Vista Digital Camcorder capture question

[Hal05154]

Hey Folks,

Just got a new home computer. Major upgrade. I was doing conversions on a 600mhz and now I have 2 gigs. Heaven. But, it's a Vista machine. So far so good. But I'm having some issues with the camcorder capture on my firewire. I used to use WinDV, but it doesn't seem to work with Vista. The system has Roxio installed and it fires up when I turn on the camcorder, but it locks or restarts the system almost every time. And Windows Movie Maker doesn't even see the Sony Camcorder.

Can anyone suggest a reliable piece of software to capture direct from my camcorder to AVI?

Thanks!

Hal

[edDV]

Try this. I was having the same problems with WinDV under Vista until somebody pointed out the DirectX End-User Runtime Update. For some reason, this doesn't show up under Windows Vista Update but seems to be necessary.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2da43d38-db71-4c1b-bc6a-9b665...displayLang=en

Let me know if this works for you because my machine has other updates that may have caused WinDV to start functioning.

[JohnnyMalaria]

If WMM can't see the camcorder, WinDV won't either. Both use the same underlying OS functions to do the capture etc.

Uninstall Roxio and just use Vista's built-in capability.

Roxio, Pinnacle and Nero are notorious for screwing up camcorder detection.

When you turn on the camcorder, choose the appropriate option on the menu that pops up.

[Robert Simandl]

Looks like I have a similar problem.

I just got my new Vista PC up and running... my WinDV can't see my Canopus ADVC-100. Windows Movie Maker sees it just fine.

Any idea why this is?

Thanks!

[Robert Simandl]

Update: Running WinDV in XP compatibility mode did NOT help. WinDV still starts with an "error: no video device found" message.

[edDV]

Update: Running WinDV in XP compatibility mode did NOT help. WinDV still starts with an "error: no video device found" message.

That's what mine was doing before I ran the DirectX End-User Runtime Update.

[Robert Simandl]

Just gave that DirectX runtime update a shot. Unfortunately it didn't help. WMM and DVapp see the ADVC-100 just fine (as they did before) but WinDV still says "device not found."

Any other suggestions? WMM, DVapp, and Scenalyzer all do a lot more than I need a DV program to do. I'd like to keep using WinDV if possible.

Thanks!

[edDV]

WinDV works on Vista here. It didn't initially. Try to uninstall then reinstall.

[Robert Simandl]

I don't think there is an "install" to WinDV... just unzip it to a folder and doubleclick to run the program.

[JimboS]

What cam??
How do you capture??
Is it USB or firewire???
If it's USB , there-in lies your problem....

[Robert Simandl]

Not really a camcorder per se...

I'm capturing from a DVR into a Canopus ADVC-100, through firewire. This is good enough for WMM and DVapp, but WinDV still says "no device found" at startup.

Thanks...

[edDV]

I bought a Vista Prem notebook w/Firewire today. I'll try WinDV on it tomorrow and report back.

My ADVC-100 is working fine now on the Core2Duo desktop.