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mujabum
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_ 		4. July 2008 @ 20:45 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hello
I am trying to capture some video from my Canon MD205 using the firewire and windows movie maker but the automatic driver didn't work. the last message I got was something like "this device may not work properly".
I have tried to find a driver using Driver Detective to no avail.

I'm stuck! Any suggestions please?

Thanks - Matt
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GrandpaBW
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_ 		4. July 2008 @ 21:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by mujabum:
 Hello
I am trying to capture some video from my Canon MD205 using the firewire and windows movie maker but the automatic driver didn't work. the last message I got was something like "this device may not work properly".
I have tried to find a driver using Driver Detective to no avail.

I'm stuck! Any suggestions please?

Thanks - Matt
Shouldn't be any drivers that you need to be able to capture. Does your computer see your Canon?

Try a different program to capture. WinDV is free, and if it doesn't see the Canon, then you may have something wrong with the playback of your camcorder.
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PFloyd
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_ 		5. July 2008 @ 00:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Go to microsoft downloads and get KB885222 and run it. It is supposed to fix problems with XP and firewire.
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mujabum
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_ 		5. July 2008 @ 08:27 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thanks both,
I tried both things but they didn't work!

the KB885222 was an older update than what I have already so it said it was unneccessary to install it!

Win Dv couldn't detect a device to capture from.

I plug it in to the firewire, XP makes the sound that sates its plugged in but I can't find the device anywhere so I'm convinced its something to do with the drivers....!!

I will keep trying. Matt
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GrandpaBW
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_ 		5. July 2008 @ 10:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Have you installed the firewire fix, by Microsoft, after installing the SP2 patch? You can find it, here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/885222

Edit: I see that the fix is the KB that you posted.
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mujabum
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_ 		5. July 2008 @ 21:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I've solved it!!
Thanks peeps :-)

thanks to your advice I found things I didn't know about before!

I did the stuff as advised on the m$ website http://support.microsoft.com and added the doodly thing (it didn't seem to work!) but then I played around with stuff....

I went to
Start - control panel - performance maintenance - system - Hardware - Device manager - opened up IEEE bus controllers - right clicked on it - clicked update drivers.

This immediately downloaded new drivers (I was conected to the internet of course) and my canon md205 which was plugged in began to work immediately!

whereas before, I was trying to update the driver for the Canon video camera which wasn't needed! When I updated the driver for the IEEE connection that solved it! the supid thing is, I paid for Driver Detective software & this didn't spot that the IEEE needed sorting out!

on the m$ support page it states that there is a known problem with XP sp2 causing the IEEE port to slow down or not work at all! I have XP sp3 which also seems to suffer from this!

I hope this helps anyone else in the same boat!

Laters. Matt
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GrandpaBW
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_ 		6. July 2008 @ 09:39 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thanks for posting your solution, Matt. It WILL undoubtedly help others.
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