Can’t Capture Video from Camera in SV 13

[Graham Bernard]

Are you using FireWire?

* Grazie

Video Content Creator and Potter
PC 7 64-bit 16gb * Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core 3.40GHz * 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 Ti
Cameras: Canon XF300 + PowerShot SX50HS Bridge

[Dave Giardina]

Yes, as above I connect the camera to the computer with a firewire. When I click “capture video” and “dv” I get nothing allowing me to go further. This was never an issue before.

[Graham Bernard]

Have done this successfully with the same PC? Same OS?

* Grazie

Video Content Creator and Potter
PC 7 64-bit 16gb * Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core 3.40GHz * 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 Ti
Cameras: Canon XF300 + PowerShot SX50HS Bridge

[Dave Giardina]

Yes, everything is the same. I’m not sure why I don’t even get a window that pops up once I click “DV”.

[Graham Bernard]

[Dave Giardina] “I’m not sure why I don’t even get a window that pops up once I click “DV”.”

Do you know if your camera has been recognised? Are you using the VidCap Vegas program to Import?

* Grazie

Video Content Creator and Potter
PC 7 64-bit 16gb * Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core 3.40GHz * 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 Ti
Cameras: Canon XF300 + PowerShot SX50HS Bridge

[Dave Croonprince]

The camera itself says “camera in” when I plug it into the computer with the firewire.. I also hear an audio tone when I do that as well that says the computer is acknowledging a device has been connected. In Vegas I then click on “capture video” in the file menu. Then I click “dv”. I get no window popping up when I click on “dv”. Nothing happens at all.

[Geoff Candy]

Maybe W10 updates have change your firewire driver. I know that to capture HDV the ‘legacy driver’ is required & every major W10 update requires that I reinstall the driver. Google firewire legacy driver. Also try a standalone dv capture programme ‘sceneanalyser’

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2970191/firewire-port-based-device-does-not-work-correctly-in-windows-8-1-or-w

Best of luck G

[Dave Croonprince]

I have windows 7. Nothing has changed – not even the firewire cable itself. And even before I connect the camera to the computer – I can’t get any window to pop up that prompts me to connect one etc.

[Dave Croonprince]

I have windows 7. Nothing has changed – not even the firewire cable itself. And even before I connect the camera to the computer – I can’t get any window to pop up that prompts me to connect one etc. Thanks for the video capture suggestion. I’ll check it out.

[Geoff Candy]

Fair enough. If you look in the device manager you should see your camera. Check that it recognised. Not yellow highlight. If that is good to go try sceneanalyser. The files are capture to a directory and Vegas will accept those files. From time to time I used to have trouble capturing using VP. Likewise HDVsplit for HDV tapes.

Again best of luck G