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  1. 15th Apr 2009 19:04 #1
    pavilion1250
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    I do not have a firewire port on my laptop so i bought a cable to adapt from usb 2 to firewire. how can i get this to work? my capture program vegas 8 does not see my camera. can't find drivers for firewire.
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    Can you get your money back? I hope so. The cable you describe converts the DV to MPEG1. The quality is terrible and the camcorder is invisible to Windows - by that I mean DV-based software can't see it. According to the blurb for the cable, you have to use their proprietary software to capture and edit. Their advertising seems to be deliberately confusing/misleading.

    It is actually cheaper to buy a PCMCIA FireWire card (that slots into the side of your laptop) than the cable.
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    i believe your right. thank you i will get the card.
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