Jvc camcorder and Vista?

Question

Hi, I have a JVC GR-D247 camcorder and would like to use it for webcam and video conferencing. I have just recently bought a new pc with Vista, can I just connect them with a firewire cable or do I need anything else to do this

Thanks

Answer 1

firewire is a general purpose serial connection, you need software to process it as video. when you first plug into vista, it should recognize that a device is connected and request to run windows media manager or such. much like what happens when you insert a disk into the cd drive.

my sony miniDV works ok with vista but my JVC camcorder is not recognized by vista. hope yours works properly.