WinDV won't capture!

[Adepizza]

WinDV has stopped capturing from my Canon MV700. It detects the camcorder no problem but just will not cpature any video or audio. It's the same with MM2. I'm using a firewire cable and I have had no problems until now.
Any ideas people?
Thanks
Adepizza

[Safesurfer]

Sounds like a DirectX problem.

Try reregistering qcap.dll by going to Start>Run and typing regsvr32 qcap.dll and hit enter.

If this doesn't solve it, perhaps try reinstalling DirectX.

[edDV]

Or a IEEE-1394 port driver could be the issue. Try to uninstall the driver under device manager and let it reinstall on reboot.

Is the problem just capturing? Can you see manual playback on the desktop without recording?

[vocalmind]

Just want to add question of about.

What's Max AVI size (frames) of winDV?

When I capture the AVI files divided every 4g. I want a whole file of my one DV cassette.

[GeorgeW]

Just want to add question of about.

What's Max AVI size (frames) of winDV?

When I capture the AVI files divided every 4g. I want a whole file of my one DV cassette.

4gb could be related to the 4gb filesize limitation of FAT32 formatted hard drives. If you have NTFS formatted hard drives (your capture drive), then you should be able to capture the entire video to one file -- dv .avi uses about 13gb per hour.

EDIT:
Just wanted to mention that a new question should be started in a new thread -- not to take away from the original poster of this thread.

[vocalmind]

I understand. My apology.

I thought its just a quick one. Sorry.

[Adepizza]

No, it won't playback either. It's strange because the PC will make a sound when it's connected and I get the little camera icon too. Aaarrrgh!

[Safesurfer]

No, it won't playback either. It's strange because the PC will make a sound when it's connected and I get the little camera icon too. Aaarrrgh!

Still think it could be a DirectX problem. You might also try reregistering some of the other DirectX Dlls, - specifically the quartz.dll, qdv.dll, and qedit.dll files. E.g. Same as above, Start>Run>Regsvr32 quartz.dll etc.

This solved a problem I had with playing WAV files which even a reinstall of DirectX didn't fix. Seems like adding and deleting codecs can mess up DirectX that even a reinstall won't fix.

[Adepizza]

Thanks Safesurfer, it is capturing again. Now, on to the next prob...