Windows 7 – Capturing via FireWire doesn’t work

[Andy Prada]

Windows 7 does support firewire – at least in 64 bit PAL format – because I use it all the time to control Sony VTRs – DVCam and HDV.
Sometimes Premiere CS4 (not PPRO2) has a sulk and I need to reboot to get it to recognise the machine. But windows always recognizes the firewire cable being plugged and unplugged and generates an options menu.

Try uninstalling your firewire drivers and reinstalling.

[Brian Louis]

[Sebastian Martinez] “Windows 7”
What version?

[Sebastian Martinez] “Premier Pro doesn’t see my camera”
What camera and What are you trying to capture? HDV, DV??

[Sebastian Martinez]

Hi,
sorry I wasn’t responding immediatly – just started my day at work overseas.

OS: Windows 7 Pro 64 bit

Camera: Panasonic NV-DS29EG (miniDV so DV)

So might it the camera that doesn’t fit the available Protocols?

Sebastian

Sebastian Martinez

[Sebastian Martinez]

I also have to mention that capturing DV from that very same camera (Panasonic NV-DS29EG)wasn’t a problem at all with my laptop (a Targa with Windows XP and Premiere 6.5). So the Camera still works very well in this setup.

Thanks so far
Sebastian

Sebastian Martinez

[David Payne]

i have had the same problem and been informed by someone who had experience of this to update my bios to the newest version. I havent tried it yet though

[Gerald Rightmyer]

You may need to change premier pro to run in windows xp compatibility mode by right clicking on the icon and clicking on “properties” then clicking on the “compatibility tab” then clicking “win xp compatibility mode”. I am running a new windows 7 64 bit computer and premier pro 1.5 and did this to make the program function properly.

[Brian Louis]

Probably what the problem is win7 loaded the wrong firewire driver, a DV camera if it installs right will show up in the “Device Manager” under the heading of “Imaging devices”, a HDV camcorder will show up under the heading of “Sound, video and game controllers”, the best thing to do is look at the chipset on the firewire card, and then check the “Controller” listing under the “IEEE1394 Bus Host Controllers” Heading and see if it matches the firewire chip on the board, if not just select the update driver selection under the Driver tab, select browse, and select pick from a list, you can select Legacy driver or uncheck the Show compatible Hardware box and see if its in the list.

[Sebastian Martinez]

Gerald, Brian, David and Andy, thank you very much for your help!

Your suggestions sound good to me! I defenitly will try it some time on the weekend when there is some spare time – this year has started buissy. But I’ll keep you update!

Respects
Sebastian

Sebastian Martinez

[Bob Dix]

The obvious, make sure the project set up is HDV in ?????????????????

Not DV

[Brian Louis]

Good idea, but the Panasonic NV-DS29EG = Pal DV