"Capture failed to initialize" message on Sony TRV

[Vanster]

I have been successfully capturing and editing my videos using my Sony TRV 27 and Pinnacle Studio 8 and 9 for a couple of years now. Have never had a problem with my computer recognizing the camera or capturing from it. My last video project was completed the last week of June.

Now, for some reason, when I hook up my camera Windows XP recognizes it but I can't capture or send from the computer back to tape. Studio 9 says "Capture failed to initialize. I've also tried capturing with Ulead Movie Factory 3 and with Main Concept. They won't capture either.

Nothing has changed on my camera settings (I checked). The only thing that has changed on my computer is that I bought a Canon Digital Rebel and installed the accompanying software.

I've got a couple of things to try that I plan on doing today sometime:

1) I will get my brother's Mini DV camera and his firewire cable and see if my computer will let me capture from it

2) If it does, I will then take my camera over to his house and see if it works on his computer.

My question (for now) is this: are there any known conflicts between Canon drivers and software and Sony's driver's? I did run a search but can't come up with anything. Has anybody else had this problem?

Thanks,

Vanster

[Vanster]

Well, it's not the camera or the firewire cable.

My brother's camera doesn't work on my computer either...and my camcorder DOES work on his. I must have a driver problem. I checked Sony's website and the only driver updates they have are for USB and not firewire.

Any suggestions anyone?

Vanster

[gshelley61]

Try uninstalling that Canon Rebel software, and/or restore Windows XP to a previous point (when you were still able to capture with no problems)

[HMFC]

Weird thats what I had to do last night with my Panasonic Digirtal Cam and I use Piiancle 8 too.

I had to restore to eralier point

Now I'm getting an aspi adapter now installed message

Bloody PCs!!

[yamato72]

I get the same behavior with my Canon cam and Vegas. Rather than reboot, unplug, replug, etc. I've found that if I start Windows Movie Maker and pretend to start a capture (just play the video for a second or two) all is well. Close WMM, re-open vegas, back in business. Maybe the same thing would work for you?

[Vanster]

Thank you for the replies everyone. I did fix my problem finally.

I tried to uninstall the Canon software but it did no good. I downloaded drivers and spent several hours searching the web and Microsoft's knowledge base. Nothing worked. As far as my System Restore, it quit working a couple of months ago. Since my computer was running fine, I never bothered to try and find the solution to that problem.

I finally reinstalled Windows XP. If you have an original, complete installation disk (not an upgrade) it gives you two options: 1) repair an existing Windows installation or 2) Completely reinstall Windows. Since I did not want to lose any of my files or data, I went with option #1.

This worked quite well. It completely overwrote my existing Windows program without touching my programs or files. The only (minor) problem was that I lost two years worth of Windows updates which had to be downloaded again. Even with my broadband connection this took over an hour.

When it was all done, I can capture again. As an added bonus my System Restore now works again too.

Once again, thanks to those who tried to help!

Vanster