IEEE 1394 controller driver

Running under XP-SP2, we want to transfer a video from a Sony TRV7E DV camera to a desktop pc using Pinnacle Studio 9.4 (or 10.5).

Pinnacle tells us that it doesn’t “see” a DV camera which is probably not switched on.

In fact, when you go into the Device Manager in the Control Panel, the IEEE 1394 controller item is displayed with the clasical black exclamation mark against a yellow background. Thus, the SONY IEEE card (in a PCI slot) is recognized but apparently the proper driver is missing.

We tried to install several drivers through the update driver option. No appropriate driver was found in XP-SP2 nor was any of the drivers we downloaded ok.

Is there any particular driver we could download?

 

We need more info about the card... did it come with the camera? and if so, did a driver not come with it? if the card didn't come with the camera, what is the make and model of the card? You may have to remove it from the PC to get the model number off the card, and maybe note the name and numbers that are on the card's main chip too....

 

The card came with the camera (it has a SONY logo on it). It worked with this setup some time back (it's on a friend's computer, not mine). It doesn't operate properly since we reinstalled XP-SP2.

There is no driver with it. When you go onto the SONY site and select this particular camera model, they tell you that they don't supply drivers and that the platform you're using should have one which is appropriate.

Interesting point: when you run Everest, it tells you the card is Microsoft...

I'll get you the info on Thursday, when I get a chance to lay my hands on the pc again.

 

I tried several drivers which did not work. Apparently, everything worked fine under Windows Me, the worst Windows ever marketed by Microsoft.

Actually it's a SONY card.

I'll be testing the card on a separate pc. If it still doesn't work, we'll buy a new card. Thank you for your help.