JVC GRD290ex connected via Firewire

glenn11 · Post by **glenn11** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:12 pm

Hi,

I hope someone can help!

Does anyone have any capture settings to the above DV camcorder for VS9?

The JVC is connected via firewire via a Belkin USB2/firewire combi PCI card. The PC reconises the camcorder is connected and VS9 finds it and even lists it as a ‘JVC MSDV’. . The format defaults to ‘DV’, the device control is set to ‘MS1394 device control’ and the capture plug in is set to ‘Ulead directshow capture plugin’. In the options, the DV type is set to type 1.

When I click ‘start capture’, the camcorder whirs into life and starts playing, the counter on the preview window moves although the ‘time elapsed’ in the top left corner stays at zero. There is nothing in the preview screen
I then get an error message saying ‘No video was captured, please check if there is any input signal. There may be no device selected’.

Any help appreciated on how I might solve this!

Glenn

DiscCoasterPro · Post by **DiscCoasterPro** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 3:08 am

One quick thought here. Check your device manager to see if the firewire card and drivers are recognized correctly.

skier-hughes · Post by **skier-hughes** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 11:55 am

I have found lots of people have had trouble with the combo cards. Many haven't but still.........

Have a look Here for info on how to set up a pc for ediitng and Here for more help with being unable to capture.

glenn11 · Post by **glenn11** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:54 pm

Thansk Graham,

I tried the site and there was lots of useful info on it. Unfortunately I still don't seem to be any further forward though.

I've checked the various things mentioned on the site and have also tried the card in different PCI slots. Still same result though.

Oddly, when I connect the camera after uninstalling and re-installing the firewire card, Windows identies the correct camera model in the yellow 'bubble' before quickly replacing this with 'AVC compliant' generic device. Is this normal? I get the same capture problems when trying to capture through Windows Movie Maker too. Camera is controlled by the PC but doesn't capture anything.

Percentage-wise, what is the most likely culprit here? Firewire card, cable, camera ??? (although I could capture through USB with this camcorder)

Glenn