Running under XP-SP2, we want to transfer a video from a Sony TRV7E DV camera to a desktop pc using Pinnacle Studio 9.4 (or 10.5). Pinnacle tells us that it doesn’t “see” a DV camera which is probably not switched on. In fact, when you go into the Device Manager in the Control Panel, the IEEE 1394 controller item is displayed with the clasical black exclamation mark against a yellow background. Thus, the SONY IEEE card (in a PCI slot) is recognized but apparently the proper driver is missing. We tried to install several drivers through the update driver option. No appropriate driver was found in XP-SP2 nor was any of the drivers we downloaded ok. Is there any particular driver we could download?

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Thank you for your suggestion. However, since on several other pc's we were unable to find a suitable driver (although the card was recognized every time), we ended up buying a Pinnacle Studio Movieboard Plus PCI card.

Thank you for your suggestion. However, since even on several other pc's where we installed the card,we were unable to find a suitable driver (although the card was recognized every time), we ended up buying a Pinnacle Studio Movieboard Plus PCI card.