Installing a firewire pci Card onto my HP Compaq dc5000 Small Form Factor PC

Many computers come without a dv connection though of late quite a number are catching up. What you need is to buy a firewire 1394 card, called the I-link card by Sony. This is the card that you put in your computer on one of the PCI slots. The firewire card usually comes with the cable and software for it so you don't have to worry about that. If you are not able to put the firewire card yourself then get someone who is computer literate to do it for you. Hope this helps you.

Why have you bought a 'new' computer with such an outdated operating system ? Have you an available expansion slot on the motherboard to install a Firewire card ?

First, you need a Firewire connection (also called IEEE 1394). Most of PC computers don't have it, including mine. I bought a cheap Firewire card and installed it into an empty PCI slot, costed about $15.
I hope you don't have the USB cable and the firewire cable plugged into your computer at the same time. That can break things.

With the firewire cable plugged into the DV port of the camcorder and the firewire port of the computer and the camcorder is in Play mode (and plugged into the wall AC power with the power adapter), are you saying that when you launch MovieMaker and "Capture", the video camera is not recognized?

There are only two conditions that can cause this:

1) The firewire400 port on the computer is not working properly (how do you know it is working?). If you are using Vista Home Basic, chances are good that the IEEE1394a firewire port drivers were never loaded... so, that will be your first step. Get that port working and you'll be ready to go.

2) The DV port on the camcorder is not working properly. This could be for several reasons, but lets hope the DV port was not fried if you ever had the USB and firewire connections to your computer at the same time... Reset the camcorder to factory defaults by disconnecting all cables, removing the rechargeable battery and removing the little date/time button battery inside the camcorder. Wait for about 20 minutes. Put the button battery back in, then put the rechargeable battery back on. Set the date and time. Connect the firewire cable to the DV port, connect the AC power adapter to the wall, connect the other side of the firewire cable to the firewire port on the computer, launch MovieMaker - will it "Capture" from the video tape?

Anyone you know nearby with an Apple Macintosh and iMovieHD? You will need a 4-pin to 6-pin firewire cable and the AC power adapter. If it works with the Mac, we know it is not the camcorder's DV port. If it does not work, chances are good the camcorder's firewire port is bad.
Hope this was helpful?

I think you can by using the firewire cable, connect it to the the slot indicated by i (for iLink) DV on the camcorder and connect it ot the computer firwire port. A firewire slot is available if a Firewire card is isntalled on your computer. I am in the process of installing a Firewire Card (starting from $15.00 and upwards) hopefully everything works out.

1. install the cd driver camed with your camcorder
2. use USB cable to recognize your camcorder to be use on your computer.
thats it! hope that helps!

CHARCOIS

Are you connecting to the camera with a USB cable? Many camcorders will not allow you to transfer video over the USB interface. Video transfer often requires a Firewire connection and software. You'll need a Firewire cable (sometimes called a DV cable).

If you computer is reasonably new it most likely will have a Firewire port. If not, you'll need to install a Firewire PCI card.

The software I use is called Scenalyzer. There are other options, but Scenalyzer has a free demo you can try. You can download the software here:

http://www.scenalyzer.com/

The demo software is fully functional, but it will leave a watermark on your video.

Good luck.

Hi,

To my knowledge there is no simple adapter that would interface Firewire to USB. Though both are high-speed bus, there is significant difference between the technologies involved that they can't be joined/integrated nor is it possible to connect a USB device to a Firewire port either directly or vice-versa. Most if not all on the market are a dual/combination Firewire/USB hub but not an adapter.

Alternately:
1. If your computer is a desktop, there are PCI cards that plugs in to one of your PCI slots whose inputs are Firewire based. Here is an example; or
2. If your computer is a laptop, there are PCMCIA cards with Firewire ports. Here is an example .

Pls be reminded that there are 4-pin & 6-pin FireWire DV Cable.

Hope this be of some help/idea. Pls post back how things turned out or should you be in need of additional information.

Good luck and kind regards.

if you are using a desktop, you require a an addon card called IEEE 1394 firewire card, which you have to install it on your motherboard's PCI slot, then using the firewire cable which you get along with the card should be connected to the card and DV port of the camera, then using the MOVIE MAKER software of windows XP, you can download the video.

hi, The memory card can only handle still pictures and in some model low quality email clips can be recorded. For video capture the latest camcorders are providing high speed USB 2 transfer.But for older models you need to get it done with the help of firewire card. If you want to capture your video you can either buy a firewire card(can easily purchased from computer accessory shops,low cost) and plugin to pci slot of your PC,else if you have a DV port you can connect to that with a dv cable (which can be purchased from all camera stores).The camcorder is provided with a 1394 port to which you can connect the cable from firewire card. All the best my friend. sreejith Once you are ready with these you can use any of the video editing programs(even you might have got a freeware from JVC) with that you can capture in full DVD quality to PC.

First check whether you have a DV port in your desktop, in case you dont have it, buy a IEEE1394 firewire card and install it on your mother board in one of the PCI slots. As soon as you restart your system the system will recognize your new firewire card, then connect the camera and pc through a fire wire card. As soon as you put the power button of camera ON the system will recognize your camera. Then using any video editing software you can download.