Is there a such thing as a DV emulator?

Question

Does software exist that would emulate a DV camcorder for the purposes of development? (So that you could test an application that can capture video from and control a miniDV camcorder, without needing to own a miniDV camcorder.)

Googling showed that Apple's Firewire SDK has something called VirtualDV. Anything available for XP?

Answer 1

You can buy realtively cheap devices that convert any RGB input to USB if that is what you are after, I use a Dazzle convertor for this purpose. Not entirely sure if this is what you are after.