I have posted this question in other forums without any response. Perhaps somebody here has an answer.
I output Hi8 or reg 8 from my Sony DRV530 digital 8mm camcorder, via the firewire connection, direct to my computer and attempt to capture normally. The capture begins, then after 5-10 seconds, it stops recording and the camcorder stops.I have several machines which vary from Vista 32bit, 64bit and 3 XP machines. Each has much more than minimum requirements to run a capture.
I have tried capturing using Corel's Movie Factory 6, Cyberlink's Power Director and Corel's video studio x2 pro. They all stopped capturing within seconds of starting. Now, when I used my ancient copy of Adobe Premiere version 6.5, the capture worked for the entire 51 minutes of video. Premiere is on the oldest and by far, the slowest machine I have. This is baffling. Any ideas why this is happening???
Problem capturing video from DRV530
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What happens if you install Prem on one of your more up to date XP machines?
Not sure such an old version of prem will work on Vista.
Is there any other software on that machine that does or doesn't work? What about Movie Maker?
I'm thinking the firewire driver/firmware in the camcorder is incompatible with the newer machines. In which case Prem wouldn't work on a new machine.
You can then either capture using an old machine, transfer to an ext drive and edit on a new machine from this, or, roll back the firewire driver on one of the newer xp machines, as the firewire driver was changed from SP2 onwards.
Not sure such an old version of prem will work on Vista.
Is there any other software on that machine that does or doesn't work? What about Movie Maker?
I'm thinking the firewire driver/firmware in the camcorder is incompatible with the newer machines. In which case Prem wouldn't work on a new machine.
You can then either capture using an old machine, transfer to an ext drive and edit on a new machine from this, or, roll back the firewire driver on one of the newer xp machines, as the firewire driver was changed from SP2 onwards.
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Actually, I have Premiere on all the xp machines, but it isn't a Premiere problem. The problem is between the camcorder and the other programs. Something is happening as data is transmitted over that firewire and the captures are stopping. And no Premiere version 6.5 does not work on a 64bit Vista machine.
Yes, I can do the work through Premiere on the xp machines, but the problem is real and it shouldn't be happening. It would be good to know why something doesn't work right before a need arises. There are many times I have all the machines capturing at the same time. I would like all the captures to work right.
Yes, I can do the work through Premiere on the xp machines, but the problem is real and it shouldn't be happening. It would be good to know why something doesn't work right before a need arises. There are many times I have all the machines capturing at the same time. I would like all the captures to work right.