Digital Video Camera - where can I get a driver?

WeirdoMagnet

Hi Folks, I hope you can help.

We recently purchased a JVC Digital Video Camera GR-D240 as posted on here. It works fine.

We want to be able to download our videos to our PC, so I've bought and installed a DV card, which seems successful - through the device manager it tells me that it is working correctly.

However, I plug the DV cable into the PC, and into the camera, and nothing happens. :doh: Do I need a driver for the camera, and if so, where can I get one from? :embarasse I've done a search online to no avail, and the JVC website has some downloadable drivers, but none that seem compatible for our model. I've tried with Windows Movie Maker and with ULead, but no joy.

Any ideas?

Georgina

gigif30

dont know if this will help but if you need a driver you can go to https://www.driverguide.com and after you join you can download any driver you want :beer:

WeirdoMagnet

Thanks - I'm trying it now.

john_kent

You shouldnt need a driver for the camera. I have a JVC and plugs into the DV card. I use Pinnacle Studio and capture the output. Its automatic.

WeirdoMagnet

john_kent wrote:

You shouldnt need a driver for the camera. I have a JVC and plugs into the DV card. I use Pinnacle Studio and capture the output. Its automatic.

Oh. Any ideas why it won't work then? I've tried using different DV cables and using alternate sockets (just in case there is a fault somewhere), but still no joy.

intel

Silly question but... Did you turn it on after plugging in.

WeirdoMagnet

intel wrote:

Silly question but... Did you turn it on after plugging in.

Turn the camera on? Yes, I've tried it on 'Play' and 'Record' mode.

I'm sure I'm just not doing something right, like having it in the right mode.

WeirdoMagnet

Any other ideas anyone?!

I've registered with driver guide but they don't seem to have a driver for that exact model.

I'm getting really frustrated now - I've tried lots of things to no avail! :mad:

wonka

OK, when you say you installed a DV Card, could you describe exactly what sort of DV Card? Who is the manufacturer, and what is the model name?

I would guess that it's a Firewire card??

WeirdoMagnet

wonka wrote:

OK, when you say you installed a DV Card, could you describe exactly what sort of DV Card? Who is the manufacturer, and what is the model name?

I would guess that it's a Firewire card??

Hmm. I can't remember off the top of my head - I'll have to have a look when I get home. I got it from eBuyer, and I think it was about £8-10 (it's not a Belkin one, but had good reviews).

WeirdoMagnet

OK, here we are:

Dynamode 3 Port Firewire Card - PCI

Operating at speeds of up to 400Mbps, the Dynamode 3 port Firewire card is the ideal expansion card for connecting external high bandwidth devices such as; digital cameras, personal audio players, hard disks and camcorders.

Features
1394 Standards Compliant IEEE 1394-1995, P1394a(rev1.1) and OHCI(rev1.0)
Data transfer: Asynchronous and isochronos data transfer at 100/200/400Mbps data rate
Hot plugging, dynamic reconfiguring of up to 63 nodes on the bus, no need to turn off the system when adding or removing 1394 devices
3 fully independant ports to provide maximum peripheral connections
PTC resettable fuses for reliable over current protection

Here's the link