Can't Capture with FireWire or USB-HELP!

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Graham Hughes Wrote:
> see below.
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> Graham Hughes
> MVP Digital Media
> www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
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> "Hand2ThePlow" Hand2ThePlow.1taxpy@pcbanter.net wrote in message
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> I have a JVC GR-D72U miniDV that will not output to any capture
> program
> except Pixela ImageMixer that came bundled with the camera.
> ImageMixer
> cannot detect the camera using FireWire and is limited to a 320 x
> 240,
> 15fps USB capture, I assume this is because it is a trial version
> with
> limited features.-
>
> Generally usb capture is at a low level-
>
> I've tried Windows Movie Maker, VideoWave 4 and WinDV all with the
> same
> result, no video or audio captured using FireWire. All 3 program can
> control the camera with the on-screen buttons, Movie Maker even
> correctly displays the tape position, so there must be communication
> between the camera and the computer, right? I've tried replacing the
> SP2 drivers with the SP1 (apparently this works with PAL cameras but
> not NTSC), I've tried a different computer all without success.-
>
> Check out all the items here
> http://tinyurl.com/cul6d
> Just because the cam can be controolled doesn't mean it is ok. What
> worries
> me is that you cannot use it on another machine either. I'd look for
> machine
> 3 and 4 to test on, try for Win 98 and XP SP1 machines.
>
> The-
> fact that the software that came bundled with the camera can't even
> detect a firewire device is a little bit of a concern but then again
> the readme.txt file seems to indicate that it was written for Win2000
> and XP was an afterthought.-
>
> These apps are designed for USB capture, so no need to worry at all.-
>
> I've read on line that JVC is not 100% complient with MicroSoft's
> generic AVC driver and that JVC outputs in MPEG1 format and either or
> both are the cause of the problems. Can anyone confirm/deny either
> of
> these?-
> When using firewire it should output the dv signal it recorded. This
> will
> become dv-avi on a pc and .mov on a Mac.
> -
>
> When I try to capture in Movie Maker or VideoWave using USB I get
> error
> messages ranging from "XXX has encountered an unspecific error" or
> Movie
> Maker will state "a device has too many occurances to fire from" or
> somthing like that. I know that the USB is working properly since I
> am
> able to use my digital camera, MP3 player and USB printer without
> problems.-
> Movie Maker etc are all designed to work with firewire, not usb.
>
> Also, I have a Sharp VL-H860 analog video camera that will-
> output thorough a Belkin RCA-to-USB convertor. The JVC camera will
> also output through the convertor using the S Video and a/v jacks but
> create MPEG files that are unusable in Movie Maker (which supports
> the
> previous statement about the output format). And lets face it, I
> have
> a digital camera to take advantage of the higher throughput and
> quality
> of USB2 and FireWire,-
> You have a digital cam to use firewire, USB2 will not give the same
> results.
>
> if I wanted to use S Video through the convertor I-
> would still be using the old Sharp camera.
>
> Well, sorry for the long post. Can anyone help?-
>
> Who knows :)
>
> Graham
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>
> System:
> Dell Demension 8400
> 3.0 gHtz Pentium 4
> 160 gig HD, 92% free
> 1 gig memory
> WinXP Home Edition, SP2
> All updates and patches are current
>
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> Hand2ThePlow-

Graham,
Over the weekend I loaded some clips into WMM and tried
-outputting- them as DV to my camera. Guess what? Everything works
fine. I am baffeled why I can capture *from* the computer *to*the
camera but not the other way around. :confused: :confused:
:confused: Doesn't this confirm that the computer, firewire card and
cable are all functioning properly?

I was advised on another website to buy Pinnacle Studio 9 because it
was capable of capturing just about any type of video/audio stream.
Opinions? Suggestions? A large hammer to smash my camera with?

Hand2ThePlow


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Not really as the out info uses different pins/cable to the in info.
Have you been able to test all elsewhere first and see if you can test a
known to work cam on your pc.
Look at windv, an app just for capturing and exporting and see if that
works.
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/WebPages/UsefulProgrammes.htm

Graham

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www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
www.dvds2treasure.com
www.simplydv.com


>
> Graham,
> Over the weekend I loaded some clips into WMM and tried
> -outputting- them as DV to my camera. Guess what? Everything works
> fine. I am baffeled why I can capture *from* the computer *to*the
> camera but not the other way around. :confused: :confused:
> :confused: Doesn't this confirm that the computer, firewire card and
> cable are all functioning properly?
>
> I was advised on another website to buy Pinnacle Studio 9 because it
> was capable of capturing just about any type of video/audio stream.
> Opinions? Suggestions? A large hammer to smash my camera with?
>
> Hand2ThePlow
>
>
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> Hand2ThePlow