Problem with video capture

David 513 · Post by **David 513** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 12:46 pm

Hi everyone.. I have learned alot from just reading post on this forum.This is my first post and I hope that I can get some help with the problem with Video Studio X2. During capturing video some times it will lock up,and the corel video studio is not responding or close program box will pop up and I have to close program and will have to start over. I have been using VS X2 for aprox. a year or two without any problems,but I have just started using a new PC with windows 7. I have read some post that recommended to reinstall,+install patch#1 then patch #2 then updated Derect X. But I still have this problem. I'll appreciate any help with this. Thank you.

skier-hughes · Post by **skier-hughes** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 1:09 pm

Are you capturing via firewire from a minidv camcorder?
Are you doing anything else at the same time?

David 513 · Post by **David 513** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 1:26 pm

Yes using same mini dv camcorder and firewire. I'm doing everything the same, but now I have a extra 1TB hard drive just for video storage.

skier-hughes · Post by **skier-hughes** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 1:30 pm

is that hard drive external or internal, how is it connected if external? If usb this may not be able to cope with the data transfer, capture to internal drive first then transfer to external.

David 513 · Post by **David 513** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 1:34 pm

It is internal.

skier-hughes · Post by **skier-hughes** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 5:49 pm

Not sure if windv runs on W7, but you could try it and see.
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/WebPages ... rammes.htm

If this captures fine then all is good with the pc, if it doesn't then we know it's a pc matter.
Unfortunately movie maker on W7 is livemovie maker and does not allow capture via firewire from minidv

Although you could install an older version to test if you wanted.

msfox99 · Post by **msfox99** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 10:24 pm

David, I think that I might be experiencing the same problem as you are. When I try capturing with VS X2, the capture mode very often locks up and I can't even exit the app, I have to actually reboot. The point it happens for me is when I click the Capture Video button. My details:

Win7 64 bit capturing to internal hard drive
6 GB memory
all X2 patches applied.
HV-20 camcorder. This happens with both DV and HDV.

I can capture DV with WinDV no problem and HDV with HDVSplit no problem.

I tried reinstalling VS X2 and it seemed better for a short time, but then soon went bad again.

I recollect that I used to be able to capture fine under Win7 with VS X2 but it appears that the problem appears (but I am not sure) when I installed a version of Adobe Premiere Elements 8. I am not sure only because I have been capturing only sporadically since I installed Win7.

Mike

skier-hughes · Post by **skier-hughes** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 11:32 pm

It used to be a big problem with video programmes interfering with each other, but it's been a while since I've seen it to any degree, but that's not to say the two are causing problems.
Try windv and then just import the captured video into VS for editing.

David 513 · Post by **David 513** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 1:14 am

I tried to use Windv couldn't get it to work. I tried the program that came with windows 7 (Power Director) it will only capture in mpeg-2 but it also locked up after 3 clips into the capture mode.Maybe it is a PC problem seems to me that windows 7 is a lot of headaches. Any recommendations of anything to try or check. Thanks...

Post by **Ken Berry** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 1:24 am

Power Director does not come as part of Windows. It is a third party program made by Cyberlink, and may have been installed by the people who assembled your computer.

When you say WinDV doesn't work, can you give some further details please. It is a fairly easy and simple program, and if indeed it does not work, then it certainly points to a computer problem, rather than one associated with Video Studio.

It could, however, be associated with the Firewire connection. Do you have another Firewire cable to be able to test that. Or another computer or friend with Firewire on their computer so you can test the camera/firewire connection on that?

I am also a bit surprised you think Windows 7 is problematic. I have it now on 4 of my computers and think it is very stable, and moreover accepts a wide variety of programs, including older ones which Vista either rejected outright or had a lot of problems with...

skier-hughes · Post by **skier-hughes** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 12:00 pm

There is a programme in Win 7 which will capture via firewire, it's in the media suite, but not having a W7 box to hand at present and my mind all set in holiday mode I can't remember what it is

or

sorry.

I would take Ken's suggestion of using a working firewire cable as my next step, and not just a new one in case that doesn't work!!

skier-hughes · Post by **skier-hughes** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 2:26 pm

The Windows Live suite, with it's Video Acquire Wizard tucked into the Photo Gallery folder with Windows Live Movie Maker resolved it. After downloading and installing the suite, connecting the camcorder resulted in it being recognized. The needed driver was automatically found and installed in a few seconds, and I was ready to start getting camcorder clips.

pinched from the web

Video acquire in photo gallery is what you need to test.

David 513 · Post by **David 513** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 4:19 pm

Ok I tried the WinDV again and it does work I didn't have one of the boxes checked. It doesn't lock up, but I don't know if I have it set up right because it is capturing in sections even when the video was a longer clip. The camcorder and cable is the same that I was using on my old computer (Windows XP). If you think I should try a different firewire cable I will have to buy one. As for Windows 7 I do think it is better. For me it has more of a learning curv and some of my business software is not to compatable with it. I appreciate the help . What do you think should I try a new cable? And can you help with maybe what I am doing wrong with the WinDV. Thank you......

skier-hughes · Post by **skier-hughes** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 6:30 pm

If windv is capturing fine, albeit spitting the clip, the cable should be fine. Check the settings in windv for clip splitting and untick it if you prefer one long clip, or, just stick all the clipc on the timeline of VS in one go by selecting them all.

At least you can get on with soem editing whilst we try to figure out the problem.

David 513 · Post by **David 513** » Sat Mar 13, 2010 9:20 pm

I have tried the windows live capture and it will only capture entire tape as one file. And the WinDV works fine but when it captures it will split my clips up. My problem is that most of my clips are short and I need to capture them with each clip being separate. I have tried VS X2 again