Panasonic PV-GS180

Video camera not on the capture device list. This is a DV camera and Elements should run this from the capture window.
Is there a driver for this camera I can download?
Thanks!
Jeff

You need a firewire (iLink) cable to connect your camcorder to a firewire card in your computer. Premiere Elements won't capture over USB 2.0 except for a very few camcorders that have a special type of USB 2.0 interface. I didn't see from the specifications on Panasonics site that the model you have has the special type of USB 2.0 interface, just the normal high speed USB 2.0.

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    Just wondering if anyone knows if the Panasonic PV-GS180 camcorder with work with FCE 3 on PPC eMacs, and/or FCE 3.5 on Intel iMacs with integrated video memory?
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    I should work fine. It's a DV camera and has a FireWire out that you can connect to your Mac. Just don't try using the USB out with FCE - that won't work.
    In regard to the camera, whether your Mac is PPC or Intel doesn't matter, nor does the version of FCE, nor does the Intel GMA video in the Macbooks and Intel Minis. If you have an Intel based Mac, however, you do you need to go with FCE v3.5 or higher.
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  • New MacBook and Panasonic NV-GS180 Camcorder

    I cannot import content from my Panasonic NV-GS180 camcorder onto my new MacBook (10.5.6). There is no firewire port on the new MacBook, and the USB cable that came with the camcorder doesn't seem to transmit anything. When I plug it in nothing happens. I open iMovie to tell it to import but it says it can't find anything. I have tried through image capture as well but that says it can't find any external device. Anyone know the answer? Appreciate it, thanks.

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    I don´t know what kind of FW the computer has, it is either 4 or 6 pin.
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    And yes you can transfer the material to your new computer
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