i have video editing software and i want to import video from my video camera via usb. do i need to download a driver and if so which one and where and how do i get it. thanx.

The following information might help you, I found it in on the Ulead web site: Video computer files in the PC world are usually either AVI or MPEG types. The process of getting video into a computer from an external device such as a camcorder is called capturing. There are two main methods of capturing, either analog or digital. You can use analog capture with almost any device; you can only use digital capture with digital devices that have a Firewire output. Both methods require appropriate hardware installed in the computer. Analog capture normally requires a capture card, but MPEG capture can be done using an external device on a USB or parallel port. Digital camcorders use the Digital Video (DV) standard. This defines not only the size of the tape, but also the format of the digital data. All DV camcorders produce digital data in the same format. DV and Mini-DV are the same except for the physical size of the cartridge and hence the running time. Digital-8 cameras also use the same data format, but use a tape that is physically the same as Video-8. Firewire (or IEEE1394) is a high-speed serial data connection, used by almost all DV camcorders. It needs a Firewire port on the computer (often as a plug-in card), but there is now a trend in high-end computers for Firewire to be built-in.