# Video camera and firewire

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-camera-and-firewire/211690>\
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**Created:** [January 4, 2007, 7:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-camera-and-firewire/211690 "2007-01-04T07:25:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![muffins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@muffins](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/muffins)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 7:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-camera-and-firewire/211690/1 "2007-01-04T07:25:46Z")

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I just bought a Canon Elura 100 ([http://tinyurl.com/ofuhx](http://tinyurl.com/ofuhx)) I’m not sure how to transfer video onto the computer. I consider myself quite tech savvy but when it comes to hardware I’m baffled. So here are the questions:

1. How do I check if my computer has the required IEE 1394 firewire card/port?

2. If I have a firewire card/port, where do I get the firewire cable?

3. Can I transfer video just using the USB cable? If so why isn’t my camera being detected as a capture device?

Any information is much appreciated!