I'm working with a Panasonic PV-DV601D-K miniDV and am currently working on a USB connection. It's only allowing me to download 30 seconds of my viseo at a time! I've also looked to see if both my camcorder and computer are firewire ready and i'm good to go, i've also heard that Firewire is so much faster...but i've never used it before! But once i go and buy this cable...hook it up and try to download my movies via real time am i needing a new software? I am working off of Movie maker is there any software you would suggest other then this? And do you think i'm on the right track here?