A few days ago several forumers tried to help me locate a "lost" file to no avail because I must have done something wrong in Video Capture. Anyway, today I tried again from the beginning. I opened Vegas Movie Studio, went to File & Viceo Capture. Connected (using a IEEE firewire) my Sony HC-52 to my computer, turned it on & went to 'Play' with the tape set at the beginning of 58 minutes footage. In Movie Studio video capture as soon as it turned on the HC-52 to play, the MiniDV images/film began playing in both my HC-52s open LCD panel screen & on my computer monitor. The video capture appeared to be working fine & after 58 minutes the 'screens' went blank & to stop the HC-52 I turned it off. Immediately, on my computer monitor, the following message appeared: "Sony Video Capture: An error occurred while capturing from the device. An invalid arguement was specified." And I had to click 'ok' to do anything further. That's where I am now. What should my next step be? Have I anything to 'save'? Did I immediately lose the video captured (but unsaved) footage when I turned my HC-52 off? Since I am still in the Movie Studio program "capture video" screen (on the capture tab, with the Sony Video Capture 6.0 + title of the project (Northern Mexico 1-2011 at the top of the screen page, can/how should I continue? Or was my turning off the HC-52 a fatal flaw for the 58 minute video capture? If I have to begin again, please tell me how I should be capturing video from my HC-52 to the Movie Studio program successfully. Again, this is my first effort to use Movie Studio having previously used Pinnacle programs (flawed as they were, I was able to get passed the video capture point). One additional question is there a good book that can help me with Movie Studio V. 10? Again, my apologies for my ignorance and thanks for any assistance. Bob
Windows Version:7 64-bit
RAM:16 GB
Processor:1333 MHz
Video Card:ATI Radeon HD 5450 1 GB
Sound Card:THX TruStudio PC
Video Capture:LSI IEEE 1394
CD Burner:Windows Media Player
DVD Burner:Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum V.10 Bld 179
Camera:Sony Handycam DCR-HC52
Windows Version:7 64-bit
RAM:16 GB
Processor:1333 MHz
Video Card:ATI Radeon HD 5450 1 GB
Sound Card:THX TruStudio PC
Video Capture:LSI IEEE 1394
CD Burner:Windows Media Player
DVD Burner:Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum V.10 Bld 179
Camera:Sony Handycam DCR-HC52