OHCI-compliant IEEE-1394 DV capture cards

Ron121869 wrote on 10/18/2007, 7:21 PM

I'm not sure if this is the proper forum for this item, but I am really starting to lose it. I'm new at the video capture realm, and am having issues with my Camcorder being detected by my PC. I have a Sony DCR-HC40 MiniDV camcorder and recently installed a VIA OHCI compliant IEEE 1394 host controller card. The hardware manager shows me that my drivers are properly installed and the IEEE 1394 card is properly working. However; when I try to capture using Vegas Movie Studio8.0 it tells me "No Device Connected". The Video dropdown also says "No video device".
In the attempt to make sure it's not my camcorder, I took it to a friend who captures video and the camcorder was properly recognized on that PC.
What is up with my PC? Is it the IEEE 1394 card? As I'm trying to troubleshoot, I see the Movie Studio documentation references a IEEE 1394 DV card - what is that? Something different than a normal 1394 card? Also not sure if I bought a card that doesn't support Sony iLINK properly - is there a difference?

*sigh*

Comments

discdude wrote on 10/19/2007, 3:25 AM

IEEE 1394 = Firewire = iLink

Three different names for the same technology. So the card you bought should work.

I'm not sure why you're having a problem. VIA has a reputation for making terrible IEEE-1394 cards so it could be the card. Or it could be a software issue. I would ask if your friend could install the VIA card in their computer and see if it works.

gpsmikey wrote on 10/21/2007, 7:38 AM

Something else you might try -- give scenalyzer a shot -- that is what
I use for capturing video from my camcorder and it seems to work
very well for most people (auto split on timecode etc as well).
http://www.scenalyzer.com/
I use it to capture all my video then import the segments from there.

mikey