Capturing HD video from HDR-FX7

[John Rofrano]

Three things to check:

1. Is your camera set to output HDV via firewire? The FX7 can output DV or HDV over firewire. Make sure it’s set to output HDV.
2. Does Windows recognise your camera when you plug it into the firewire port? If Windows doesn’t recognize it, Vegas won’t either.
3. Are you using the HDV capture utility in Vegas Pro? Vegas has both a DV capture utility and and HDV capture utility. Make sure that you are using the correct one.

~jr

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[Mark Nacovitch]

Yes to all three questions. I get nothing at all in the preview screen, and it doesnt seem to capture anything. It does turn in my camcorder, but not much else.

[John Rofrano]

Wow that’s odd. In the HDV capture utility under Prefs does it correctly show your camera on the Device tab?

~jr

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[Mark Nacovitch]

Options>Preferences> I have
Editing..Display..CD Settings..Sync..External Control and Automation..General..Video..Preview Device..Audio Device..Midi..and VST Effects. I don’t see a HDV Capture Utility. In Preview Device I have 4 dropdowns. AJA video device..Blackmagic design..OHCI compliant IEEE 1394DV and windows secondary display. Thanks for your help.

[Mark Nacovitch]

If I go to HDV Capture pref> device>it shows both IEEE 1394 and under it…my camcorder. The box under it says no device properties. Does this help?? I am out of ideas.

[John Rofrano]

[Mark Nacovitch] “If I go to HDV Capture pref> device>it shows both IEEE 1394 and under it…my camcorder. The box under it says no device properties. Does this help??”

Yea, that’s exactly what mine says for my Sony HVR-Z1U. Are you using Vegas Pro 9.0e? This works for me in 9.0e and I can see a live preview when the camera is turned on to Camera and I can capture from tape when the camera is turned on to VCR. I’m using Windows 7 64-bit.

~jr

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[Mark Nacovitch]

9.0e ver 1146. I am out of ideas. I have Windows 7 also. What do you mean by ” when the camera is turned to camera”? I put my camera on VCR when attempting to capture to my computer.

[Mark Nacovitch]

Now even in DV, I get the error box The device Sony HDR-FX7 could not be opened. Also in the blue box, the message says, Preview is turned off. I have looked everywhere for this SMART PREVIEW VIDEO, or ALWAYS PREVIEW VIDEO boxes to make sure they are enabled. I know it see’s my camera. I even deleted the software, re-installed it-to no avail.

[John Rofrano]

[Mark Nacovitch] ” What do you mean by ” when the camera is turned to camera”? I put my camera on VCR when attempting to capture to my computer.”

Yes, when capturing from tape the On/Off switch should be on VCR. If you place it on “Camera” you can capture live as you record.

~jr

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[Mark Nacovitch]

What is happening is-it is capturing to a temp file-but as soon as I stop capturing, the temp file disappears-and that’s the problem. Sony told me to turn off all anti virus software-they claimed that was preventing the temp file from actually writing a permanent file. Did that…same problem.I actually paid 29 dollars for a one time call-Did me no good. Any help would me much appreciated!!