GK,
At the bottom of this page there are links to two KB fixes, try the one for
addressing the reduction in speed of 1394b ports, apparently it has helped
one or two people with the panasonic problem.
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Probl...ngUnderSP2.htm

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Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
www.dvds2treasure.com
www.simplydv.com


"GK" <GK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a new Panasonic Camcorder, an NV-GS140. This is a PAL model. When
> connected by firewire it is recognised by Windows Movie Maker 5.1 (in XP
> SP2), but only NTSC capture formats are recognised.
>
> I also have Sonic MyDVD LE 6.1.1, which when I try to capture tells me
> that
> no PAL device is connected.
>
> The capture in Movie Maker actually seems to work OK (and PAL format video
> is produced), but I really want to capture direct into the DVD software,
> which I can't do whilst the camcorder is recognised as NTSC.
>
> It seems that some Canon camcorders have a similar problem, for which a
> hotfix (to MSDV.sys) has been developed. This fix does not work.
>
> Does anyone know of a fix for the Panasonic?
>
> thanks