How to transfer mini dv to computer and then to DVD without camcorder Driver..?

You need firewire there is no other way (that works well) to capture the video. check in you laptop to see if you have a firewire controller (IEEE1394) in you device manager. If you have the you will only need to get a cable (no drivers needed) If not then you will need to get a firewire card like the ones below, http://www.lindy-usa.com/usb-firewire/firewire-cards/ Oncwe you have you r card then you connect your camera to your laptop and turn the camera to playwindows will load the correct drivers. open your editing software goto capture, if you have a web cam it may be listed as well, so you need to choose the camcorder follow the screens and off you go, always capture at the best quality, remember the files are quite large around 1gb per 5minutes of video Good luck RR

You don't need any more drivers - you need to capture the video via firewire rather than USB. If your PC hasn't already got one you'll need to install a firewire card. They're cheap, easy to install and readily available. You'll also need a firewire cable.

Minidv camcorders need a firewire cable to download video.

If you can’t find the right Windows drivers manually I would recommend just getting a software program that can do it for you. There is a program I use which will find drivers for just about all hardware devices. The best part is it takes a snapshot of your system specifications and matches the right driver to go with it. Perform a free driver scan at: http://www.drivers-updates.net/drivers/windows-vista-drivers.html You can also search by the following link: http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0oGkwVSn2tLfmwAQjxXNyoA?p=site%3Awww.drivers-updates.net&fr2=sb-top&fr=siteexplorer&sao=0

http://support.sony-europe.com/dime/camcorders/dv/dv.aspx?site=en&m=DCR-HC20E&site=odw_en_GB&odw_model=DCR-HC20E Download the vista drivers. Have fun.