Ok, apparently I am a moron...
Having recorded some HDV footage with the FX1 earlier this week, I am now trying to capture it onto the PC. I am using the HDV capture utility in Vegas. I've read the instructions in the FX1 manual about 8 times--and even searched the forum archives here and on the DV Information Network forum, just to make sure I understand the process. I just installed a firewire PCI card, and the computer even recognizes it...so I've got *that* going for me, which is nice. When I bought the camera I got a 4-pin to 6-pin firewire cord included from the seller. He told me it worked flawlessly with FCP, and while the camera is about 10 months old (he bought it from B&H last December), he only used it for 4-5 hours--and the thing looks brand new. Many of the accessories in the box hadn't even been unwrapped yet.
So I set-up the camera first: HDV mode (not Auto or DV) and iLink CONV to OFF. But nothing; the camera is simply not recognized by Vegas. I do get an option for "AJA Video Device" under the Device Type now, whereas all I got before installing the firewire card was "IEEE 1394/MPEG2-TS Device." But I do not see anything under the Devices.
So what am I doing wrong here? There must be something. I don't really have anything to test the new firewire port, other than that XP gave me a message telling me that the new device was ready to use. I suppose I could hook my Windows laptop, which has a 4-pin firewire port. At least I could see if I could connect the two machines together and verify that the firewire port is working on the video PC.
I would appreciate any tips someone could send my way.
Thanks in advance.
TB
EDIT: Although I cannot seem to get my laptop to sync up with the Video PC, the Device Manager in XP tells me that the firewire PCI card is functioning properly. I'll try to find another firewire device to connect to the PC though; just to verify that the card is OK.
Having recorded some HDV footage with the FX1 earlier this week, I am now trying to capture it onto the PC. I am using the HDV capture utility in Vegas. I've read the instructions in the FX1 manual about 8 times--and even searched the forum archives here and on the DV Information Network forum, just to make sure I understand the process. I just installed a firewire PCI card, and the computer even recognizes it...so I've got *that* going for me, which is nice. When I bought the camera I got a 4-pin to 6-pin firewire cord included from the seller. He told me it worked flawlessly with FCP, and while the camera is about 10 months old (he bought it from B&H last December), he only used it for 4-5 hours--and the thing looks brand new. Many of the accessories in the box hadn't even been unwrapped yet.
So I set-up the camera first: HDV mode (not Auto or DV) and iLink CONV to OFF. But nothing; the camera is simply not recognized by Vegas. I do get an option for "AJA Video Device" under the Device Type now, whereas all I got before installing the firewire card was "IEEE 1394/MPEG2-TS Device." But I do not see anything under the Devices.
So what am I doing wrong here? There must be something. I don't really have anything to test the new firewire port, other than that XP gave me a message telling me that the new device was ready to use. I suppose I could hook my Windows laptop, which has a 4-pin firewire port. At least I could see if I could connect the two machines together and verify that the firewire port is working on the video PC.
I would appreciate any tips someone could send my way.
Thanks in advance.
TB
EDIT: Although I cannot seem to get my laptop to sync up with the Video PC, the Device Manager in XP tells me that the firewire PCI card is functioning properly. I'll try to find another firewire device to connect to the PC though; just to verify that the card is OK.