Downloading from pre-firewire 3CCD camcorder

Go to panasonic internet site ,look for bios upte for
your camera model #

Dear Dewi

This camcorder will connect to a laptop with the standard firewire cable so long as you have a movie editing progam. I find pinnacle to work well as you can controll the buttons on the camcorder.

all the best

Bushmonky

Hi. That little black cable is a DV cable. It's also called FireWire. You have to get that at your local electronics store, or you can get one off the web.

Rob

The USB port on the camera is to download still pics from the Camera's SD Card to your computer. USB connector is not for video downloading.

For video downloading you have to use FireWire port. Your computer must have a FireWire port too. You will need some sort of video downloading software - like Microsoft's MovieMaker. There are some free software to download videos from mini dv camcorders to computer. It takes 1Hr to download 1Hr tape - you have to play it all to record it all. You will need video editing software to do different editing if you want. Otherwise, MovieMaker can make a good avi file. You can upload that to YouTube.

3yrs ago when I purchased this cam, I did not have FireWire port in my computer. I searched online a lot and found a way to download video using USB - it was tough, complicated. It was possible, but quality was too bad and too many dropped frames.

If you do not have firewire port, google for FireWire PCI Card, should be <$10. You have to install it inside your PC. Also search for FireWire cable ($10+/-) that will match BOTH camera and PC ports.

Thank you.

I checked on Panasonics USA support website and neither of these two model numbers appear.

Here is the link to the support page:

http://www2.panasonic.com/consumer-electronics/support/Drivers-and-Downloads/list-Digital+Camcorders

There is a phone number to Panasonic support on this page as well as the international link if they were purchased outside the US.

Try downloading Sweetmovielife

The USB port on the camera is to download still pics from the Camera's SD Card to your computer. USB connector is not for video downloading.

For video downloading you have to use FireWire port. Your computer must have a FireWire port too. You will need some sort of video downloading software - like Microsoft's MovieMaker. There are some free software to download videos from mini dv camcorders to computer. It takes 1Hr to download 1Hr tape - you have to play it all to record it all.

3yrs ago when I purchased this cam, I did not have FireWire port in my computer. I searched online a lot and found a way to download video using USB - it was tough, complicated. It was possible, but quality was too bad and too many dropped frames.

If you do not have firewire port, google for FireWire PCI Card, should be <$10. You have to install it inside your PC. Also search for FireWire cable ($10+/-) that will match BOTH camera and PC ports.

Thank you.

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Hi, I purchsed Panasonic NV GS-70 in 2004 and facing the same problem in transferring videos to computer. I tried for firewire cable option as well, but the camcorder does not have a firewire port.

Can anyone suggest what kind of firewire cable to be used for it.

I had the same problem. You have to have a computer with a firewire port and use a firewire.