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Premiere CS4 + Canon HV40 issues
Every time i capture from my Canon Vixia HV40 in premiere using the HD settings, my footage (even in the preview) has lines of messy horizontal pixels. Not while capturing DV though. I’ve tried every HD setting in the Premiere file and on the camera too. Not sure what to do. Help!
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To eliminate the firewire card/cable try capturing on another computer. To eliminate the HV40 playback head, try capturing with another camera. If all attempts to capture have the same issues, your camera is suspect.
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I tried attaching it to another computer and it worked. Thanks. But the problem is that i need the camera to feed into the original laptop. If the firewire is the issue, is it hurting the connection because it is connected by a 4 circuit port instead of a 6. it worked on the computer through a 6 circuit, but the laptop i need it to stream into has a 4 and its connected through a little 6 to 4 circuit adapter on the end of the firewire. Is that the problem? If so how to i fix that?
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Lap tops are not always the best way to go with a HDV20/30/40. the connection must be right. Even Adobe recently used a high spec laptop in a major CS5 release and you could see it was not right.
We have used the Canon for over 4 years and the CMOS sensor 1920 x 1080 P produces very good HDV video.Ps The U-Tube video looks like aa VHS recording not the HV40
Good luck
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[Brandon Jordan] “is it hurting the connection because it is connected by a 4 circuit port instead of a 6. it worked on the computer through a 6 circuit, but the laptop i need it to stream into has a 4 and its connected through a little 6 to 4 circuit adapter on the end of the firewire”
Adapters sometimes can be noisey, just use a 4pin to 4pin cable and see if that clears the problem, also some laptops use inexpensive firewire chipsets, there is not to much you can do about that, except maybe a PCMCIA or ExpressCard firewire adapter. -
I bought a 4 pin to 4 pin and it works, but only with some other software. still not in premiere. it’s probably the chipset though. i never thought of that. its a pretty cheap laptop. Thank you.
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thats actually what i said. i looks like bad tracking on an old VHS tape. but i assure you, it’s the HV40.
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Good to see that solved.
Freelance Imaging & Video
AUSTRALIA
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