Panasonic nv- ds 65 mini dv digital

use the USB cable only for still pix. you would need a Firewire cable to be connected from your DV point in your camera to the Firewire port on your PC. Most PCs do not have Firewire readily installed. You can buy it the firewire card IE1994 card - its cheap. the IE1994 card is used for laptops and the other kind is the one you can plug into an empty card slot on your PC. You need to take off the cover of your PC and push in the Firewire Card. Put the cover back on and its plug n play.

Firewire transfers at 10x the speed of USB 2.0. You will never have the problem of dropping even one frame. Its worked for me!!!