Howdy from Texas,

For all registered DV Info Net members who use the Canon XL2, DV Info Net is pleased to offer the Blue Barn Pictures XL2 Presets Manager software application for Windows XP, downloadable for free exclusively from DV Info Net; courtesy of the good folks at Blue Barn Pictures in New York, NY.

Terms and Conditions

By downloading and installing the Blue Barn Pictures XL2 Presets Manager, you are agreeing to some specific restrictions. Be sure to read carefully the End User License Agreement (EULA) text which is included in the Blue Barn Pictures program group folder. Some of these restrictions are as follows:


Redistribution of this software is not allowed.
This software must not be uploaded to another web server.
You may not copy, sell, rent, lease, or sublicense this software.

Furthermore, you may not make or distribute copies of the Software, or electronically transfer the Software from one computer to another or over a network. You may not alter, merge, modify, adapt or translate the Software, or decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, or otherwise reduce the Software to a human-perceivable form.

More Information

Learn more about the Blue Barn Pictures XL2 Presets Manager, including specific feature descriptions; screen captures of the user interface; notes on proper camera connection and operational procedures; and join in on the community discussion about this software by exploring these links...

Read all about the XL2 Presets Manager article (http://www.dvinfo.net/canonxl2/articles/article15.php) on our XL2 Watchdog site (http://www.dvinfo.net/canonxl2).
Please discuss this software in our XL2 Presets Manager discussion thread (http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=48307).
Download and share user-submitted XL2 Custom Preset files here (http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/canon-xl-gl-series-dv-camcorders/48293-blue-barn-pictures-presets-manager-custom-preset-files.html#post337887) for free.

By special arrangement with Blue Barn Pictures, DV Info Net is the Sole Exclusive Download Provider for the XL2 Presets Manager software and it is being made available for free as a courtesy to registered DV Info Net members. Installation notes follow below in the next post.

Many thanks to the various DV Info Net members who contributed these presets!


Save the file to your local hard drive (right-click the name and choose "save target as...")
Upload the file to your Canon XL2 using the Blue Barn Pictures XL2 Presets Manager.
If you don't have the XL2 Presets Manager yet, download it by clicking here (http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=48293).
You must be a registered DV Info Net member to download these files.
For Windows XP only. Mac version coming soon.
Discuss these files over at this other thread. (http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=47649)

Here is the setup procedure for XL2 Presets Manager:

Connect your camera to your laptop or desktop PC using an IEE1394 DV cable.
Your computer must be running the Windows XP operating system.
At this point do not turn your camera on.


Run setup.exe.

During the installation, remember your installation directory!
You will need this information later while installing the drivers.
The default location will be Program Files / Blue Barn Pictures.
We recommend that you install to this directory.

After the application has installed:


Turn on your camera to the External Control ("Ext. Cont.") program mode.

At the "Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard" screen, you will be
asked: "Can Windows connect to Windows Update to search for software?"


Select "No, not at this time."

At the install page for the AV/C Camera Storage install page:


Select "Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)."

At the Search and Installation options window:


Check the box: "Include this location in the search."

Browse to the directory where you installed the application. By default it
will be: "Program Files\Blue Barn Pictures\Camera Storage 1394 WIA Driver"

After the wizard has installed the AV/C driver, a scanner and
camera wizard might appear; you can simply close this wizard.

Your presets manager and drivers should now be installed. Have fun!

If you spend 20 of 30 minutes searching through posts on this forum you will find a lot of others. Ash Greyson has posted a few along with some others.

I have attached (in a zip file) the ones that I have collected from this forum - including the ones that you will find in the above link. I have tried to give credit to the authors (when I could) of each one. Oh yes... you will need the Blue Barn software to transfer these to your XL2.

Tim