Panasonic MiniDV USB to PC transfer?

Question by Phil G: Panasonic MiniDV USB to PC transfer?
I have a Panasonic NV-GS60 MiniDV Camcorder and want to transfer my footage to PC through USB. I run Vista and when I plug the camcorder in, Vista makes the sound that a new device has been added and starts to install drivers. This completes and says successful. However, when I go to Windows Movie Maker, the camcorder is not recognised for me to capture from. This is the same for every other digital video editor software too.

Is there any solution to this?

***please do not say use firewire as I do NOT want to do this***

Best answer:

Answer by Al G
You can verify the driver by going into device manager but the reason that this is not working for use is because most apps don’t recognize USB connections to camcorders other than for transfering pictures.

FYI data transfer with USB is too slow for it to work with video which is captured in real-time, that’s why people tell you to use firewire. You can add one to your computer for less than $ 30.

Another option is to just use a video conversion service. Send them your video tape and get it back on DVD, or the digital files to edit. StashSpace.Com does this for $ 7/tape

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