HDV Capture=NOT

This problem is all over the web, on dozens of forums, and nobody has ever had a satisfactory answer.

Why is it, that we cannot capture HDV video via FireWire with Vista? If I have a HDV tape in my camera (A canon xh-a1), and I turn it into VCR mode, Vista makes a chime, but the autoplay does not pop up. I cannot capture using Premiere or Sony Vegas. It says there's no camera connected.

If I have a regular DV tape in my camera, and I hit play on that tape so the signal changes to regular DV, then windows chimes and the autoplay box pops up! I can then capture regular DV with Premiere or Vegas.

I didn't buy the $3000 HDV camera to capture standard-def though. It's why I also built my Vista box as well. There is a third party program called HDVSplit that allows you to capture HDV with no preview.

Adobe, and Sony, and Canon, say that it's a problem with the Vista fire wire drivers. Asus also points at Microsoft's fire wire drivers for Vista.

The question is: Why hasn't Microsoft issued updated firewire drivers in the last 3 or 4 years? This problem is widespread. Google it! It's everywhere.

If anyone knows of any third-party FireWire drivers that fix the problem, I'm all ears.