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V5 Won’t Capture (any more)
Hi, I searched through posts, did not come up with the right answer. Help please.
Had not used V5 for several months. Captured OK then. Now not at all.
System:PC, Windows XP-Home SP2, P4 2.6MHz 500Ram, lots of space.
Connect Sony DV Camcorder via firewire,turn ON, set to VTR. Windows Identifies it as “Sony DV Camcorder Digital Camera.”
Launch V5, Set Capture file (create new folder, in HD with plenty of space.) Then,File/Capture Video. Result: First, a blue preview screen with sign: “Preview is Turned Off,” followed shortly thereafter by an overlapping screen: “No Capture Folders are available, or the specified capture folder is out of space..”
I tried various combinations of what is connected and when, what is turned on and when, but no luck.
Any guidance would be welcome.
Thank you,
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6 Replies
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And you have double-checked the capture location in vidcap’s option – preferences?
Edward Troxel
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Thank you for the reply. Unfortunately not only have I double-checkedd the capture location, but even tried different locations at different hard drives. I would not have bothered you kind folks in this forum if I had not become tired (and desperate.)
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I’d try uninstalling / reinstalling Vegas in case something went haywire.
Peter Wright
Perth, Western Oz
http://www.allroundvision.com.au -
Thank you both. I uninstalled and reinstalled Vegas. It now seems to accept (occasionally) a video from the Digital-8 camcorder, but will not accept a “passthrough” S-Vhs>Camcorder>Computer. Actually it does show the video for about 1 second, then the screen goes blue….but the audio continues!
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John, have you disabled Device Control? – necessary for pass through capture.
Peter Wright
Perth, Western Oz
http://www.allroundvision.com.au -
Thank you, I appreciate your help. That was good advice, but no luck. I’ve re-installed Vegas 5 again, and simply connected it to my D-8 camcorder, and played a D-8 tape through firewire. No luck, no capture. A brief glimpse of the playing video on the Vegas capture preview screen (less than 1 second) then reverts to black. The little round record button is “live” but it can only capture black. Meanwhile, the D-8 tape is running and I can see it in the camcorder’s LCD. I think maybe the firewire PCI card has gone bad…although usually it’s the software’s fault somewhere, not the hardware.
John
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