Search for Panasonic NV-DS60 camera driver

I just mentioned above that Windows recognizes most MiniDV camcorders when connected via a FireWire (IEEE 1394) connection and not USB.
To start with video.


The initial request: "I recorded a MiniDV or DVCAM cassette and I'm looking to transfer the video from the camcorder to my computer (PC or MAC) for editing. How do I set up the computer to capture the video onto a hard drive?"


- 1. Prerequisite. The computer must have a FireWire connector (or ilink or IEEE1394 or DV, it’s all the same) *. There are two possibilities. Either the computer is equipped with one and everything is fine, or it doesn’t have one and in that case, you need to add this connector to the computer. On PCs, recent quality motherboards always have at least one. However, if necessary, installing one is actually simple to do and doesn’t cost much (€10). You open the case and insert the card equipped with a FireWire connector into one of the free PCI slots on the motherboard. Warning: do not use the USB cable supplied with the device to capture video onto the computer. The USB connection should only be used for transferring photos or low-definition video. To achieve a good definition, without loss, one only uses FireWire connectors (or ilink or IEEE1394 or DV).

- 2. Connect the camcorder to the computer using the appropriate FireWire cable. Depending on the case, this cable will be a 4/4 or a 6/4, that is, having a connector that fits on one side to that of the camcorder and on the other side to the computer (the camcorder equipped with DV IN uses the same DV connector to transfer the videos (OUT) and receive them (IN)).

- 3. The computer recognizes the camcorder when it is connected or when it is switched to VCR mode. At this point, what do you respond to the prompt from Windows on PC? Answer: nothing. Why? Because you sometimes need to configure the software the first time you use it. Therefore, if this has not already been done, you open your acquisition/editing software and look for its capture interface. If the capture software has not already been configured or has been previously used for a capture by USB connectors, it should be configured to perform DV capture. The proper settings in Europe, with a DV camcorder in PAL, are: DV PAL, 720 X 576, 25 frames per second.

- 4. Then, either you start the capture and let the computer transfer the captured file to a directory set by default, or you prefer to make other adjustments to send the video to a different hard drive than the one specified by the OS (Windows XP on PC). In any case, you are now able to control the capture of the video from the camcorder. You can further fine-tune the settings (capturing the tape in one go, or in segments, or performing a rough cut with scene detection). Avoid capturing in low definition, as today hard drives are large enough that you don’t need to redo the work and capture in full definition.

- 5. Finally, you can start editing on the computer. Open the editing interface, transfer the captured clips from the bin or hard drive to the source window or directly to the timeline and then manipulate them at will (non-linear) according to your imagination and project. Ultimately, you can create a DV master of your edit by sending your copy back to a DV cassette of the camcorder, via the same DV connector used during the capture. It is only after taking the precaution to save the edit that I recommend proceeding to authoring, which is necessary before burning the video onto a DVD to allow playback on a standalone DVD player.

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A camcorder and XP Vista Seven have no relation; all mini DV camcorders will be recognized without a CD. You need a FireWire connection and software like, for example: Windows Movie Maker Live to download for Seven only.