Telling the truth if I had to consider all the inconsistencies this camera has, I had already sold it.
Yes' I know. In the file the header doesn't match exactly the content of the file itself.
This camera has its limits and some serious design flaws.
But its colors are incredibly natural, you may set the color profile in a very flexible way (in the advanced internal settings), it's a 3 CCD (1/3' each) camera, the lens is one of the Canon professional line with active mechanical image stabilizer, and it costs "some bucks", right now.
It's impossible to buy a camera with these features for some 400€, right now.
If I only tell you how many times I had to replace that damn Firewire female connector... and think that every time it's needed to disassemble the whole camera.
The original spare costs some 120€, and the complete service for that is around 250€.
I think that I changed at least a dozen cables before to find a good one with a connector that does not damage the female installed in the camera.
And think that from time to time, damaging that connector could happen that the internal CPU board burns out.
In that case you may take the camera to te garbage can, without any other possibility, as that board costs more than 1K €.
XH-A1s is much better at least for the fact that it has the 6 wire firewall female connector instead of this one.
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Originally Posted by Rorox
The actual file transfer/capture will (should?) still occur without FFDShow, you just won't have video in the Preview window as it is capturing.
Could you confirm that you can't transfer and video from your camera even with the mentioned FFDShow settings? -
I tried so many times.
Only today I was able to store some seconds of a video in a file.
It created a file but not pressing the "rec" red button.
I had to press PLAY and after the tape started to run I pressed "REC".
If I just press REC the tape starts to run, but after one or two seconds it stops by itself and the program returns an error.
In videolive mode it captures the stream from the camera and produces an appropriate video file, I noticed few seconds ago. -
If I just press REC the tape starts to run, but after one or two seconds it stops by itself and the program returns an error.
Anyway, thanks for the feedback; I'll look into the FFDShow issue a little more.
I'll also have a look at VLC Player as a HDV capture method.Last edited by Alwyn; 6th Aug 2021 at 20:41.
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I've looked at the MPEG 2 error message again, and I'm correct, you only need to install and enable the FFDShow MPEG 2 decoder and you will then not receive that message, and the Preview window will appear. Here's the setting you need in FFDFShow (this is the 32bit version):
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Alwyn. I've taken a shot of my FFDShow configuration.
very probably the problem raises for the fact that I've the 64 bit installed but...
Why should it create problems? I copied the whole FFDShow directory from c:\Program Files to c:\Program Files (x86).
FFDShow is just a storage for codecs, why it shouldn't work if HDVSplit searches a codec in a directory?
Anyway, tomorrow I will try to clear and remove the directory I copied and then install the 32 bit version of FFDShow.
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yes, as I stated, it was my suspect too, and I copied the whole directory, with all the files in the c:\Program Files (x86) dir.
If FFDSHow is just a repository of codec files, why it should not work?
maybe that the codecs files I got (and copied) are all 64 bit versions? it does not make sense, but tomorrow morning I will install the 32 bit version of FFDShow and we'll see what happens. All in all it costs zero. -
Simple copying of files from one folder to another is never going to work - unless the program is 'portable' (and then it would not reside in Program Files anyway)
Do a proper un-install of the 64-Bit version and then install the 32-bit one
The critical difference is if HDVSplit is a 32-bit program. If it is then it can not 'see' any 64-bit codecs etc. Whereas a 64-bit program can see both 64-bit and 32-bit. -
I've done some more in-depth investigating and come up with the following:
- You don't need the Preview function (and therefore FFDShow) to transfer video with HDVSplit. You can simply use the screen or viewfinder on the camera to locate your position on the tape.
- FFDShow 32-bit is required. On the Videohelp download page, it is the version without the "64 bit" in the name. I do have FFDShow 64 bit installed as well with no conflicts, but the 64 bit version will not enable Preview.
- To enable the HDVSplit video Preview function, set the FFDSHow video decoder to MPEG 2 as per this:
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- To clear the audio error message, set the FFDSHow audio decoder to MP1, 2 as per this:
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Cheers.
Edit: I've updated the HDVSplit guide in this post to include detailed FFDShow info.Last edited by Alwyn; 8th Aug 2021 at 02:48.
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the problem was the 64 bit version.
I already had FFDShow and the MPEG2 was already correctly configured and active.
I installed the 32 bit version half a hour ago and HDVSplit started to work sending the videolive to monitor.
It's really strange. FFDShow, in this particular case, works as a repository of codecs. I copied its directory into the Programs (X86) directory, the same directory that contains all the 32bit software, but it didn't work until I installed the proper 32bit version.
all in all I didn't expect that the codecs too where released in 32 or 64 bit versions.
In any case it does work right now, without any error.
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I'm glad you got it working.
Last edited by Alwyn; 9th Aug 2021 at 22:51.
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Like other software, codecs can be compiled for a 32bit OS or a 64bit OS.
Codecs are usually registered with Windows when they are installed, and most programs that require codecs use the registry to find the codecs that they are able to use. The exception is portable programs or programs like VLC that supply their own codecs.Ignore list: hello_hello, tried, TechLord, Snoopy329 -
Thank you for the Tutorial on HDVSplit and FFDShow - after several frustrating days without it, I found the tutorial and followed the instructions exactly and was able to easily get my Canon VIXIA HV40 tapes captured to an old Amazon refurbished HP DeskPro 600 G3 running Win 10 Pro with cheap Eliater PCIe Fireware card.
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Cheers Mr Science, pleased it worked for you. I still use my HV20.
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