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Have new JVC GZ-MG130U (hard-drive camcorder) – PC won’t recognize. No firewire, only USB connection.?

My USB ports are all working with other devices, the cables are good, the accompanying software is properly loaded and functioning. I had the same problem with a Canon miniDVD. My PC is an HP Pavilion, my OS is Windows XP Media Center. I have requested support from all parties concerned and am still waiting or, in the case of Roxio software for the Canon, been ignored. Surely both new cameras could not have the same problem, but though I am following instructions carefully, I suspect I am doing something wrong. Any ideas would be most appreciated.

YOu need conversion software and drivers.

The JVC should have come with some.

As for the DVD, you need to play with it and convert it to software.

You will probably need to BUY high end editing software like VEGAS+DVD, Avid Pro, Premier Pro.

You may be able to find converters, but then you have to find the files which are often VOB files and convert each of these to AVI for editing.

That means opening folders. Finding the data files, exporting them into software, converting, exporting them to editing software.

It’s kind of like rippind a commercial MUSIC CD and then putting it to an IPod.

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