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Vegas 9 Pro Win 7 64 bit, firewire capture problem
I’ve just installed Vegas Pro 9 on a new Windows 7 64 bit computer, and am amazed at how fast Vegas can run when given the right equipment.
HD renders that were previously taking 6 minutes per minute of HD, now render in less than 1 minute per minute of HD video.
And even when the preview windows is set to best auto, the preview of HD video runs smoothly.
So far, everything is great. Better than expected.
Except . . .
I am unable to capture HD video via firewire into Vegas Pro 9 64 bit.
The firewire connection recognizes the camera, has full controls, and can play, and rewind, and do all the camera controls.
But the preview window never shows the video on the camcorder when trying to capture from tape.
Using the same camcorder, I can set it to camera mode, and can capture live video via the firewire on the camcorder.
But when I try to capture HD video from tape from the same camera, the capture appears to start, but the file size remains at zero, and when the capture is complete, the clip log shows just one file, and shows it offline.
The file is never written, as it has zero bytes in it.
I’ve tried the same capture with Vegas Pro 9 on Windows XP, with the same camera, same tape, same firewire cable, and it works perfectly.
But I can’t get it to work in Windows 7, 64 bit.
The computer specs are
Intel I7 – 920
12 Gig Ram
Nvidia 1 Gig video card
2 1TB samsung drives
Windows 7, 64 bit
Vegas Pro 9.0cAny suggestions?
Thanks,
Bill
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11 Replies
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Sure! Try running the capture in Win 7 64 using a 32 bit version of Vegas Pro.
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I had the same problem and noticed that if you hit the button that says reconnect just after the start of the record process that it will then start to capture video.
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I too am having this issue, can you expand “running the capture in Win 7 64 using a 32 bit version of Vegas Pro.” to a noivce, how do I know what I’m running 32 or 64 and how do I change them. Thanks. I am using Win 7 and Vegas 9. Thank you.
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OK, dope that I am I did find that I am Windows 7 64 bit, Vegas 9c.
I have tried many different options and settings and hoping I am just missing something here.Cam firewired to Vegas, hit capture, hit HDV, the window sees the cam, I have tried two diff and it sees both, I hit capture and Vegas controls the cam: ff, rev., etc, but nothing shows in the preview window and nothing is captured. Clip log is offline.
Help. thanks
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I did get a hold of Sony:
Open your Device Manager (Right Click on your Computer listing in the Start Button and choose manage. When the computer Management window loads, select device manager from the left hand side of the window)1. Right click on the firewire host controller (IEEE 1394 Bus host controller) entry in the device manager and choose Update Driver Software…
2. Choose, Browse my computer for driver software
3. Choose, Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer
4. Select 1394 OHCI Compliant Host Controller (Legacy) and then Next
Once the OS has confirmed loading the driver, open Vegas and attempt to capture again.
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Well this seemed to work once and only once, do not know why it did and now why it won’t again. Still getting the same issue. I assume Sony help was off over the weekend so I await their reply today, will update this post … unless some has an answer hint hint. thanks.
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just bumping my op, I am still having the same issue. I did a week long back and forth with Sony, send an email next day get a response, rinse and repeat. In the end they sent me Canon’s web address. nice.
Trying to use the HV30 as the deck for the A1s. Using Vegas 9c in Windows 7 64. Vegas sees either cam when firewired but will not capture either. If I put the cam on camera mode I can capture ‘Live’ footage to the hard drive, switch back to tape and nothing.
Strange thing is it did work once, then with nothing changed, went back to the see the cam, work the cam ff, rev. etc., but no capture.
With the 1000’s of these combo’s out there, some one must have run into this and I hope you’ve solved your issue, tell me. thanks.
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Has anyone managed to solve this firewire connection problem. I have Windows 7 64 bit and Vegas Pro 11 and same problem. Can connect and control my Z5 camera but cannot capture in HDV. Can capture DVCAM, but connection keeps dropping. Have tried legacy driver in Windows 7 – same problem.
Have successfully captured from Sony F800 HD XDCAM disc camera using the Sony driver for that camera. The Firewire card is Startech 2 port PCI Express card – model no is PEX1394A2 and the chipset on the card is JMicron JM381. The computer manufacturer PC Specialist believe the chipset on this particular firewire card may be the culprit. My 10 year old XP computer still has no problem capturing from the Z5. Any thoughts gratefully received.
Paul Cox
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You’ve tried all the right things so give HDVSplit a try and see if that helps.
https://strony.aster.pl/paviko/hdvsplit.htm
I agree with your computer person that your firewire card may be the issue as the JMicron chipset is known to cause some issues.
Try one with a Texas Instrument chipset if you can. -
Thanks for that. Will try HDV split
Paul Cox
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