DV capturing - strange errors in picture

[Nissenakke666]

Hi all! Newbie here...

I'm not new to DV or capturing, but this is the first time I use my own
newly purchased camera.
I've read the sticky, but I don't think it covers my problem...

Anyways:

* When I try to capture from my camera(Panasonic NV-MX300) I never get any dropped frames(not reported by the programs anyway), but with irregular intervals there's distortion in picture and sometimes audio. Looks like pixelation/huge coloured "blocks" in the pic, and sometimes audio noise.
* I can see this in the preview when I capture, but it never happens at the same time in the clips.
* Playback directly to TV is fine, and I've never had a problem printing back to tape.
* Ive tried this both on my new desktop computer and my laptop - same result.
* I've tried capturing with Adobe Premiere 6.5, Vegas 4.0 and XP's own MovieMaker. Like I said - never get any dropped frames(reported anyway), but the errors are always happening.

Anyone experienced this? Is it my camera/DV-out?

My computer:

P4 2.66 GHz
512 MB RAM
80 GB WD 7200 IDE disk(used only for capturing, editing)
Epox 4PEA+ motherboard with integrated FireWire
WinXP Pro/Win2000 dual boot

[HAGGARD]

Playback directly to TV is fine, and I've never had a problem printing back to tape.

Since playback to tv is fine, I guess that there is a problem with your firewire cable. Did you tried another one?!
As far as I know, send and receive signals are separated in the cable just like a serial cable...

'HAG

[Nissenakke666]

Thanks for the reply!

That was my thought too, but I've tried both my desktop and laptop - and to the desktop there's a 4->6 cable, while to the laptop there's a 4->4 cable. Same problem

Could there be a problem sending the signal through the camera's FireWire port, while recieving is fine?

Maybe I have more luck with one of the capturing apps on this site? 'll try tonight...

[HAGGARD]

Hmmmm, since you tried different cables and computers It looks like that the firewire interface in your camera is not functioning properly....!!!

'HAG

[Nissenakke666]

Yeah - I'm afraid so... The camera is used, but there's still warranty, so if I have to fix it, it will hopefully not be too expensive(if I have to pay at all).

[Scobo]

I had this exact same problem with my last system.
After several weeks of tinkering, it turned out to be a problem with the motherboards PCI bus. I found a patch on the manufacturers website which fixed it.
Given that you have this this problem with a PC and a laptop it's unlikely to be the same fault but might be worth looking into.