HELP! I´ve bought a Digital camcorder and wanna transfer video from camcorder to PC!! [Archive]

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Mr_Music

18th February 2002, 14:05

Hey there!
I´m Mr_Music and I´m new here!
I just wanted to introduce myself before I ask away!
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Here´s my problem:
I can´t capture video to my PC, My computer doesn´t "detect" the camcorder.
It´s a PANASONIC NV-3EX camcorder and I bought it for about 800 US$, so you can see why I´m dissapointed when my Pc can´t detect the camera, not even with various capturing software it will detect. Error messages like this one popsup, "Camcorder not detected, connect camcorder to PC"
I also bought a Firewire card and cables, but nothing!
I have a DV-2-FIREWIRE cable which I connect between the PC and camcorder.
My firewire card works without any problems according to win2K.

Panasaonic told me to buy some drivers from them, for 250 US$!!!!!!!!!
I´cant afford that!

Please help me find adriver or a solution to this problem!
Pleaqse help me, I´m desperate!

Thank you in advance!

Scuba

18th February 2002, 15:02

What you need is a capturing/editing program.
Try Stoik VideoMan as it's less then 50$ and do very nice job. It's a very good beginers program before you will want to go up.
Another nice program is the Pinnacle Studio DV. Some of the products in the line are coming with a Fire Wire card. It's also a vry simple to use program.

Mr_Music

18th February 2002, 17:13

Well, I tried adobe premiere 6.0 and some software that came with my firewire-card, MGi something, but they didn´t detect my camera.
I think I nee some driver for my camcorder. It´s a DV camcorder with DV-in and DV-out. Shouldn´t my camera be visible in the "hardware device manager" as a device?

Thanx!

Scuba

18th February 2002, 19:38

No.
You are not supposed to see the camera under devices as far as I remember.
First start Premier, then Plug in the camera.
After go to Premier preferances and sett he machine control to DV.
Some cameras don't support machine control so you will have t start the playback on the camera to see any thing happening.

You also have to Install Direct X Video capture update from microsoft.

Mr_Music

19th February 2002, 23:13

I can´t find the DirectX video capture update...
Can anyone post a link to it somewhere?

Scuba

20th February 2002, 17:16

http://microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=28377

Good luck

Mr_Music

21st February 2002, 18:23

Thank you all for helping me, it works now!
Thanx to you!
I ues Ulead Video studio 6, It had built in drivers for my cam!
Premiere juat crashes.