DCR-HC40E and Win10

[Jamppa1975]

Old videos need to transfer to computer. I have that camera, win10 pc with DeLOCK 89864 firewirecard and 6to4cable. How or is it possible to transfer those videos to pc anymore??

[Joe_Dohn]

I don't think it'd be compatible with Windows 10, more like Windows XP.

[darkframe]

Hi @Jamppa1975,

your DeLOCK 89864 seems to be compatible with Win 10 so you might have luck. Win 10 normally does not support Firewire anymore. However, in case your card is working properly it should not be too hard.

You'd need a software which is is able to communicate with the camera via Firewire and which can control the camera. Most video editing software can do that still. However, I've always recommended and used Scenalyzer for years (freeware meanwhile) but lately a guy in the German community didn't have success with it but found a different programme which worked for him (can't remember and find which). Another one is WinDV and there's as well AVCutty which is still being developed. All those programmes are only used for the transfer. For editing and conversion you'll still need other programmes.

A few other points:

• Don't expect to see a drive letter in the Explorer when connecting your camera via Firewire. There simply will be none. Furthermore you won't hear a "bing" or other sound when the connection is established. That's different from a USB connection.
• The only way to find out whether the connection between PC and camera is really working is by trying to connect to your camera by means of one of the above mentioned programmes (or any other being able to connect to Firewire).
• If still available use the original Firewire/i.Link cable which came with the camera. Others might work as well but the original one would be my first choice.
• Your videos will be stored in rather large AVI files so you'll need plenty of space on your hard disks. 90 minutes mean approximately 21 GB of hard disk space!
• In case you don't get it working better think of buying a USB capture card and capture your videos via the video connectors of the camera. Yes, the quality might diminish a bit but modern capture cards are way better than they had been a few years ago. That would be my way today instead of sacrificing several hours for an uncertain result.

Hope that helps.

Cheers

darkframe

[Joe_Dohn]

@Jamppa1975  any updates?

[Jamppa1975]

Thanks, I will try 👌

[Jamppa1975]

Not working 😞 Firewire-card is there with no errors and i have tried all three drivers to that and WinDv told me that no camera. Two cables tested and two dv cameras allso, my Sony and Panasonic NV-GS27E. Damn, I have to use that analogway (if you guys dont have better solution to this)... Allways have to be new and new 🤦‍♂️

[darkframe]

Hi @Jamppa1975,

sorry for answering that late. Regarding the correct Firewire driver you'll need to enter Windows' device manager and check the driver which has been installed. If within the name of the driver it reads "legacy" you should get it working. Most of the old programmes which I mentioned are expecting a legacy driver.

Here's a description of how to install that driver in Win 10 including a link to download the relevant installation file from Microsoft. You might check beforehand whether the driver is available on your system anyhow by opening the device manager and then following the steps on the linked page, starting with number 8.

Here's a different page with much more information (maybe too much for your purpose) including a thorough explanation of the installation procedure for the driver.

This old driver often works perfectly even with modern Firewire cards. Hope that this helps.

Cheers

darkframe

[HannahEd01]

Hi Jamppa1975, let us know if you had any luck, I have myself but I will have to get a lot of stuff if I wanted to go for it.. So waiting for your results

[Jamppa1975]

Hello and sorry for late answering but now, MAYBE NOW?? There is no "do it this way" and its works... earlier posted installation quide works (it was very good guide) and i had done it earlier. Now i was plugin and unplugin cabels several times, there was some times bling blong sound but nothing else. So computer found somethin sometimes with that Panasonic, but with Sony there was nothing at all. Sony shows only "DV in" on that own little screen when cable was connected but there was not connection bitween cam and computer? So question, why Pana works but not Sony?? At the end when everything was ok, stars and planets was right places, windows was automatic started to asking import video and so on

 

[SkyNet404]

That again might fall under compatibility issue, but you might want to check this as well: http://bit.do/fUbFJ.