Firewire connected camcorder

I've got a Sony DCR-TRV20E camcorder (DV tape with firewire out) which I've pulled video before onto my MacBook Pro (now on Snow Leopard). I tried connecting this via firewire over the weekend but it didn't show up in iMovie or system profiler. The firewire interface on the macbook works as I'm backing up to my firewire connected external drive. I tried daisy chaining the camcorder through the external drive too but that didn't work so I suspected the lead but having taken the lead and camcorder to work it connects fine to work's MacBook (leopard).
This makes me think its a software problem at the OS level. Any ideas where I should start looking?
ChrisJ

Found out it was a fluke. Same firewire wire worked consistently with work laptop but nor home laptop. It turned out it was down to the angle of the "dodgy" wire. Once I found the right angle it worked consistently for the home laptop too. Bought a new wire to get rid of the problem.

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