No camera attached; Samsung VP-D371W

Hi,
I bought the above miniDV cam, recorded and was able to transfer footage into imovie via Firewire (camera recognised), worked as it should several times and then went to import a much longer clip and had to quit imovie as it was letterboxing because I needed to do something else. Since then it says 'no camera attached'...it also doesn't show up in system profiler even as an unknown device. I've deleted imovie plist files, restarted, checked cable connections both ends reset pram, and wonder if anyone else has had the same issue and fixed it? Help much appreciated!
Thanks, Jabber

I had a similar problem with a Sony camera that I've been using for years. Last week, I couldn't import from it with iMovie. I got the "no camera attached" message. I spent many, many hours trying to get my Mac to recognize the camera, with no luck. Finally, I tested the camera with a different Mac and realized there was a problem with the camera, not the computer. I bought a new FireWire cable and -- amazingly, wonderfully -- that did the trick. I didn't know FireWire cables could go bad. So, for future readers with this problem, figure out if it's a hardware or software problem early on, and don't rule out the cable.

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