Firewire Device unknown message - Macbook Air

Hi,
So I have an old Canon Digital Camcorder and I want to grab all the old movies of the kids, so I purchased a Thunderbolt/Firewire adaptor from Apple, plugged it into a 9pin to FW800 cable and powered everthing up, opened iMovie and no camera appeared, checked Finder and nothing.
So I checked System Information and under Firewire devices, I see the message "Device Unknown".
So I started searching the web for drivers and nothing is coming up, so I am wondering what I can do ?
I don't want to go back to my old IBM X32 thinkpad as it struggles to capture the data stream.
Thanks
Carl.

Hi Carl,
If you are having issues transfering your video from an older Firewire camcorder, you may find the following article helpful:
iMovie '11: Import video from a tape-based (FireWire-equipped) camcorder
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2144
Regards,
- Brenden

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