Hello, I can no longer connect my Panasonic AG-1000 Mini-DV player to Sony Vegas 12.0 using a direct firewire cable and I am completely stumped. Hoping that someone may have experience in this area, even though all my equipment is pretty old.

For 10+ years I have had the same firewire connection between my Windows 7 PC (PCI card with firewire jacks) with Sony Vegas 12.0 and the Panasonic AG-1000 deck. After moving to a new house, I set everything back up as it was, and the VidCap program from Sony Vegas no longer sees the device when I attempt to connect it. I have not had any Windows 7.0 upgrades in years, nor have I made any changes to the PC (it is dedicated for Vegas video activities only). I connected an old mini-DV camcorder to the PC using the same firewire cable and was able to load clips. This makes me believe that the cable and the capture card are both working fine. I then researched the AG-1000 deck looking for any settings or switches that may have somehow been changed but found nothing. The deck will display output to a TV using an RCA or S-Video output jack but I have no way of testing the unit's DV output on anything other than the Vegas PC itself.

Does anyone have any advice on further troubleshooting, or an alternative method of connecting this deck to my older PC to pull clips from old tapes? I'd appreciate any and all suggestions. Thank you!