hdv capture

[haris]

I'm trying to capture HDV footage from my Sony HDR-HC9 (1080i on miniDV tape) through i-LINK (fire wire).
Edius 5 recognizes the camera and I can fully control it (Fast Forward, rewind etc).

The problem is that when I hit the "capture" tab , the "capture" screen appears , but nothing is actually captured. Camera is rolling and the time code on edius is couting as but a a gray frame is displayed on the screen (the capture screen of edius, I mean), and no capture file is saved anywhere

any ideas?


(computer specs are ok, since I'm editing HDP2 content with no problems)

 

[pjsssss]

What capture input option did you choose?

 

[haris]

I'm using "Generic HDV-Input" (have also tried "Generic OHCI-Input" with no luck)

 

[haris]

any ideas?

 

[pjsssss]

What OS? Some people with Windows 7 have reported problems and had to change to a legacy driver for firewire.

 

[haris]

I'm on WinXP sp3 (Core2Duo 2.66Ghz, 2GB Ram, ATI1650HDPro)

pls note that capturing "normal" SD footage (and not HDV) from the same SonyCam through firewire using "Generig OHCI" capture option works fine...

 

[Ted Ramasola]

If this were a jvc camera like what i have(hd100/200), thats a symptom of a blown firewire. Try another camera to be sure.

 

[haris]

so a blown firewire will work fine while transferring SD but not while transferring HDV ?

 

[Ted Ramasola]

yes, thats the case in a JVC camera. Actually a most documented defect of the HDxx series of cameras. I seldom hear about it on sony cams.

 

[Pontius]

Thanks for the tip on changing the Firewire driver to legacy on Windows 7! Edius wasn't able to talk to my JVC GYHD111e at all. I knew it was fine on XP as I multiboot. All fixed now and rock solid.
Cheers.

 

[kelly7898]

I'm trying to capture HDV footage from my Sony HDR-HC9 (1080i on miniDV tape) through i-LINK (fire wire).
Edius 5 recognizes the camera and I can fully control it (Fast Forward, rewind etc).

The problem is that when I hit the "capture" tab , the "capture" screen appears , but nothing is actually captured. Camera is rolling and the time code on edius is couting as but a a gray frame is displayed on the screen (the capture screen of edius, I mean), and no capture file is saved anywhere

any ideas?


(computer specs are ok, since I'm editing HDP2 content with no problems)

Thank you for the post.
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[bhiga]

If the camera has a DV/HDV auto-select feature, turn that off and force it to DV or HDV.