just about any video editor should do this. For a capture-only program, take a look at Scenealyzer, http://www.scenalyzer.com/

[redwudz]

Two popular free programs for DV transfer: DVIO, WinDV, both available in the 'Tools' section to the left.

[ZippyP.]

I would like to capture my DV cam avi files directly onto my hardrive without changing them with compresseion or losing any quality using the firewire.

Actually you want to transfer your DV video from the camera to your PC via Firewire. "Capture" is a misnomer in this case.