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HDV device connection problem
The Vegas 8 HDV capture utility won’t recognize my Sony HVR-V1U camera or the Sony HDV deck. It just says “device not available.” I know I have HDV on the tape as I can play it back on the camera and I know it’s not a cable or port problem because I can capture it on a mac with iMovie.
The PC can even see the device – in My Computer “Sony DV Tape REcorder” is listed under Scanners and Cameras.
Any thoughts on why Vegas can’t see it?
thanks,
Mary Waitrovich
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6 Replies
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Some Sony hdv cams (dont know about the decks) have an HDV , DV and automatic setting , make sure you have it on hdv and not auto. hope that helps
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changing the camera setting from auto seemed to do it.
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I’m having the same issue with my V1U. How do you change the settings? Is it a camera setting or in Vegas? Many thanks, this is driving me nuts
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Jon,
It’s a camera setting, in the menus. I don’t have the camera in front of me but it’s the menu where you have a choice between DV HDV or Auto. Change it from Auto to HDV.When I started this thread, I was editing on a Mac Pro using Windows XP via Boot Camp. I ‘m on a real PC now with Windows 7 and have fewer connection problems.
Mary
Mary Waitrovich
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Hello,
OK, I too am having issues with my Sony V1U and capturing HDV footage. I’ve read this thread, changed the camera settings to playback at HDV (as suggested) and I am able to capture.
However, though I’ve changed all my capture presets and device control presets to capture HDV in FCP, it seems my video is only capturing at 720 X 480 (853 X 480 anamorphic). I know the footage was recorded at HDV 1440 X 1080 (and it says as much on the screen menu when I play the tape back in my V1U camera), so why isn’t it being captured at HDV 1440 X 1080? I’ve gone through all of my capture settings in FCP and my camera settings and everything is set up properly. I’m at a loss as to why FCP won’t capture my footage at the frame size it was shot at.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I use FCP 7.0.2 on Mac with Snow Leopard OS.
Thanks!
-Marc-
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You should probably ask this question in the FCP forum.
Mary Waitrovich
Media Plus You, LCC
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