Capture issues using Panasonic AG-DVC-80 Camera…

[Angela Zumbrum]

Thanks for the help! Actually, I am not capturing with USB…I am capturing with FireWire. My External Hard Drive is connected to my computer by USB. Is that an issue? Thanks for the Keyboard fact. I’ll do that!

Anything else please let me know!

Thanks Again…..

[Shane Ross]

[Angela Zumbrum] “My External Hard Drive is connected to my computer by USB. Is that an issue?”

Yes…that is what I meant. You cannot capture TO USB drives. They aren’t designed for streaming video. I don’t think that is the cause of the issue, but it is an issue.

Shane

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[Michael Gissing]

[Angela Zumbrum] “I haven’t heard back for my last post. Nothing has changed. Do you have any suggestions as to what my “Easy Set-up” should be set at with this type of camera?”

Sorry Angela but I am in Australia and try not to work all night.

If the camera is playing in the viewfinder and the log and capture is giving you control but the picture is blank then all that I can think is that your preference files are corrupt and you should trash prefs. Knowing the camera is displaying and firewire is seeing the camera, it is the most likely problem. The trash prefs mantra is usually the first one offered here on the forum so if you have never done it, a search will help. I use FCP rescue which is a great little app for this purpose. It is free (thanks Anders!) https://fcprescue.andersholck.com/

[Angela Zumbrum]

Thanks! I actaully tried that first. One correction…I DO NOT have control of the camera through log and capture. However, I was at one point able to click capture now and I got a black screen..after pushing play on the camera?!?!? Then, I went to my Drive and found that there were some quicktime clips that I had just captured. They opened as audio only..yet I could hear nothing. There was no video, just as it appeared while the capture was taking place. This is bizzare. Thanks for anything you have to offer!

Angela

[Tom Brooks]

My suspicion is that the FireWire jack on the camera is toast. When you plug a camera with a small firewire jack into a computer with a large fw jack, there can be a big pulse of current which can fry one or both interfaces. You should always have the camera turned off when you plug it in.

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[Angela Zumbrum]

Thank you! You are probably right! I can not remember if the camera was on the first time that I tried it! I will always keep that in mind. Thanks!!