I bought my Panasonic NV-GS11 camcorder on eBay and for the price it was perfect. I liked the feel of the camera, its ease of use, until I tried to transfer my film to a PC and that’s when the problems started.

Normally, when you connect a camera via USB connection, your PC recognizes the device and you can use it immediately. I had no problem with the PC doing this and I thought the driver was to blame.

The answer, in retrospect, is that there are 2 items on the menu for the USB function, “webcam” and “DV Studio”, the software for acquiring photos from the camera. Choose “webcam”, connect your camera to PC via USB connection and turn on the camera using Playback mode. Check “My Computer” and there should be a video camera icon with “USB Video Device” next to it. Double-clicking on this icon will open a page where, if you start the movie from the camera, you can see the results on the PC screen. Unfortunately, there is nowhere on this page where you can save the movie.

I googled and found the answer. Lots of people had the same problem, but there didn’t seem to be any answers. Eventually I found a forum answer at the bottom of the page that provided the solution.

Download Windows Movie Maker from the Microsoft page. This is for windows xp :-

http://www.download.com/Windows-Movie-Maker-Windows-XP-/3000-13631_4-10165075.html

Open Movie Maker and you will see “Capture from video device”. This allows you to save your movie to a directory of your choice and then burn it to a CD using your favorite software.

Hope this helps everyone with the same problem I had. If you need any further assistance, please email me at [email protected]