Vista cannot detect XH A1 at DVinfo.net

Roy Keane · October 26th, 2007, 12:30 PM

Hi All

When connecting the XH-A1 to my sony vaio notebook, vista did not recognise the xh a1 as an imaging device in the Device Manager. But in contrast, when I plug in a sony camcorder, it displayed the sony camcorder as an "imaging device" category.

Upon further examining the device manager, I found listed under "Sound, Video and Game Controllers" category, my XH-a1 appeared.

This lead to the problem in that I cannot route any playback from the NLE to the TV monitor via the camcorder. Although my NLE can capture the video from camcorder.

Does anyone know how to make Vista recognize the xh-a1 as an "imaging device" and not as a "Sound, Video and Game Controllers"?

My specs are:

Windows Vista Home Premium
Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller

Regards

Brian Overman · March 14th, 2008, 09:28 AM

Did you ever get this issue resolved? I'm in the same boat here.

Bryan Gilchrist · March 14th, 2008, 09:41 AM

I ended up having to downgrade one of my desktops to XP just so I can use it.

Notebooks, on the other hand, are very hard to downgrade to XP.

Phil Taylor · March 14th, 2008, 10:43 AM

I believe you have upgraded one of your desktops to XP.

Josh Chesarek · March 14th, 2008, 12:16 PM

I think its resolved by forcing the camera into DV mode via the play back menu. By default it is AUTO which moves it to HDV unless its playing back a DV Tape. I am probably misunderstanding your issue though.

Tripp Woelfel · March 14th, 2008, 06:19 PM

I had some problems getting PP on Vista to see my XH A1 when I first got it. It took a little fiddling to get it to work, and I don't remember exactly what I did but I seem to remember that leaving the camera on "Auto" to select HD or SD caused me some problems.

You might try forcing the camera to HDV. That might fix it.

With my HV10 (used for capturing A1 tapes) I leave it on HDV and it works first time, every time.

October 26th, 2007, 12:30 PM	#1
Roy Keane Tourist Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Singapore Posts: 2	Vista cannot detect XH A1 Hi All When connecting the XH-A1 to my sony vaio notebook, vista did not recognise the xh a1 as an imaging device in the Device Manager. But in contrast, when I plug in a sony camcorder, it displayed the sony camcorder as an "imaging device" category. Upon further examining the device manager, I found listed under "Sound, Video and Game Controllers" category, my XH-a1 appeared. This lead to the problem in that I cannot route any playback from the NLE to the TV monitor via the camcorder. Although my NLE can capture the video from camcorder. Does anyone know how to make Vista recognize the xh-a1 as an "imaging device" and not as a "Sound, Video and Game Controllers"? My specs are: Windows Vista Home Premium Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller Regards

March 14th, 2008, 10:43 AM	#4
Phil Taylor Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Victor, Montana Posts: 61	Vista! I believe you have upgraded one of your desktops to XP.

March 14th, 2008, 09:28 AM	#2
Brian Overman New Boot Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 11	Did you ever get this issue resolved? I'm in the same boat here.

March 14th, 2008, 09:41 AM	#3
Bryan Gilchrist Major Player Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 224	I ended up having to downgrade one of my desktops to XP just so I can use it. Notebooks, on the other hand, are very hard to downgrade to XP.

March 14th, 2008, 12:16 PM	#5
Josh Chesarek Major Player Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Winter Park, FL Posts: 978	I think its resolved by forcing the camera into DV mode via the play back menu. By default it is AUTO which moves it to HDV unless its playing back a DV Tape. I am probably misunderstanding your issue though.

March 14th, 2008, 06:19 PM	#6
Tripp Woelfel Trustee Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: North Conway, NH Posts: 1,745	I had some problems getting PP on Vista to see my XH A1 when I first got it. It took a little fiddling to get it to work, and I don't remember exactly what I did but I seem to remember that leaving the camera on "Auto" to select HD or SD caused me some problems. You might try forcing the camera to HDV. That might fix it. With my HV10 (used for capturing A1 tapes) I leave it on HDV and it works first time, every time.