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Can anyone help?
I connected my DCR-PC101E Handycam to my PC running windows 7 using the USB connection to download and edit some footage but it is not recognised and I cannot find any drivers for it on the Sony download site.
Does anyone out there no how I can get round this?
Thanks
Baz
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Hello Baz - welcome to the Sony Forums
This question appeared earlier this year in April here .....
https://www.sony.co.uk/discussions/message/652862
..... and unfortunately this camcorder will not link to a Windows 7 PC using a USB connection. However, like Blencogo suggests, if you have the latest version of Windows Live Movie Maker and are able to use firewire / iLink instead of USB, you should be able to transfer video without the need for additional drivers.
The latest version of the free software is available from here:
http://explore.live.com/windows-live-movie-maker
If your PC doesn't have a firewire port then, depending upon whether you have a PC or Laptop, there are various options to get your PC equipped with these. For a desktop PC, if you are comfortable with adding internal PCI cards into your computer than you could purchase something like this:
The benefit of something like this is that you get a firewire cable included as well which will fit your camcorder. If you have a laptop PC then, once you have checked to see which expansion port has been included with your laptop, you can choose one of these:
In either case, I would advise shopping around online as quite often these internal components are reduced to clear by various retailers - I have just used Amazon links as an example
There is also the option of installing XP onto your computer as well as a second operating system which you can load up purely for this kind of task. Any raw video data can be saved to a specific hard drive location which you will then be able to find in Windows 7 when you reboot.
I hope this helps,
Simon
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Hello Baz - welcome to the Sony Forums
This question appeared earlier this year in April here .....
https://www.sony.co.uk/discussions/message/652862
..... and unfortunately this camcorder will not link to a Windows 7 PC using a USB connection. However, like Blencogo suggests, if you have the latest version of Windows Live Movie Maker and are able to use firewire / iLink instead of USB, you should be able to transfer video without the need for additional drivers.
The latest version of the free software is available from here:
http://explore.live.com/windows-live-movie-maker
If your PC doesn't have a firewire port then, depending upon whether you have a PC or Laptop, there are various options to get your PC equipped with these. For a desktop PC, if you are comfortable with adding internal PCI cards into your computer than you could purchase something like this:
The benefit of something like this is that you get a firewire cable included as well which will fit your camcorder. If you have a laptop PC then, once you have checked to see which expansion port has been included with your laptop, you can choose one of these:
In either case, I would advise shopping around online as quite often these internal components are reduced to clear by various retailers - I have just used Amazon links as an example
There is also the option of installing XP onto your computer as well as a second operating system which you can load up purely for this kind of task. Any raw video data can be saved to a specific hard drive location which you will then be able to find in Windows 7 when you reboot.
I hope this helps,
Simon
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Hi Simon,
Thanks for a very comprehensive reply to my question. I will probably install a PCI card like the one you've posted a link to as this would seem my best option as I'd rather not mess about with an additional XP install.
I'm really gratedull for your help.
Cheers
Baz
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You're welcome Baz
A PCI card should be the cheapest solution!
Simon