The DV jack on your camcorder is firewire. Yes, you'll need to purchase a
PCI firewire card and cable for your PC.
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Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging
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"Brian" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:5F628EB3-F12D-4EA8-B7D3-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I'm trying to save my 48 minute movie to my Panasonic DV camcorder via
> the
> USB port on the camera. I have two problems:
>
> 1. Movie maker tells me that I don't have enough memory on the temporary
> storage device C: to save the movie. I have nearly 8 GB of free space on
> the
> C: drive.
>
> 2. I have the camera cabled to the PC via USB. I can capture video but I
> can't save the movie via USB. Do I have to purchase a fire wire card and
> cable? Also, my camera only has a USB and a DV jack. Is there any way to
> reconfigure it to produce firewire output?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brian