# Video camera/computer help

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-camera-computer-help/202502>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [October 2, 2006, 9:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-camera-computer-help/202502 "2006-10-02T09:19:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![dravalanche](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dravalanche](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dravalanche)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 9:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-camera-computer-help/202502/1 "2006-10-02T09:19:09Z")

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i’m borrowing my mates video camera and I need to get footage off the camera into my computer. The problem is he can’t find the c.d with the software on it. And when i plug it the camera via firewire cable the computer dosn’t reconise the camera.

Is there anyway around this?