CAPTURE: The Device 'Microsoft DV Camera and VCR' Could Not Be Opened

Musicvid wrote on 3/5/2021, 6:24 AM

Install the Windows Legacy FireWire driver.

Disable Device Control in Vidcap.

In-depth discussion here.

https://www.studio1productions.com/Articles/Firewire-1.htm

Vincent-Wilkins wrote on 3/5/2021, 1:26 PM

I tried that with both the Legacy driver and now the Dell driver. Vidcap just hangs with excessive CPU usage. Task Manager won't kill it. I need the power button to kill the PC. BTW I'm running a Dell laptop so not sure if its driver is different from desktops.

Vincent-Wilkins wrote on 3/5/2021, 1:26 PM

Thank you for the suggestions!

Musicvid wrote on 3/5/2021, 2:06 PM

Keep trying. The fact that it works on an old computer is encouraging.

Scenealyzer is an alternative DV Firewire capture program that can still be found for download.

Vincent-Wilkins wrote on 3/5/2021, 2:45 PM

Thanks, I'll give it a try and put Vegas Studio 17 to bed until their Support gets around to me :-).

unaduna wrote on 11/20/2023, 3:49 AM

Hi Vincent-Wilkins. I had the same error message and after many attempts found that the problem, at least for me, was a simple setting on my camera (SonyHDR-HC1E).

In the camera menu, under "HDV/DV VCR," the VCR was set to "Automatic"; I cannot figure out exactly why, but it does not work as intended. So, I manually set the parameter to "DV", 'cause I wanted to transfer DV videos to the computer (if you have HDV videos you should select "HDV") and now everything works properly.

I hope this solution is helpful to you or anyone who is having the same problem.

Ciao ciao,
Luca

@Vincent-Wilkins

Dexcon wrote on 11/20/2023, 3:56 AM

@unaduna ... Vincent-Williams hasn't logged in to the forum since March 2021 - not to say that he doesn't view the forum without being logged in. But if you want to contact him, you can edit your comment and add a direct link to him by Shift-@ and select Vincent's name from the list that pops up.