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[Guest]

I just bought a new dig camcorder (Panasonic PV-GS200). I loaded all of the drivers and everything is updated. The problem I have is I hooked up the camcorder to my PC (via USB hub) and XP did the rest. It detected my camcorder but I cannot for the life of me get video. I can get sound, but all I see is a black screen on the CPU.
Any advice is greatly appreciated.

BTW, the camcorder is great, but the documentation/support blows!

 

[Cari \(MS MVP\)]

USB is for transfer of still images - called PhotoShots in Panasonic speak.

You'll need a firewire port and cable for transfer of digital video.
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Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
www.coribright.com

I just bought a new dig camcorder (Panasonic PV-GS200). I loaded all of

the drivers and everything is updated. The problem I have is I hooked up the
camcorder to my PC (via USB hub) and XP did the rest. It detected my
camcorder but I cannot for the life of me get video. I can get sound, but
all I see is a black screen on the CPU.

 

[Guest]

Cari
I went and bought a firewire cable. Hooked my camcorder to my port and now I owe you lunch! Everything runs like a champ. Thanks!

 

[Cari \(MS MVP\)]

McDonalds 1/4lb w/cheese and fries will be fine! I'd prefer Red Lobster,but
you just had to fork out for the firewire cable!!!!!

Happy editing!
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Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
www.coribright.com

Cari,
I went and bought a firewire cable. Hooked my camcorder to my port and

now I owe you lunch! Everything runs like a champ. Thanks!

 

[Cari \(MS MVP\)]

You may have had special capture software installed on the Win2K PC - well
you must have had since Windows MovieMaker doesn't work on Win2K!
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Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
www.coribright.com

BTW, why does it work perfectly with W2K and the USB, but not WinXP? I

(for kicks) tried it on my OLD PIII w/W2K and it worked with the USB (no
firewire on that one). Slow (550), but worked.