I have been trying (unsucessfully) to connect my samsung digital-cam to my lab top so I can transfer videos for uploading. But each time I get the following message and don't know where to go from there. Somebody! Please help! Thank you!

DEVICE NOT FOUND
CONFIRM CONNECTION WITH COMPUTER OR DEVICE MODE

tarbox7

Insufficient information...

What model camera? Or, at least: tape/disk/dvd? Firewire or USB? What operating system? (Windows Vista has a few reported problems with Firewire device detection and/or chipsets)

If a tape camera, better be using Firewire -- most all NLEs capture via Firewire, the USB is only for still images on a memory card (and those appear as a drive under "My Computer"). Hard drive cameras may appear as a drive also -- or require using the camera software to transfer cryptic file formats on camera into usable file types on the computer.

The error messages would seem to indicate that the camera is not registered on a Firewire port, or if it is connected to the port, it has not been turned to the "playback" position.