Capture Device Offline only in HD project at DVinfo.net

Dustin Alcock · January 31st, 2009, 07:19 PM

I captured some non HD footage into Premiere just fine. However tonight I shot some video and when I setup the project as 1080i 30p then go to capture, it says the device is offline. If I press play it will control the camera but won't pull it on screen and still says it's offline.

If i go right into my standard project file, it's online and fully works.

Any ideas?

thanks.

Dustin

EDIT:
If I set capture mode to DV instead of HDV it works. But don't I want HDV since it was hot in HD? The camera is a HV30 btw.

DOUBLE EDIT:
For anyone with the same issue, make sure your camera is set to HDV and not DV. You'll have to unplug the firewire to be able to change it though. So yeah, I fixed it just minutes after posting this. Always happens like that, haha.

Adam Gold · January 31st, 2009, 11:02 PM

This is almost always the reason for this issue. Premiere is picky -- all the settings must match. Usually this happens when someone has a Sony set to downconvert but has an HDV project.

You don't need to unplug. Simply turning off and on usually suffices. And never hot-plug. Ever.

Terry Lyons · February 7th, 2009, 09:34 AM

Hi Adam, make sure you unhook your fire wire cable from the camera and check the setting in the camera under signal setup, change the down convert to off. The settings will be greyed out if the firewire is hooked up. And also be very carefull while hooking up the camera. Turn the power to the cam off, hook up the firewire and then turn the cam. on.

Brian Brown · February 8th, 2009, 01:04 AM

Have you tried HDVsplit? It's a wonderful little freeware program that does HDV scene detection (unlike PPro) and does a great job. IMHO, PPro does a lot of things well, but capturing isn't one of them.

My typical workflow is capture in HDVsplit, review the clips, delete the bad takes, catalog and rename the good takes (dragging them into appropriate folders), and then import them into PPro as bins.

HTH,
Brian Brown
BrownCow Productions

January 31st, 2009, 07:19 PM	#1
Dustin Alcock Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Jackson, MI Posts: 34	Capture Device Offline only in HD project I captured some non HD footage into Premiere just fine. However tonight I shot some video and when I setup the project as 1080i 30p then go to capture, it says the device is offline. If I press play it will control the camera but won't pull it on screen and still says it's offline. If i go right into my standard project file, it's online and fully works. Any ideas? thanks. Dustin EDIT: If I set capture mode to DV instead of HDV it works. But don't I want HDV since it was hot in HD? The camera is a HV30 btw. DOUBLE EDIT: For anyone with the same issue, make sure your camera is set to HDV and not DV. You'll have to unplug the firewire to be able to change it though. So yeah, I fixed it just minutes after posting this. Always happens like that, haha. __________________ I like cake.

January 31st, 2009, 11:02 PM	#2
Adam Gold Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Woodinville, WA USA Posts: 3,467	This is almost always the reason for this issue. Premiere is picky -- all the settings must match. Usually this happens when someone has a Sony set to downconvert but has an HDV project. You don't need to unplug. Simply turning off and on usually suffices. And never hot-plug. Ever. Last edited by Adam Gold; February 1st, 2009 at 09:57 AM.

February 7th, 2009, 09:34 AM	#3
Terry Lyons Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Alta Sierra Posts: 182	Hi Adam, make sure you unhook your fire wire cable from the camera and check the setting in the camera under signal setup, change the down convert to off. The settings will be greyed out if the firewire is hooked up. And also be very carefull while hooking up the camera. Turn the power to the cam off, hook up the firewire and then turn the cam. on. __________________ TAG

February 8th, 2009, 01:04 AM	#4
Brian Brown Major Player Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Estes Park, CO USA Posts: 426	Have you tried HDVsplit? It's a wonderful little freeware program that does HDV scene detection (unlike PPro) and does a great job. IMHO, PPro does a lot of things well, but capturing isn't one of them. My typical workflow is capture in HDVsplit, review the clips, delete the bad takes, catalog and rename the good takes (dragging them into appropriate folders), and then import them into PPro as bins. HTH, Brian Brown BrownCow Productions