Question about Panasonic Palmcorder PV-GS15 Mini DV Digital Camcorder

USB drivers for Vista

I'm wondering if anyone out there has been able to find a USB driver for PCs running Vista. I'd like to copy my tapes to a movie editing software to make some DVDs.

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Anonymous Nov 15, 2007

Have an NV-GS80 with the same issue, missing driver for Vista.

Cheers,

Fred
Anonymous Nov 28, 2007

Yes I have de same problem whit palmcorderpv-gs15.The solution never buy panasonic.
p a n a s o Sep 21, 2008

Hej, jag har samma problem, väldigt irriterande! Panasonic borde väl fixa drivrutiner för alla Windows kan man tycka.

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Panasonic only lists XP and older drivers and no mention of Vista. We have the same problem with a couple of our older cameras (HP) but they were up front and told us they weren?t going to develop drivers for older consumer items. You might want to consider just keeping a PC running XP (or setting up dual boot) for your camera until drivers are released or you give up waiting. Not the answer you wanted but I think its probably the most practical and gets you running now.

Posted on Jul 21, 2007

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Same - I had to go do a dual boot and load XP again to run the camera.... no easy solutions here.

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You do not need to have another xp pc or dual boot, you can run the driver in a compatibility mode! and would solve the issue

Posted on Jun 27, 2009

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