Loading to Vegas using Firewire

monte1988 wrote on 5/24/2025, 9:56 AM

Hello, I can no longer connect my Panasonic AG-1000 Mini-DV player to Sony Vegas 12.0 using a direct firewire cable and I am completely stumped. Hoping that someone may have experience in this area, even though all my equipment is pretty old.

For 10+ years I have had the same firewire connection between my Windows 7 PC (PCI card with firewire jacks) with Sony Vegas 12.0 and the Panasonic AG-1000 deck. After moving to a new house, I set everything back up as it was, and the VidCap program from Sony Vegas no longer sees the device when I attempt to connect it. I have not had any Windows 7.0 upgrades in years, nor have I made any changes to the PC (it is dedicated for Vegas video activities only). I connected an old mini-DV camcorder to the PC using the same firewire cable and was able to load clips. This makes me believe that the cable and the capture card are both working fine. I then researched the AG-1000 deck looking for any settings or switches that may have somehow been changed but found nothing. The deck will display output to a TV using an RCA or S-Video output jack but I have no way of testing the unit's DV output on anything other than the Vegas PC itself.

Does anyone have any advice on further troubleshooting, or an alternative method of connecting this deck to my older PC to pull clips from old tapes? I'd appreciate any and all suggestions. Thank you!

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DMT3 wrote on 5/24/2025, 10:03 AM

In the past, people have had problems with the actual plug on firewire devices going bad. Either breaking or just stop functioning. Sorry I can't help though. I really liked the firewire system.

robertOZ wrote on 5/24/2025, 3:44 PM

I had a similar problem, so I just replaced the 1394 Firewire card, only took 10 mins.the card cost less than $20 delivered

johnny-s wrote on 5/24/2025, 6:16 PM

Theres a dedicated forum on Videohelp.com to camcorders etc. https://forum.videohelp.com/forums/39-Camcorders-%28DV-HDV-AVCHD-HD%29

Steve_Rhoden wrote on 5/25/2025, 11:59 AM

@monte1988 If Vegas VidCAp cant see the connection, try using WinDV instead, its what i usually use.... Hard to say what would cause this.

http://windv.mourek.cz/

monte1988 wrote on 5/25/2025, 6:44 PM

robertOZ, I should have mentioned this but I was trying to make my post not too long. I left out the fact that, before I thought of hooking up the old camcorder, I ordered a new firewire card. However, it would not work...it prevented my monitor from working upon bootup. Since that troubleshooting looked so involved, I came up with the camcorder idea to prove that the existing card was still functioning. However, if you have an alternative to the manufacturer's card I ordered (StarTech.com 2 Port PCI Express FireWire Card - 1394a Firewire) I would be willing to try that.

monte1988 wrote on 5/25/2025, 6:48 PM

Steve_Rhoden I would definitely give that WinDV a try. Is it a safe download using the link you provided, and will it be compatible with Windows 7?

Thank you!

jetdv wrote on 5/26/2025, 9:45 AM

@monte1988, another option is Scenalyzer Live which is now free. I used the purchased version for many years.

http://www.scenalyzer.com/

Steve_Rhoden wrote on 5/26/2025, 12:13 PM

@monte1988 It's perfectly safe to download from the link i provided. And yes it will work in Windows 7. I enjoyed using this little gem back in the MiniDV days, very robust and reliable, never a dropped frame during captures.