Device Not Available?

Rick-George wrote on 6/27/2024, 10:41 AM

I am using a Sony HDV Camera HDR-HC7E. I know the camera is obsolete, BUT it works perfectly. I have loads of HDV Mini Tapes, that I want to save to a SSD Drive. I know the Vegas MS HD Plat 11.0 is an old version, but I probably would upgrade if I can get this version to recognise my Sony HDV Camera. Why does Sony software NOT recognise a Sony camera? It show a device as 'IEEE 1394/MPEG2-TS Device' But in the blue window 'Device Not Available'. WHY? I have Corel Video Editor and that DOES show as a 'Sony HD Camera' however that only records in DV (720res) not full HDV (1080). I would probably invest in a Sony 4K camera, and invest in upgrade version of Sony Vegas, but I am NOT doing so unless I am sure a new version of Vegas can recognise my HDV Camera. All very well spending money on a software upgrade, find it does not recognise your camera, and then try and get support? No way!

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DMT3 wrote on 6/27/2024, 12:05 PM

How do you have the camera connected? (firewire, USB, HDMI?)

Rick-George wrote on 6/28/2024, 5:46 AM

As my first post does indicate it is connected via IEEE 1394 Firewire cable to a 'Texas' PCI card on the motherboard. After my last post I did find in Vegas menu-options-preferences-video 'Use external video capture application' and I ticked box. In Vegas 'capture video' a separate white box opens 'Sony Video Capture 6.0' And the Camera is detected and I am able to capture a video, but only DV 720x576 mode. In the Camera menu 'Standard Set' then you can choose either 'Auto', 'DV' or 'HDV' (unplug i-link to change) I have chosen 'HDV'. Back to 'Standard Set' then 'i.LINK CONV' there's 2 options 'OFF' or 'ON HDV to DV' I assume 'OFF' means the i-LINK capture is not converted and is HDV (1080i). On means converted to DV (576i). However, I can ONLY use the DV mode and the capture is only 720x576. If I set to HDV, Vegas Capture 6.0 does NOT recognise the camera. Very annoying. Maybe I should just upgrade to the latest Vegas Movie Studio? It used to work fine on my previous desktop PC, but not on this PC. 720x576 video resolution is too low.

j-v wrote on 6/28/2024, 6:03 AM

@Rick-George
HDV capture is for me a long time ago. What I still know is that it gave the problem you described and therefore I used the free program HDVsplit.
You can try that also,
Downloadable at https://www.videohelp.com/software/HDVSplit

Will-Fastie wrote on 7/11/2024, 10:12 PM

Why does Vegas no longer support MiniDV import?

jetdv wrote on 7/12/2024, 7:39 AM

For DV, try Scenalyzer. It's now free and has more features than the Vegas capture app did anyway.

http://www.scenalyzer.com/

Dexcon wrote on 7/12/2024, 8:47 AM

I am not seeing a huge problem here. If your Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 11 and Corel VideoStudio are each able to import/transfer the MiniDV media to your computer, then continue to use that method - treat it as being nothing more than an acquisition method. If you get Vegas Pro 21 or the soon to be released 22, then you can simply import the media transferred from the MiniDV camera to your computer via VMSP or Corel VS into Vegas Pro. In fact, the folder with the imported MiniDV media that would need to be accessed to start a new Vegas Pro project would be exactly the same folder as needed to be accessed to start a new project in VMSP.

If I needed to import again some of my old MiniDV media, I'd drag out my 21 years old Dell Dimension 8300 computer and import via firewire into ULead VideoStudio (later to become Corel VideoStudio) and then copy/paste the media into my current main editing computer.

I have Corel Video Editor and that DOES show as a 'Sony HD Camera' however that only records in DV (720res) not full HDV (1080)

The specification for MiniDV is 720 x 576 (PAL) or 720 x 480 (NTSC). Importing at a higher resolution such as FHD won't magically convert the video into FHD quality - it will remain at DV image quality - it will be 720 x ??? spread over 1920 x 1080. An UpRez or an AI UpRez FX would be needed to better uprez DV to FHD and hopefully better quality.

When considering a purchase of Vegas Pro, it's important to make sure that your computer meets the recommended specifications for Vegas Pro.