Capturing video from a camcorder brogues34L 7/3/2007 2:06:00 PM I have a Sony HDD camcorder that comes with Imagemixer software. It worked OK on XP but not on my new Vista PC. The CD won't load and the PC doesn't recognise the camcorder when connected. Sony tell me that Vista doesn't support USB streaming which sounds like a dead end. I can't believe the latest generation OS can't cope with modern video capture processes. Can anyone help?

RE: Capturing video from a camcorder BillMonty 7/4/2007 4:54:02 AM I ran into the same problem myself and I find it very hard to believe that is something that Vista can't do. I emailed Sony and they told me that the only current option available is to hook the camcorder up to the firewire port on my PC and then it would work. Well that would be great and all.. but my PC doesn't have a firewire input. I just built a PC and bought a mother board that doesn't have the firewire interface on it because I didn't think I would need it. I've had one on my last 3 PCs and never once used it.

Re: Capturing video from a camcorder "Graham Hughes" <graham.hughes[ at ]dvds2treasure.co.uk> 7/4/2007 3:04:25 PM I've not got a hdd cam, but when you connect by USB doesn't the hdd just show up as an external hdd and you "copy" the file over to your internal hdd? -- Graham Hughes MVP Digital Media www.myvideoproblems.com "brogues34L" <brogues34L[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7B2DB678-5DF1-4A46-B6B9-1FCA97940B57[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I have a Sony HDD camcorder that comes with Imagemixer software. It worked >OK > on XP but not on my new Vista PC. The CD won't load and the PC doesn't > recognise the camcorder when connected. Sony tell me that Vista doesn't > support USB streaming which sounds like a dead end. I can't believe the > latest generation OS can't cope with modern video capture processes. Can > anyone help?

Re: Capturing video from a camcorder "Cal Bear '66" <xxx[ at ]xxx.org> 7/4/2007 3:30:17 PM PCI firewire adapters are very cheap. -- I Bleed Blue and Gold GO BEARS! "BillMonty" <BillMonty[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9BF80026-6FB5-4B07-92A4-EEFF4F2A545E[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I ran into the same problem myself and I find it very hard to believe that is > something that Vista can't do. I emailed Sony and they told me that the only > current option available is to hook the camcorder up to the firewire port on > my PC and then it would work. > > Well that would be great and all.. but my PC doesn't have a firewire input. > I just built a PC and bought a mother board that doesn't have the firewire > interface on it because I didn't think I would need it. I've had one on my > last 3 PCs and never once used it.

Re: Capturing video from a camcorder Adam Albright <AA[ at ]ABC.net> 7/4/2007 4:11:09 PM On Tue, 3 Jul 2007 21:54:02 -0700, BillMonty <BillMonty[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >I ran into the same problem myself and I find it very hard to believe that is >something that Vista can't do. I emailed Sony and they told me that the only >current option available is to hook the camcorder up to the firewire port on >my PC and then it would work. > >Well that would be great and all.. but my PC doesn't have a firewire input. >I just built a PC and bought a mother board that doesn't have the firewire >interface on it because I didn't think I would need it. I've had one on my >last 3 PCs and never once used it. A firewire port is the de facto standard for importing videos from digital cameras, some may now use USB 2.0, but most still use firewire. This isn't a Vista issue, rather a missing bit of hardware issue that you can easily remedy if the interface isn't build into your motherboard. Just make sure your camera has a firewire output (most do) and then buy a firewire external card, drop it in one of your free slots and you should be all set. Just be sure to match to your system, PCI or whatever, and also be sure that the firewire card is 100% firewire compliant, if it isn't, that could open a whole new can of worms depending on your camera, ie if or not is can be remotely controlled from within whatever video editing application you are using, otherwise the stream you are trying to import can get out of sync, start dropping frames and other bad things you want to avoid.

Re: Capturing video from a camcorder BillMonty 7/4/2007 9:02:03 PM My camcorder - and most are like this, use digital video tapes. Some camcorders use DVDs and record straight to the DVD. I haven't looked at camcorders in about a year or so, but they may have some models out now that save what you record on an internal hard drive on the camera. Either way, there are no 'files' to copy for most people using camcorders. We're not talking about a digital camera where it saves your pictures in a file format and you can plug your card into a reader and drag and drop. With a physical tape or a DVD, the recording has to be streamed into your editing program, either through a USB or Firewire connection. Anyway, I took the PCI Firewire card route. I didn't even think of it. It was a nice $20 solution so thanks for the tip. "Graham Hughes" wrote: [Quoted Text] > I've not got a hdd cam, but when you connect by USB doesn't the hdd just > show up as an external hdd and you "copy" the file over to your internal > hdd? > > -- > > Graham Hughes > MVP Digital Media > www.myvideoproblems.com > > > "brogues34L" <brogues34L[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:7B2DB678-5DF1-4A46-B6B9-1FCA97940B57[ at ]microsoft.com... > >I have a Sony HDD camcorder that comes with Imagemixer software. It worked > >OK > > on XP but not on my new Vista PC. The CD won't load and the PC doesn't > > recognise the camcorder when connected. Sony tell me that Vista doesn't > > support USB streaming which sounds like a dead end. I can't believe the > > latest generation OS can't cope with modern video capture processes. Can > > anyone help? > > >

Re: Capturing video from a camcorder "Graham Hughes" <graham.hughes[ at ]dvds2treasure.co.uk> 7/11/2007 1:10:10 PM That's odd Bill because you said you had the same problem as the OP who has a HDD cam, Hard Disc Drive :) You can also buy cams with solid state media which you can just plug straight into a card reader!!!! -- Graham Hughes MVP Digital Media www.myvideoproblems.com "BillMonty" <BillMonty[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1B50E8F7-5C5F-4125-8E95-91630B7F5DEF[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > My camcorder - and most are like this, use digital video tapes. Some > camcorders use DVDs and record straight to the DVD. I haven't looked at > camcorders in about a year or so, but they may have some models out now > that > save what you record on an internal hard drive on the camera. Either way, > there are no 'files' to copy for most people using camcorders. We're not > talking about a digital camera where it saves your pictures in a file > format > and you can plug your card into a reader and drag and drop. With a > physical > tape or a DVD, the recording has to be streamed into your editing program, > either through a USB or Firewire connection. > > Anyway, I took the PCI Firewire card route. I didn't even think of it. > It > was a nice $20 solution so thanks for the tip. > > "Graham Hughes" wrote: > >> I've not got a hdd cam, but when you connect by USB doesn't the hdd just >> show up as an external hdd and you "copy" the file over to your internal >> hdd? >> >> -- >> >> Graham Hughes >> MVP Digital Media >> www.myvideoproblems.com >> >> >> "brogues34L" <brogues34L[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:7B2DB678-5DF1-4A46-B6B9-1FCA97940B57[ at ]microsoft.com... >> >I have a Sony HDD camcorder that comes with Imagemixer software. It >> >worked >> >OK >> > on XP but not on my new Vista PC. The CD won't load and the PC doesn't >> > recognise the camcorder when connected. Sony tell me that Vista doesn't >> > support USB streaming which sounds like a dead end. I can't believe the >> > latest generation OS can't cope with modern video capture processes. >> > Can >> > anyone help? >> >> >>