Cannot connect camera or canopus

bomber127 wrote on 8/21/2013, 11:37 AM

Hi, I've recently upgraded to V12 and had a few problems to say the least. I have an new i7 PC. Vegas refuses to recognise any of my 3 Canon A1's for video capture or my Canopus. Never had issues before. Any ideas please?
thanks in advance - steve

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Steve Grisetti wrote on 8/21/2013, 11:44 AM

Have you tried setting Windows 7's FireWire to use Legacy Drivers?

This appears to be related to the FW driver that Win7-64 installs by default, at least in most cases.

The "fix" is to go to Device Management, and locate the driver used for FireWire. One would replace that default driver with the one with the word "Legacy" in its name. Fairly simple to do, and it fixes FW issues for most users.

* Click Windows Start orb; type "device manager" into the Search box and select Device Manager (or launch Device Manager anyway you like)
* Swivel open the "IEEE 1394 Bus host controllers" item
* Right-click on your listed 1394 controller; select "Update Driver Software"
* Click the "Browse my computer for driver software" button, followed by the Let me pick from a list" button
* Select the option that has "(Legacy)" at the end of the name; click Next and let the driver be installed
* Close out of dialogs and retry capture

Grazie wrote on 8/21/2013, 11:44 AM

USB or FireWire?

G

bomber127 wrote on 8/21/2013, 12:09 PM

Thanks for rapid response Grazie.
Am using firewire and windows 8. have navigate to the choices: 1394 OHCI or texas instruments OHCI. There's nothing there that says legacy

the current driver installed just says 1394ohci.sys

bomber127 wrote on 8/21/2013, 12:15 PM

If I uncheck 'show compatible hardware' further options are available: 3 drivers from sony and one from via - no sign of legacy

Steve Grisetti wrote on 8/21/2013, 1:44 PM

Oh, you're on Windows 8...

Try to Texas Instruments OHCI.