Jvc Video Camera Driver Issue

#1 mrs.c

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Posted 07 August 2008 - 07:54 PM

I currently have WinVista and I tried to install the driver to my old video camera (jvc gr-d72u) ..a message pops up indicating it works only on Win98..what can I do about this? I appreciate any help I can get on this matter, thank you so much.

#2 Platypus

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Posted 07 August 2008 - 09:33 PM

I don't believe there is any Vista driver for this camera. Are you intending to use USB or Firewire? Using Firewire, your Video Editing software should be able to access the camera directly. However, some cameras including JVC are known to have issues communicating correctly with Firewire chips that are not Texas Instruments (eg Agere). Folk have reported installing a Firewire card with a TI chipset and having the Vista Video editor immediately see the camera, eg the topics here:

http://camcorderinfo.com/bbs/printthread.php?t=138906

and here:

http://www.camcorderinfo.com/bbs/t111245.html

This post has been edited by Platypus: 07 August 2008 - 09:34 PM

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#3 mrs.c

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Posted 07 August 2008 - 10:38 PM

I bought the firewire upon reading various comments and suggestions..well, nothing happened..I will read what you have posted..I very much appreciate your response..finally getting somewhere with this.