Camcorder not working

I got a new Powermac G5 and I followed the directions to hook up my DV camera to my computer. It is a Canon z65, however I am not getting the message that the VTR is ok. I don't know what I did wrong, but it won't recognize it. Does anyone know what setting it should be on??

1. make sure the camera is set to VTR
2. turn on the camera BEFORE you boot your computer.
3. make sure your firewire communication protocol is set to FIREWIRE BASIC
4. make sure there is no other firewire device (hard drives, etc) connected to the computer.
Does it work with iMovie?
If none of the above help, but you can capture with iMovie, you probably need to re-install Quicktime.
To do a full quicktime reinstall.
Go to /library/receipts and delete any files that say Quicktime followed by a number e.g. Quicktime703.pkg
Go to the Apple quicktime site and download the appropriate version of Quicktime to your hard drive.
Run the Quicktime installer.
Repair Disk Permissions for your System Disk (Disk Utility > Select the system disk > Repair Disk Permissions)
Reboot
Good luck.
x

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