Almost no handycam MiniDV transfers video over USB so can you confirm what you are trying to do and which model you have?
I just installed the Handycam utility and I am receiving an error message saying "Unable to Retrieve the Management Information".
I have the camera connected via the USB cable and I have the "Connected" message on the camera.
I have installed this utility on two different computers, and I receive the same error message on both of them.
Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong.

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