Thanks. I tried your suggestions but now my computer is not recognizing the camcorder via firewire. I connected a MiniDV camera with firewire and my computer does recognize it so I know the firewire is working. It must be something with the camcorder. Could I have changed a setting on the Digital8 that caused the problem? Or is my firewire port on the digital8 bad and if so, how can I test that?