What is a firewire connection/ cord and why is it necessary for importing video to a computer?
Firewire is also known as DV, IEEE1394a, and i.LINK. The firewire cable will connect the DV port of your camcorder – typically miniDV tape (there are a few hard drive based JVC camcorders that use firewire, too) to the firewire port on your computer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firewire If your computer does not have a firewire port, they are typically inexpensive and easy to add http://shop3.frys.com/%7BUG1qEPOfPGV6Org… but since we don’t know what kind of computer you have, it is impossible to know for sure. The DV port on a miniDV tape based camcorder is ALWAYS a 4-pin jack. Most computers’ firewire ports are a 6-pin jack, so you need a cable like this:
