oh... how do I capture it just to the HD? Also this is the stock Firewire card in this OEM computer, so it didn't come with a manual. Will looking it up in System Device Profiles (or whatever it's called) work?
It should tell you what type of firewire card it is, and if you can get me that information I'll try to find out if it is compliant. I hate it when OEMs don't give you the manual to all your stuff that is the same with my computer. Thank god it wasn't the firewire card I bought for $40 bucks at compusa.
Ohh man there is a serious problem here. It should be as easy as plug and play, hey wait a minute do you have plug and play enabled.
Goto Control panel then turn on you camcorder after you click on Scanners and Cameras and tell me if your camera appears in the Scanners and Cameras folder.
I mean if you click setup, capture source, capture format. If you haven't got an image in the preview window you're not capturing.
EDIT, When I had the wrong video input selected the counter in the preview window counted up even though it wasn't capturing anything. I think it's more a timer than a counter.
That is why I don't use low class programs like pinnacle I used to until I found out that it had limitations that would keep me from doing what I wanted to do with my video.
In vegas video if video is not comming from the camcorder then it will stop trying to capture and tell you nothing was captured, and it even stops when frames are dropped, see if there is a trial version of Sony Vegas Video 6, it has more support for more camcorders than pinnacle will ever have, why because it is a professional NLE.
I think your just having one of those crazy windows problems, that is really hard to find out. So lets go through the checklist.
Does WinXP detect the Camera?
If so does the option to capture or play from the camcorder show up in the quick options?
Does Pinnacle and Ulead Video Detect the camcorder?
What type of OHCI compliance is the camcorder?
Did your camcorder come with a Setup CD, if so how old is it?
In the setup screens of the programs did you enable it to capture from ohci compliant device or IEEE 1394, or DV camcorder.
Do you have Microsoft DV encoder/VCR for DV camcorders?
Did you contact Pannasonic, and ask them why the camcorder may not be working?
Did you contact Pinnacle and ask them why it may not be capturing?
Here is the pic of what is happening in Pinnacle when I try to capture.
Does WinXP detect the Camera?
Yes, it does.
If so does the option to capture or play from the camcorder show up in the quick options?
The option to capture shows up.
Does Pinnacle and Ulead Video Detect the camcorder?
Pinnacle detects "DV Camcorder" and Ulead detects "Panasonic DV Camcorder".
What type of OHCI compliance is the camcorder?
Not sure, how do I find out?
Did your camcorder come with a Setup CD, if so how old is it?
I just got the camera about a week ago and it didn't come with a setup CD.
In the setup screens of the programs did you enable it to capture from ohci compliant device or IEEE 1394, or DV camcorder.
The only option was DV Camcorder.
Do you have Microsoft DV encoder/VCR for DV camcorders?
Not sure, where do I get it?
Did you contact Pannasonic, and ask them why the camcorder may not be working?
Not yet, but I will if I can't figure it out here.
Did you contact Pinnacle and ask them why it may not be capturing?
No, it's not a Pinnacle-Specific problem, it won't capture in Windows Movie Maker or Ulead either.
Have you checked for software updates from Pinnacle? If the camera is brand new it might be as simple a matter as getting an updated database file so it will properly detect your hardware and its capabilites,
and install everything you can get on the Microsoft DV subject, my programs didn't do anything until I had the program either, how old is your computer and did your windows xp come with service pack 1 or 2
Did you plug your firewire cable in the camcorder with the camcorder off and then turn it on to see if that worked in windows movie maker, if it did it should say please connect DV device or something like that, and then when you turn it on it should show something, try turning it on to regular video record mode.
This is the closest I've gotten. I tried to capture with Ulead just a few minutes ago. Everything was being recognized, I set it to capture in AVI format to C:\Video\. When I hit 'Capture Video' it gave me an error that said "Cannot build capture graph". What does this mean?
I just tried it on my other computer and it's capturing right now! The only problem is that I have the DVD burner on that computer, the compliant hardware on that computer, and the editing software on this computer. Plus the other one is for office work and I don't want to tie it up while I edit a video. So that means I have to use like 4 disks per video.
First, compare the settings and hardware on the two machines - you might be able to spot the problem now that you know what works (on at least one computer).
Second, if the computers are networked all you need is to do the capture, then copy it over to the other computer for editing and burning.
I used Windows Media Player to capture the video on the other computer since I didn't have Pinnacle or Ulead installed on it. On this computer it would say "Unknown Error" in WMP. I hooked them both up to a Firewire port, with both cards being OHCI compilant.
Both computers have the newest version of WMP. The only plugins I have are on this computer and they are audio enhancement (mega bass, etc). What settings should I look for?
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Does it say VIA, or something like that before the "OHCI..." stuff?
Goto Control panel then turn on you camcorder after you click on Scanners and Cameras and tell me if your camera appears in the Scanners and Cameras folder.
EDIT, When I had the wrong video input selected the counter in the preview window counted up even though it wasn't capturing anything. I think it's more a timer than a counter.
In vegas video if video is not comming from the camcorder then it will stop trying to capture and tell you nothing was captured, and it even stops when frames are dropped, see if there is a trial version of Sony Vegas Video 6, it has more support for more camcorders than pinnacle will ever have, why because it is a professional NLE.
I think your just having one of those crazy windows problems, that is really hard to find out. So lets go through the checklist.
Does WinXP detect the Camera?
If so does the option to capture or play from the camcorder show up in the quick options?
Does Pinnacle and Ulead Video Detect the camcorder?
What type of OHCI compliance is the camcorder?
Did your camcorder come with a Setup CD, if so how old is it?
In the setup screens of the programs did you enable it to capture from ohci compliant device or IEEE 1394, or DV camcorder.
Do you have Microsoft DV encoder/VCR for DV camcorders?
Did you contact Pannasonic, and ask them why the camcorder may not be working?
Did you contact Pinnacle and ask them why it may not be capturing?
Does WinXP detect the Camera?
Yes, it does.
If so does the option to capture or play from the camcorder show up in the quick options?
The option to capture shows up.
Does Pinnacle and Ulead Video Detect the camcorder?
Pinnacle detects "DV Camcorder" and Ulead detects "Panasonic DV Camcorder".
What type of OHCI compliance is the camcorder?
Not sure, how do I find out?
Did your camcorder come with a Setup CD, if so how old is it?
I just got the camera about a week ago and it didn't come with a setup CD.
In the setup screens of the programs did you enable it to capture from ohci compliant device or IEEE 1394, or DV camcorder.
The only option was DV Camcorder.
Do you have Microsoft DV encoder/VCR for DV camcorders?
Not sure, where do I get it?
Did you contact Pannasonic, and ask them why the camcorder may not be working?
Not yet, but I will if I can't figure it out here.
Did you contact Pinnacle and ask them why it may not be capturing?
No, it's not a Pinnacle-Specific problem, it won't capture in Windows Movie Maker or Ulead either.
and install everything you can get on the Microsoft DV subject, my programs didn't do anything until I had the program either, how old is your computer and did your windows xp come with service pack 1 or 2
Second, if the computers are networked all you need is to do the capture, then copy it over to the other computer for editing and burning.
3.0GHz P4 processor
512MB RAM
200GB HD
ATI Radeon graphics card
Main computer:
2.1GHz Athlon processor
512MB RAM
160GB HD
Nvidia GEForce-FX 5500 AGP Card
Im' not sure what else to look for.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=abde1e02-b529-469e-ae6a-7417fcde9e12&displaylang=en
I am talking about using a digital camera and using its weird useless movie mode to capture video through usb.