If you are having the same issue Mr. Statto was then it is very likely that
the firewire connection will work. We recommend it constantly in the NG and
it constantly solves many if not all of the users video capture problems.
-Wojo

"kim" <kim@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:ED763FA7-8A5F-4704-A54F-C2E928AF1B5E@microsoft.com...
> just trying to find out if the firewire cable worked as i'm on the verge
> of
> smashing my laptop and the camcorder in one swift kick. good camcorder but
> what's the point of having 20 tapes in the draw. many thanks kim
>
> "Mr Statto" wrote:
>
>> Thanks everyone - I've bitten the bullet and invested in a FireWire card
>> this
>> morning (£11.95 for card, cable & ULead software), so hopefully I'll be
>> editing my videos very soon