Help no videocapture

Brent Hamilton · October 9th, 2007, 07:52 PM

Well
I have done a full power down, uninstalled the firewire then let windows reinstall upon rebooting, and installed a trial version of Ulead Media studio pro 8. Media studio can't find my camcorder and Neo picked up yhe HC1 on one of five attempts.

If I ever get thia figured out I'll let you guys know.
I do appreciate the recommendations.

Brent

Tim Arnold · November 3rd, 2007, 05:22 PM

Brent, I've been pulling my hair out with my a1 for 3 months with ieee 1394 connection issues. bought 2 new 4pinx4pin cables from best buy and zeroed in on connection issues at the a1's dv terminal. I sent the cam to be repair. Sent back with message. "No problem, check cable". I bought a

Belkin IEEE 1394 FireWire Cable - 6'

at curcuit city. It works great now. It really was just the stupid cable in my case. I hope thats your issue too. best of luck

Steve Wolla · November 4th, 2007, 02:04 AM

Sometimes, if I switch back and forth between the VCR position on the dial and the next position past VCR, (never use it , not sure even what it is) it'll work. The cam will be magically recognized by my computer. Some days I nmay need to rock it back and forth twice, but it will work.

I know it doesn't make sense that such a thing should have an impact, but....it does work on mine.

Brent Hamilton · November 5th, 2007, 05:50 PM

Thank you for the suggestions. I have purchased a new firewire cable and a VIA firewire card. My Sony HC1 is initialized every time but nada with my A1. I have read that I TI chipset firewire card will work with the A1. I do have an old TI firewire card but xp pro does not recognize the TI card. I have looked for TI drivers on the web...I found a "ubicore" driver but it crashed my system. I guess I will buy another TI card and try that.

November 3rd, 2007, 05:22 PM	#17
Tim Arnold Tourist Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Portland, TN Posts: 2	What about the cable Brent, I've been pulling my hair out with my a1 for 3 months with ieee 1394 connection issues. bought 2 new 4pinx4pin cables from best buy and zeroed in on connection issues at the a1's dv terminal. I sent the cam to be repair. Sent back with message. "No problem, check cable". I bought a Belkin IEEE 1394 FireWire Cable - 6' at curcuit city. It works great now. It really was just the stupid cable in my case. I hope thats your issue too. best of luck

October 9th, 2007, 07:52 PM	#16
Brent Hamilton Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Posts: 30	Well I have done a full power down, uninstalled the firewire then let windows reinstall upon rebooting, and installed a trial version of Ulead Media studio pro 8. Media studio can't find my camcorder and Neo picked up yhe HC1 on one of five attempts. If I ever get thia figured out I'll let you guys know. I do appreciate the recommendations. Brent

November 4th, 2007, 02:04 AM	#18
Steve Wolla Major Player Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 477	Sometimes, if I switch back and forth between the VCR position on the dial and the next position past VCR, (never use it , not sure even what it is) it'll work. The cam will be magically recognized by my computer. Some days I nmay need to rock it back and forth twice, but it will work. I know it doesn't make sense that such a thing should have an impact, but....it does work on mine.

November 5th, 2007, 05:50 PM	#19
Brent Hamilton Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Posts: 30	Thank you for the suggestions. I have purchased a new firewire cable and a VIA firewire card. My Sony HC1 is initialized every time but nada with my A1. I have read that I TI chipset firewire card will work with the A1. I do have an old TI firewire card but xp pro does not recognize the TI card. I have looked for TI drivers on the web...I found a "ubicore" driver but it crashed my system. I guess I will buy another TI card and try that.