Capture (Driver) Issue in Vegas 8

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Hello all you wonderful, helpful dvxusers! So, I am attempting to capture video from my DVX and am having issues with the generic firewire card I recently installed...upon installation, my computer told me it found all the appropriate drivers, etc, but Vegas (8) has never recognized my camera and I think the culprit is the driver...to check to see if I was doing anything wrong, I tried capturing video to my laptop that has Vegas 6 installed, and no problems...so again, I think the lack of the right driver is the culprit. I think all my settings are correct within Vegas, but maybe not? "Use external video capture application" under Preferences --> Video is checked, and reads: "C:\Program Files\Sony\Vegas Pro 8.0\VidCap60.EXE"

I DID go to the device manager, and it tells me my drivers are up-to-date (...), SO my question is, can I/how can I do a search to see what brand & model my firewire card is, so that I can download the appropriate driver? The firewire card MAY have come with a driver disc, but once my computer told me all was well, I may have thrown it away. Also, I don't want to use my laptop for this shizz, as it is a slower...also, my desktop is running on Vista 32-bit (oops?)...any suggestions ya'll may have would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers!
 
so basically, what I'm asking is, where I might find a place to download a generic driver for my firewire card? does such a thing exist?
 
There already is a generic driver in Windows. You can go into Network Connections, and if the firewire port appears, it's working.

It's not ideal, but in the meantime, there's no reason you can't capture on your laptop -- it won't be any slower in capturing (it's always real-time off tape), and the files will be the same whether it's XP or Vista, so you can use them on your desktop with no problems at all.
 
Thanks for the response, David. I may end capturing my video with my laptop...I just would soooo rather not. Apparently, I'm not alone in my Vista - Firewire issue (here, and here). So, yeah, my computer tells me that it has automatically installed the drivers, and the firewire card shows up under 'Device Manager', but nothing...my DVX is not seen by Vegas OR Moviemaker.

If anyone has any solutions, please feel free to share. I may end up installing XP...

Trevor
 
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